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sometimes with a faint median elevated line. Elytra oval, one-third 

 wider at base than thorax; striae deep, their punctures coarse, close-set; 

 intervals convex, finely and sparsely punctulate. Length 1.5 mm. 



Recorded from Atco, Clementon and Bnena Vista, N. J. Fre- 

 quent at Dnnedin, Sanford and Ormond, Fla., on the flowers of 

 the Ericad, Andromeda nitida Bart.; Jan. 10 April 15. Ranges 

 from New England and Pennsylvania south to Florida. Occurs 

 late in the fall on deflorescent flower-heads of goldenrod, (Sol- 

 idago). (Dietz.) 



XIII. PSEUDAXTHOXOMUS Dietz, 1891. (Gr., ''false"-)- Anthono- 

 mns.) 



The species of this genus are all of a reddish-yellow or red- 

 dish-brown color, pubescent both above and below, and without 

 scales. They differ from Antliononnts by having the antenna] 

 grooves directed beneath or against the lower border of the eyes 

 (Fig. 78, ;') and have the beak rather stout, curved; antenna in- 

 serted three-fifths, male, or one-half, female, from its tip; an- 

 tennal club loosely jointed, pubescent; thorax wider than long, 

 bisinuate at base, narrowed in front and constricted at apex; 

 elytra usually transversely impressed behind the base, their stria; 

 and punctures coarse and deep ; scutellum densely pubescent ; 

 ventral segments nearly equal ; pygidium exposed ; femora feebly 

 clavate, usually toothed; tibiae slender, the front and middle ones 

 with a hook, the hind ones with a short spine at apex; tarsal 

 claws with a long and slender tooth. Eleven of the 14 known 

 species occur in our territory. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF PSEUDANTHONOMUS. 



a. Funicle 6-jointed. 



&. Femora, at least the front ones, toothed, 

 c. Second joint of funicle longer than third. 



d. Larger, 2.2 3 mm.; thorax without a row of large punctures 

 across the post-apical constriction; fourth joint of funicle 

 smaller than third. 

 e. Antennal grooves scarcely oblique, directed against the lower 



extremity of the eyes; elytra wider at base than thorax. 

 f. Pubescence condensed on median line of thorax. 



g. Pubescence long, yellow and condensed in patches or 

 bands on elytra. 469. CKAT,EGI. 



fig. Pubescence short, white, equally distributed on elytra. 



470. VAi,inrs. 



//. Pubescence not condensed on median line of thorax, long, 

 coarse, yellow, evenly distributed on elytra. 



471. HAMAMKLI01S. 



