370 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONIX.E. 



with prominent callus near the declivity; front coxae small, very 

 widely separated ; prosternuni with a wide, deep abrupt excava- 

 tion near the front margin. Our three species live on the stems 

 of grapevines and allied plants, on which the larvae produce gall- 

 like excrescences. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF AMPELOGLYPTEK. 



a. Black, tarsi reddish-brown. 



&. Sides of thorax parallel in basal two-thirds, suddenly strongly 

 rounded near tip; elytra not more than twice as long as thorax; 

 antennas reddish-brown. 562. ATER. 



bb. Sides of thorax converging from base to near apex, the latter one- 

 half as wide as base; elytra nearly two and a half times as long 

 as thorax; antenna? black or piceous. 563. LONGIPENNIS. 



aa. Pale reddish-brown throughout; thorax narrower than in ater, the 

 sides feebly converging. 564. SESOSTRIS. 



562 (8905). AMPELOGLYPTER ATER Lee., 1876, 300. 



Oblong, moderately convex. Black, shining, antenna? and tarsi red- 

 dish-brown. Beak robust, strongly curved, 

 slightly longer than thorax in male, finely and 

 rather sparsely punctate. First joint of funicle 

 as long as the next three; second as long as 

 wide. Thorax one-third wider than long, its 

 apex abruptly and strongly constricted, sub- 

 tubulate; disc finely and sparsely punctured, 

 the sides finely rugulose. Elytra slightly 

 wider at base than thorax; strise very fine, 

 deep, not punctate; intervals flat, smooth, 

 Under surface rather coarsely and very dense- 

 Fig.%4. X i. (After Brooks.,- *>" Punctate. Length 2.73 mm. (Fig. 94.) 



Marshall, Posey and Perry counties, Ind., scarce; May 21 

 June 15. Cape May Court House, N. J., May 20. Ranges from 

 New England to Michigan and southward. Occurs on Virginia 

 creeper, Parthcnocissus quinquefolia L., the larvse forming a gall 

 on the stems. Named Madams anipclopsis by both Walsh (18G9, 

 105) and Riley (1869, 132) but not described. 



563 (11,144). AMPELOGLYPTER LOXGIPEXXIS Casey, 1892, 549. 



Resembles ater but larger, sub-oval, with longer elytra. Distinguished 

 by characters given in key and by having the beak one-half longer than 

 thorax in female; second joint of funicle distinctly longer than wide; 

 elytral stria? finely and remotely punctate at bottom. Otherwise as in 

 ater, with which it is easily confused. Length 3 3.3 mm. 



Described from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Nebraska. Re- 

 corded also from District of Columbia and South Carolina. The 



