:!S2 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONIN^E. 



veu, not quite one-half as long as body; second joint of funicle much 

 shorter than the next two united. Thorax slightly wider than long, 

 sides converging and nearly straight in basal two-thirds, then round- 

 ed to the feeble apical constriction; disc rather coarsely, deeply and 

 very densely punctate, with a narrow, smooth median line. Elytral 

 stria? fine, deep; intervals flat, three or four times as wide as strife, 

 their punctures confused, rather coarse, rugose. Male with a very short, 

 erect, acuminate horn before each front coxa. Length 3.5 4.1 mm. 



Marion County, Ind., rare; May 17. Described from Ashe- 

 ville, N. 0., Ohio, Illinois and Missouri. "Very close to neglect us 

 Lee. (found in Texas, Louisiana and Kansas) but differs in its 

 whitish (not dark yellow) vestiture, the broad distinct impres- 

 sion of the prosternum in both sexes, and the more narrowly sep- 

 arated front coxae." (Casey.) Closely allied also to pcrscilliis, 

 and a large series would perhaps show that neglcct-us, griscscens 

 and pcrscilliis are one species, the last name having priority. 



579 (8925). CENTBINUS PERSCILLUS Gyll., Schon., 1836, 762. 



Elliptical, robust, feebly flattened above. Black, densely clothed 

 above and beneath with grayish-white, elongate scales; antennae, tibia? 

 and tarsi dark reddish-brown. Beak slender, one-half as long as body, 

 very strongly and evenly curved, striate and punctate, feebly carinate 

 on basal half above; antennae inserted at middle, scape reaching two- 

 thirds the distance to eyes, male: just behind middle, the scape slight- 

 ly longer, female; second joint of funicle slender, one-half the length of 

 first. Thorax slightly wider than long, male, one-third wider than long, 

 female; sides feebly converging from base to apical third, then more 

 rapidly to apex, which is very feebly constricted; disc finely and densely 

 punctate, with a very narrow median smooth line. Elytra at humeri 

 distinctly wider than thorax, thence obviously narrowing to apex; 

 strias fine, deep; intervals densely granulate-punctate. Male with a 

 short, obtusely pointed horn before each front coxa. Length 3.7 4 

 mm. 



Dunedin and Jacksonville, Fin., Nov. 9. Recorded by Casey 

 from Kansas and Minnesota; by Ulke from District of Columbia. 

 The above description is mainly that of a Kansas male identified 

 by Casey for Mr. Leug, the specimen agreeing in most points with 

 Gyllenhal's rather indefinite original description. 



580 (11,161). CENTRINUS CLABESCEXS Casey, 1892, 586. 



Narrowly oval, convex. "Pale rufo-testaceous throughout, the scu- 

 tellum, head and beak piceous; vestiture of rather large, moderately 

 elongate, ochreous-yellow scales, rather dense and uniformly distribut- 

 ed above, very dense and broader beneath. Beak of male nearly one-half 

 the length of body, strongly, evenly curved, punctured and sparsely 

 scaly behind the antennae, shining, polished and almost impunctate 

 elsewhere. Joints 1 and 2 of funicle equal in length, the second much 



