302 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONINJB. 



Frequent throughout southern Indiana; April 22 June 9. 

 Taken by beating honey-locust and other foliage. Orange, New 

 Jersey, June; Leng collection. Fredericksburg, Va., June 21, on 

 honey locust; U. S. X. Museum collection. The form is broader 

 than in consuniUs. the thorax also shorter, broader and with very 

 different sculpture. The denuded spot of elytra reaches the su- 

 ture. In the three species, signatus, consimilis and likciisis, the 

 teeth of tarsal claws arise from between the bases of the claws, 

 are approximate, parallel and nearly one-half the length of claw. 



437 (10,993). ANTHONOMUS VESPERTINUS Dietz, 1891, 216. 



Differs from signatus by its coarse pubescence, larger, elongate 

 frontal fovea and nearly uniform brown color; elytral fascia wider, extend- 

 ing farther in front, and from the side to the second interval; side pieces 

 of sterna densely clothed with white, scale-like hairs. Length 2.3 2.5 

 mm. 



Vermillion County, Ind., rare; June 14 Tuly 21. Known 

 from Central Illinois, Georgia, Florida and Texas. 



438 (8644). ANTHONOMUS MUSCULUS Say, 1831, 15; ibid, I, 277. 



Elongate-oval. Dark reddish-brown or piceous, thinly clothed with 

 white pubescence; elytra, except the suture, usually paler; scutellum white. 

 Beak as long as head and thorax, feebly curved, opaque, finely carinate, 

 minutely and rather densely punctate. Thorax one-half wider than long, 

 gradually narrowed in front, sides broadly rounded, disc densely and rather 

 coarsely punctate. Elytra one-third wider at base than thorax, sides 

 parallel to middle, then gradually narrowed to apex; striae deep, their 

 punctures large and rather close-set; intervals convex, almost smooth. 

 Length 1.8 2 mm. 



Lake, Starke and Marshall counties, Ind., frequent locally ; 

 May 5 June 14. Swept from huckleberry and the flowers of the 

 black choke-berry, Aronia nigra Willd. Occurs throughout New 

 Jersey where it is not rare in July on huckleberry. Ranges from 

 Ontario and New England to the Rocky Mountains, south to 

 Florida. Varies in color, the elytra a brighter red in fresh speci- 

 mens, but suture always darker; denuded spot usually darker and 

 surrounded by a distinct line of pale hairs. 



439 (10,994). ANTHONOMUS CONCINNUS Dietz, 1891, 217. 



Oval. Reddish-brown, thinly clothed with small, white, broadly ovate 

 scales, intermixed wiih fine pubescence; elytra each with a large blackish 

 semicircular spot behind the middle and another at the junction of the 

 fourth, fifth and sixth intervals, each spot surrounded by lines of condensed 

 scales; a spot of pale scales at base of sixth interval, and thorax with a 

 median and lateral lines of similar scales. Thorax more than one-half 

 wider than long, strongly narrowed in front; disc very closely and rather 



