482 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONINJE. 



sides parallel, then obliquely narrowed to apex; disc with rows of large 

 distant punctures; intervals wide, flat. Abdomen coarsely punctured. 

 Length 5 5.5 mm. 



Occurs in New Jersey along shore in mallow swamps ; July- 

 October. Nelson County, Va., July 31. Ranges from New Jersey 

 and District of Columbia to Louisiana, breeding in the seed pods 

 of the swamp rose-mallow, Hibiscus mosclieutos L. 



GROUP VI. (ERIXACEUS GROUP.) 



Small, less robust species easily known by the pubescence 

 being mixed with long, stout, erect bristles ; beak rather slender, 

 longer than head and thorax, slightly curved, feebly striate, finely 

 and sparsely punctate; antennae inserted one-fourth from its tip; 

 elytra not costate ; femora armed with a single tooth ; claws 

 deeply cleft, the tooth being as long as the outer part. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF GROUP VI. 



a. Thorax wider than long, very coarsely, deeply and densely punctate. 



753. ERINACETJS. 



era. Thorax not wider than long, not cribrately punctate.. 754. HISPIDUS. 



753 (8738). CONOTRACHELUS ERINACEUS Lee., 1876, 235. 



Oval. Dark reddish-brown; elytra densely clothed with short, gray- 

 ish-yellow hair-like scales, with a few small patches of white scales inter- 

 mixed; thorax with two narrow lines of yellowish scales each side, the 

 erect bristles shorter than those of elytra; legs, antennas and beak brown. 

 Thorax a little wider than long, sides nearly parallel, feebly narrowed and 

 constricted near apex. Elytra nearly one-half wider than thorax, base 

 truncate, humeri abruptly rounded; disc with rows of large shallow punc- 

 tures, usually hidden by the scales; intervals slightly convex. Beneath 

 shining, sparsely pubescent, coarsely, not densely punctured. Length 2.8 

 3.2 mm. 



Frequent in southern Indiana ; Lake County only in the north ; 

 April 19 Oct. 18. Occurs mainly beneath rubbish along the 

 banks of streams ; also on hickory. Ranges from Ohio and north- 

 ern Indiana to District of Columbia, Florida and Texas. Taken 

 on cotton and Baptisia in Texas. (Pierce.} 



754 (8739). CONOTRACHELUS HISPIDUS Lee., 1876, 235. 



Similar to erinaceus but smaller. Brown, covered with cinereous scaly 

 pubescence, mixed with bristles which are as long on thorax as on elytra; 

 beak, antennae and legs pale brown. Thorax not wider than long, coarsely 

 punctured. Elytra one-third wider than thorax, more elongate than in 

 erinaceus. Femoral tooth smaller and more acute. Length 2.5 mm. 



Recorded only from District of Columbia and Georgia; rare. 



