132 SUBFAMILY IX. OTIORHYNCHIX.E. 



XXVIII. SCIAPHILUS Schonh., 1820. (Or., "shade" + "lover.") 



Beak short, flat, slightly narrower than head, the tip with a 

 broad rounded notch ; antennae long, slender, scape reaching front 

 margin of thorax; joints 1 and 2 of fvmicle snbequal in length, 

 the first stouter, 3 7 shorter, obconic, subequal ; club oblong- 

 ovate, acuminate; scntellnm small, triangular; second ventral 

 segment longer than the two following united, its front suture 

 strongly curved. 



172 (10,795). SCIAPHILUS JIUKICATUS Fab., 1801, 544. 



Oblong-oval. Fusco-piceous, rather thickly clothed with gray and cup- 

 reous scales; antennae and legs reddish-brown. Thorax short, as wide as 

 long, narrowed behind apex and in front of base, sides feebly rounded, disc 

 densely and finely punctate. Elytra strongly convex, narrowed and truncate 

 at base, side broadly rounded to the acuminate apex; disc striate-punctate; 

 intervals feebly convex, each with a row of prominent inclined whitish 

 set*. Femora obtusely toothed. Length 4.5 mm. 



An introduced European species, recorded from Quebec, 

 Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Xew Jer- 

 sey. June 17 August. The elytra sometimes have a faint fus- 

 cous cross-bar behind the middle. 



XXIX. STROPHOSOMA Billberg, 1820. (Or., "twisted"+"body.") 



Beak short, flat, as wide as head, its tip with a broad, rounded 

 emargination ; antennae rather long and slender, scape reaching 

 the middle of eye; first joint of funicle longer and stouter than 

 second; 3 7 shorter, obconic; scutellum minute. One introduced 

 European species occurs in our territory. 



173 (10,797). STROPHOSOMA CORYLI Fab., 1801, 524. 



Oblong-ovate. Black, densely clothed above, more sparsely beneath, 

 with fuscous and grayish-yellow scales except in an elongate sutural spot 

 behind the 'scutellum; antennae, tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown. Thorax 

 short, two-thirds wider than long, apex wider than base, sides broadly 

 rounded, disc deeply and densely punctate. Elytra as wide at base as 

 middle of thorax, humeri indistinct, disc very feebly striate, intervals al- 

 most flat, each with a row of short curved setae. Length 4.5 5.5 mm. 



Known from Montreal, Canada; South Orange, X. J., and 

 Long Island, X. Y. Taken from the black or sweet birch, Betula 

 Icnta L. Eesembles the preceding in form and size, readily dis 

 tinguished by its more protruding eyes, less veutricose elytra and 

 untoothed femora. 



XXX. BARYPEITIIES Duval, 1855. (Or., "slow" + "to move.") 



Small robust species having the body sparsely hairy, devoid 

 of scales; beak shorter than head, deeply notched at tip; an- 

 tennap inserted near its base; scape reaching thorax, first joint 



