496 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONINJE. 



intervals of elytra; the latter with an elongate, subdenuded blackish spot 

 behind the scutellum and transverse rows of small darker spots near the 

 middle and at apical third. Beak piceous, naked except near base, shining, 

 punctate. Thorax as long as wide, sides parallel near base, narrowed and 

 sinuate toward apex which is strongly and evenly rounded. Elytra slightly 

 wider at base than thorax, one-third longer than wide, sides parallel and 

 nearly straight, the apex broadly rounded; disc finely striate, not distinct- 

 ly punctate; alternate intervals strongly elevated, their crests nearly flat. 

 Length 2.23 mm. 



Punta Gorda, Fla. The thorax in some specimens is darker 

 with a fine median line and wider lateral stripe paler. 



XII. CANISTES Casey, 1892. 



Beak slightly shorter than thorax, the pectoral groove for its 

 reception in repose deep and reaching almost to metasternum ; 

 eyes rather small, almost concealed in repose; antennae inserted 

 behind middle of beak; funicle 7 -jointed, first joint slightly 

 shorter than second, which is nearly as long as the next three; 

 metasternum very short, its episterna distinct, epimera not visi- 

 ble ; second ventral much longer than the next two together ; legs 

 stout, robust, femora unarmed, tibiae as mentioned in generic 

 key; tarsi short, slender, the third joint dilated, bilobed ; claws 

 small, simple, free and divergent. 



777 (11,067). CANISTES SCHUSTEIU Casey, 1892, 447. 



Oblong-oval, strongly convex. Black, unevenly clothed with small 

 yellowish or brownish scales, which are dense on the head and legs, more 

 elongate and thinly placed on sides of thorax, and very widely scattered 

 on elytra, visible more especially near base, in a transverse line at apical 

 third and back of it along the suture. Beak feebly curved, shining, finely 

 and sparsely punctate in apical two-thirds, punctate and scaly near base. 

 Thorax at middle slightly wider than long, sides nearly straight on basal 

 half, then strongly narrowing to apex; disc with a wide, deep, transverse 

 constriction near apex, coarsely, deeply and densely punctate. Elytra 

 scarcely wider than thorax, disc not striate, the punctures very fine and 

 sparse, more coarse and in rows very near the base. Length 3.3 mm. 



Kockhaven, Ky. St. Louis nnd Sedalia, Mo. Cincinnati. Ohio, 

 July 12; two specimens. "They were standing high up on their 

 clumsy legs in a patch of dark colored fungus, at which they 

 were gnawing, which was on the under side of a beech log in 

 thick woods." (Duri/.} 



XIII. EURHOPTUS Lee., 1876. (Gr.. "handsome" + "club.") 



Beak stout, rather depressed, as long as thorax, finely punc- 

 tured, naked at tip; second joint of funicle slightly longer than 



