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SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONINJE. 



punctate in front of antennas first joint of funicle two-thirds 

 longer than second, the latter slightly longer than third, 3 5 

 equal ; club short, oval ; head short, immersed in thorax nearly to 

 the eyes. This genus and the next alone constitute the tribe 

 M'cciiihii of Rcitter. 



486 (8705). GY.MNF/JKOX TETIU^I Fab.. 1801, 448. 



Broadly oval, very robust. Black, subdepressed, densely clothed with 

 suberect yellowish-gray pubescence. Thorax more than twice as wide as 

 long, sides broadly rounded, apex less than one-half as wide as base, disc 

 finely and densely punctured. Elytra but slightly wider at base than thor- 

 ax, sides broadly curved from base to apex; strise deep, coarsely punctured; 

 intervals flat, finely and densely rugosely punctate. Femora stout, toothed 

 beneath. Length 2.33.7 mm. (Fig. 88.) 



Common throughout Indiana; Feb. 2 Nov. 1. Hibernates in 

 numbers beneath the basal leaves of mullein, 

 Ycrbascion tlifijtsns L., on which plant it swarms 

 in summer, the larva- living in the seed pods. 

 Very common near New York City in May and 

 June, occasionally until August, on mullein. 

 Ranges from Canada and New England to Iowa, 

 north of Georgia and Arkansas; also throughout 

 middle and southern Europe and Siberia. Easily 

 known by its 5-jointed funicle, broad, subde- 

 pressed form and hirsute appearance. 



IV. MIARUS Steph., 1831. (Gr., "maculate.") 



Small hirsute species differing from GIIIHIIC- 

 tron in having the beak long and slender, usually extending 

 beyond the middle cox.p and lying in a groove between the front 

 ones in repose; femora, in our species, not toothed, tibia 1 not 

 armed, tarsal claws free. 



Fig. 



X 8- a, Side view 

 of head, beak and 

 antennae. (After 



Kuhnt.) 



KEY TO EASTERN" SPEC IKS OF MIAIU'S. 



a. 



aa. 



Surface lustre feebly bronzed; sides of thorax converging from base to 

 apex, but only feebly curved. 487. Hisrinrr.rs. 



Surface deep black throughout, not at all bronzed. 

 , Larger, 2.3 or more mm.; sides of thorax strongly curved. 



c. 



Form oval, robust, convex; thorax two-thirds wider than long. 



488. PURITANUS. 



cc. Form very elongate-oval; thorax scarcely one-half wider than long. 



489. ILLIXI. 

 -&D. 'STiTaUer, not over 1.8 mm.; sides of thorax feebly curved. 



490. XAXUS. 

 487, (87'06,)7,'M|tABCS IIISPIDVLUS Lee., 1876, 221. 



. Ovate, convex!'. Black with a feeble bronzed tinge, thinly clothed with 

 grayish erect hairs j sides of sterna densely clothed with small, oval, silvery- 



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