FAM ILY III. CURCULIONIP.E. 



with an inferior cusp; meiitum large, quadrate, supported on a 

 short, broad gular peduncle; beak one-half longer tlian head; 

 eyes small, rounded; antenna' straight, first and second joints 

 subequal, third distinctly longer than second, 4 S gradually a 

 little shorter and broader; club small, oval, pointed; ventral seg- 

 ments nearly equal in length, the sutures straight; front coxa? 

 contiguous, middle ones narrowly separated; tibia? truncate at 

 tip; tarsi broad, spongy pubescent beneath, third joint deeply 

 bilobed; claws armed at middle with a small acute tooth. The 

 name of the subfamily is based upon that of the single genus. 



I. ITIIYCBRUS Schon., ISiMi. (Or., "straight" -f "horn." ) 



This genus, sufficiently characterized above, is in turn repre- 

 sented in our territory by the single species: 



121 (8361). ITHYCERUS ^OVEIUIKACKXSIS Forst.. 1771, 35. 



Elongate-oblong, robust. Black, shining, rather sparsely clothed with 



a mixture of ash-gray and pale brown prostrate 

 hairs, the former in fresh specimens massed to 

 form a narrow median and two wider lateral 

 stripes on thorax and a very narrow pale stripe 

 along each alternate interval of elytra, each of 

 these being broken by three or four small 

 rounded tufts of black hairs, thus giving the 

 surface of elytra a peculiar mottled appear- 

 ance; scutellum dirty white. Head and beak 

 slightly longer than thorax, the beak carinate 

 along its middle, densely rugose-punctate. Thor- 

 ax subcylindrical, about as wide as long, apex 

 and base truncate, sides scarcely rounded, disc 

 densely rugose-punctate. Elytra at base nearly 

 twice as wide as thorax, sides parallel for four- 

 fifths their length, then suddenly converging to 

 an obtuse apex; disc indistinctly striate, stria? 

 coarsely punctate; intervals feebly convex, den- 

 sely rugose. Anal segment of male very convex, visible from beneath; py- 

 giclium deeply grooved in both sexes, projecting slightly beyond the ely- 

 tra. Length 1218 mm. (Fig. 41.) 



Frequent throughout Indiana ; more so in the northern coun- 

 ties; May 1!) July ll*. 1'eaten from oak, hickory and beech, and 

 often found resting on the trunks of beech. Not rare near New 

 York (Mty in June. (Mayton. Georgia, in the mountains. Rile}* 

 calls it the "New York weevil," as Forster gave it the name of 

 norcl)or<tc<'>i*iN. which means New York, doubtless because he re- 

 ceived it from that State. It is the largest Curculiouid occurring 

 in Indiana, and ranges from Canada and New England as far as 

 west and south as Nebraska. Georgia and Texas. According to 



Fig. 



41, X 3- 

 Packard.) 



(After 



