306 SUBFAMILY x. CURCULIOXINM:. 



funicle stout, elavate, three-fourth longer than second which is very slender 

 and twice as long as third, 3 7 subequal, gradually broader. Thorax one- 

 third wider at middle than long, sides broadly rounded, feebly constricted 

 near apex; disc coarsely, deeply and very densely punctate. Elytra one- 

 third wider at base than middle of thorax, humeri prominent, rounded; 

 striae shallow, marked with rows of rather small, close-set punctures; in- 

 tervals narrow, feebly convex. Length 2.5 mm. (W. 8. B.) 



Dunedin, Fin., scarce; March 12 Dec. 6. beaten from red 

 bay in a wet hammock. The color, slender second joint of fnnicle 

 and non-foveate front easily distinguish this from other- members 

 of the group. 



447 (8648). ANTHONOMUS XIGRIXUS Boh., Schb'n., 1843, Pt. 2, 230. 



Elongate-oval, robust. Black, thinly clothed with fine whitish pubes- 

 cence; antennae piceous. Beak rather stout, opaque, coarsely punctured, dis- 

 tinctly carinate, basal half striate each side. Thorax at base scarcely wider 

 than long, sides broadly rounded, disc somewhat narrowed in front, very 

 coarsely and densely punctate. Elytra oval, one-third wider at base than 

 thorax, one-half longer than wide; striae fine, their punctures rather 

 coarse, somewhat distant; intervals flat, each with a few minute, scattered 

 punctures. Length 3 mm. 



Harrison, Crawford, Spencer and Posey counties, Tnd.. scarce; 

 Apr. 21 June 20. Taken by sweeping. Staten Island, N. Y., 

 and Da Costa, N. J. ; July 1(>. Ranges from New York and Mary- 

 land to Louisiana. Chittenden (Ins. Life, A 7 II, 350) states that 

 it is known as the "potato bud weevil," breeding in the buds of 

 the horse-nettle, Kolunnin cdroJuicnsc L., and the potato, the 

 adults severing the stems below the buds as does A. sif/natiis 

 those of the strawberry. The eggs are inserted in or between the 

 anthers, on the pollen of which the larvae feed. The horse-nettle 

 is probably the true host plant. Resembles fhiricorttif; but ven- 

 tral segments different, thorax much more coarsely punctate and 

 antennae piceous. 



Anthonomus albopilosus Dietz (1891, 222), black, more elongate than 

 nigrinus, rather thickly clothed with long white pubescence, front tibiae 

 curved near base, first tarsal joint longer than second, femoral tooth large, 

 length 2.8 3.3 mm., described from California, Texas and New Mexico, 

 has been reported as occurring in Mississippi by Harned. We have not been 

 able to see a specimen, hence it is omitted from the key. 



448 (11,000) ANTHOXOMUS XAXTHOCXEMUS Dietz, 1891, 223. 



Oval, robust. Dark piceous with a faint bronzed lustre, thinly clothed 

 above with coarse whitish pubescence; more densely beneath with scale- 

 like hairs; antennae and tarsi, base of middle and hind femora and apical 

 half of all tibise brownish-yellow; scutellum white, club dusky. Beak 

 long and slender, flattened and slightly wider at apex, opaque, male, shin- 



