428 



SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONINJE. 



g. Elytra widest behind the middle; metasternum very short. 



VIII. ACALLODES. 



gg. Elytra not widened behind the middle; metasternum of moderate 

 length. IX. CCELIODES. 



II. CRAPONIUS Lec v 1870. 



Beak rather stout, curved, punctured; antennae inserted at 

 middle, male, two-fifths from base, female; second joint of funicle 

 as long as the next three united; tooth of tarsal claws slender, 

 acute, half as long as the claw. One species is known. 



680 iSSl'C). CRAPONIUS IN^UALIS Say, 1S3.1. i!0; ibid, I, 286. 



Broadly oval, very robust. Dark brown or piceous, rather thickly 

 clothed above with dark brown and whitish scale-like hairs, the latter ar- 

 ranged to form very small spots or transverse lines on elytra; antennae 

 and legs dark reddish-brown. Beak stout, shorter than thorax, coarsely, 

 densely and shallowly punctate. Thorax short, conical, constricted near 

 apex; disc coarsely and closely punctate, with an entire median groove, 

 each side of which are two large tubercles. Elytra at base nearly two- 



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Fig. roo. Craponius incrqualis Say. a, Beetle from above, X Io; 

 b, head, beak and antenna from side; c, side view of beetle; d, larva 

 from above; c, same from below: /, pupa showing beak concealed in pro- 

 sternal groove. (After Quaintance & Shear.) 



thirds wider than thorax, deeply impressed on basal third; strife narrow, 

 punctate; alternate intervals elevated and interrupted, thus causing the 

 surface to appear very rough or unequal and mimicing mummied grapes 

 or caterpillar excrement. Beneath coarsely punctured, each puncture 

 bearing a narrow whitish scale. Last ventral of male with a deep circular 

 fovea. Length 2.4 3 mm. (Fig. 100.) 



