506 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONINJE. 



Described from Florida. "The elytra! fovere are so closely 

 crowded that they coalesce, producing deep, broad furrows be- 

 tween the ridge-like intervals." (Cnscij.} Pierce considers 

 dilatata merely a sculptural variety of JiublHu-di. 



797 ( ). GERST^CKERIA FASCIATA Pierce, 1912, 166. 



Oval, robust. Black, clothed with white, golden and brown scales; 

 head with golden or cream colored ones; thorax golden with a few white 

 clots; elytra with prominent spots of white scales behind the humeri on 

 fourth and seventh intervals, and with golden scales condensed to form 

 a spot at the base of third interval, another on the suture behind the middle, 

 and a transverse postmedian cross-bar bordered with brown scales; an- 

 tennas reddish-brown; abdomen clothed with golden scales. Beak shining, 

 very finely punctate. Front strongly foveate. Thorax large, sides strongly 

 curved, disc shallowly punctate with smooth spots on sides. Elytra inflated 

 at basal third, then tapering to apex; less than one-half wider than thorax; 

 strial punctures large, shallow; intervals as wide as punctures. Tarsal 

 claws small, approximate. Length 5.5 mm. 



Buck Key, Fla., one specimen. Cat. No. 14,473, IT. S. Nat. Mus. 



XVIII. APTEROMECHUS Faust, 1896. 

 (Gr., "without wings" -|- "long.") 



Small oblong, rather slender species having the second joint 

 of fuuicle much shorter than first, 3 7 equal, gradually a little 

 wider; eyes large, narrowly separated; front margin of thorax 

 not completely concealing the head, the postocular lobes feeble; 

 elytra with rounded humeri, their tenth stria interrupted by the 

 hind coxae ; third and fourth ventral segments subequal in length ; 

 femora unarmed, the hind pair snlcate beneath. 



798 (8800). APTEROMECHUS FERRATUS Say, 1831, 28; ibid, I, 296. 



Oblong-oval. Blackish, densely clothed with dark and pale brown 

 scales; alternate elytral intervals more convex, ornamented with small 

 pale dots, the scales intermixed with very short bristles. Beak stout, 

 shorter than thorax, finely and sparsely punctate. Thorax one-fourth 

 wider than long, narrowed in front, sides rounded, base strongly bisinuate; 

 disc coarsely and densely punctate. Elytra oblong, wider at base than 

 thorax, sides subparallel to behind middle, then obliquely rounded to apex; 

 striae deeply and rather coarsely punctate. Length 3 3.5 mm. 



Lake, Floyd, Crawford and Posey counties, Ind., scarce; April 

 13 June 9 ; taken from beneath the bark of beech. Dunedin and 

 Enterprise, Fla., common in hammocks, Feb. 28 May 29. Near 

 New York City, May Sept., on oak, chestnut and various other 

 trees. Ranges from New York to Michigan, south to Florida, 



