502 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONIN^. 



before, the other just behind the middle. Beak rather stout, subdepressed, 

 as long as head and thorax, finely and sparsely punctate, carinate above. 

 Thorax slightly longer than wide, w'dest at middle, sides feebly rounded, 

 disc very coarsely and sparsely punctured, its bristles a little shorter than 

 those of elytra. Elytra at base not wider than middle of thorax, sides 

 broadly rounded, narrowed from middle to apex; strial punctures large, 

 quadrate; intervals narrow, slightly convex, each with a row of long, cla- 

 vate bristles. Length 2.3 2.5 mm. 



Posey County, Ind., rare; April 19. Lake Okeechobee, Fla., 

 March 1. Enterprise and Jnpiter, May November on dead 

 brandies and under lake shore debris. Ranges from Illinois east 

 and south to District of Columbia and Florida. Occurs beneath 

 rubbish. As pointed out by LeConte, the female is much stouter, 

 with thorax not wider at middle and elytra much more rounded 

 on the sides. 



789 (8769). ACALLES CRASSULUS Lee., 1876, 244. 



Oval, rather robust. Black, densely clothed with dark brown scales; 

 thorax with a few pale brown scales at sides and a small spot at middle 

 of base; elytra brown toward the base and with an irregular broad yellow- 

 ish-brown band behind, occupying the apical third; legs clothed with yel- 

 low-brown scales. Thorax as long as wide, rounded on the s'des, slightly 

 wider at middle, much narrowed and broadly constricted in front, densely 

 punctured. Elytra as in clavatus, the bristles thick, erect, longer than 

 those of thorax. Length 2.5 mm. 



Enterprise, Hauloyer and other points in Florida ; Oct. 19. 

 (Sclurarz.) Recorded elsewhere only from the District of Colum- 

 bia. 



790 ( ). ACALLES SYLVOSUS sp. nov. 



Elongate-oval, robust. Dark reddish-brown, densely clothed with black- 

 ish, pale brown and whitish scales, the brown ones forming some irregular 

 markings on thorax and covering the greater part of elytra, the whitish 

 ones arranged in small isolated spots which form two cross-bands on elytra. 

 Beak finely and sparsely punctate, feebly carinate, scaly near base. Thorax 

 as wide at middle as long, sides parallel near base, rounded at middle; disc 

 broadly and feebly constricted near apex, sparsely and rather coarsely 

 punctate. Elytra oblong-oval, not wider at base than middle of thorax; 

 striae with rows of rather small, deep, rounded punctures; intervals feebly 

 convex, each with a row of rather short, inclined clavate seise. Length 3.2 

 mm. (W. 8. B.) 



Little River, Fla.; March 31. Two specimens taken from be- 

 neath rubbish on bank of stream. 



791 ( ). ACALLES MINIMUS sp. nov. 



Oval, rather slender. Black, thickly clothed with sooty and paler brown 

 scales, the latter forming a narrow median line and some scattered dots 



