564 



FAMILY III. CURCTJLIONID.E. 



Fig. 124. X 6. 

 (After Forbes.) 



(Forbes.} Brunei- states that in Nebraska it is two-brooded, the 

 larvse being found in June and again in September. Remedy, fall 

 plowing of infested timothy fields. 



877 (11,215). SPHEISTOPHORUS MINIMUS Hart, 16th Rep. 111. State Ent, 

 1890, 65. 



Black, opaque when denuded, covered with a thin ash-gray or clay- 

 yellow coating; tarsi and funicle reddish-brown. 

 Beak two-thirds as long as thorax, naked in front 

 of antennae, dilated, finely punctate, and shallowly 

 grooved above at base. Thorax longer than wide, 

 as wide at middle as elytra, sides nearly straight, 

 disc with very coarse variolate punctures sparsely 

 and irregularly placed, sometimes a short, oblong 

 tubercle near middle, occasionally extending back- 

 ward as an obsolete raised line. Elytra widest at 

 humeri, narrowing strongly to apex, surface un- 

 even; striae with very coarse variolate punctures 

 forming irregular transverse rows; intervals flat, 

 uneven, especially the basal halves of sixth and 

 seventh, each with a row of fine punctures; sub- 

 apical callus distinct. Length 5 7 mm. (Fig. 

 124.) 



Frequent in southern half of Indiana, 

 scarce northward; March 25 Oct. 18. Atlantic City and Angle- 

 sea, N. J. Dunedin, Fla., Jan. 16 March 25. Ranges from New 

 York to Illinois, south to Florida and Texas. Occurs in low 

 swampy places, the types having been taken from floating drift- 

 wood and logs near water. Nothing is recorded of its host 

 plants. 



878 ( ). SPIIENOPHORUS MARINUS Chitt., 1906-a, 166. 



Elongate-oval. Black, opaque, antennae, tarsi and lateral margin 

 of elytra piceous. Beak two-thirds as long as thorax, stout, coarsely punc- 

 tate at base, more finely and sparsely so toward tip. Thorax slightly 

 longer than wide, sides nearly parallel on basal two-thirds; disc punctured 

 as given in key. Elytral striae fine, coarsely punctate on basal half; in- 

 tervals flat, subequal, the third widest, their punctures fine, irregular. 

 Male pygidium wide and subtruncate at apex, with fringe of yellow hairs 

 nearly uniform; ventral concavity distinct, shallow. Length 4.8 6 mm. 



Sea Isle City, Westville and Atlantic City, N. J., June 10. On 

 cranberry bogs, (tfnritli.) "Maritime and probably local. Be- 

 longs near pa mil us and minimus. The coarse, subconfluent 

 thoracic sculpture is alone sufficient for its separation, but the 

 elevated median line of thorax, large concave scutellum and prom- 

 inent subapical callosities of elytra are also important charac- 

 ters." ( Ch ittcndcn. ) 



