SUBFAMILY V. APIOXIN.E. 89 



Lake County, Indiana, rare; June L'l. Known from Massa- 

 chusetts, New York and New -Jersey to Missouri and Illinois. 

 On Viburnum in June near New York City. 



117 ( ). APIOX UMBOXIFERUM Fall, 1898, 174. 



Form and appearance of puritan it i but larger and slightly more elon- 

 gate. Thorax with sides more curved near base, its basal fovea larger, more 

 shallow. Elytra with pale hairs of base more scattered, not condensed at 

 base of third interval or along the suture, the intervals wider, the fifth 

 with a prominent callus on the declivity. Sides of body beneath less densely 

 pubescent. Length 3 3.1 mm. 



Described from Odenton and Harper's Ferry, Md. Probably 

 only a variety of pnritanum. 



118 (8403). APIOX HERCULAXUM Smith, 1884, 56. 



Differs from puritanum in having the base and extreme tip of elytra ' 

 darker, the pubescence most noticeably condensed at base along the suture, 

 the beak polished and shining, the sides of the thorax more strongly round- 

 ed and the claws more strongly toothed. Length 2.5 2.9 mm. (Fig. 

 39, b.) 



South Orange, N. J., and Peekskill, N. Y., on witch hazel ; June. 

 Ranges from Ontario and New England to Michigan and West 

 Virginia. Recorded by Hamilton as being abundant in Western 

 Pennsylvania in June on the maple-leaved arrow-wood. Viburnum 

 acerifolium L. ; also by Chittenden as reared from the dried fruit 

 of the sheepberry, ']'iburniim lait<i(/o L., and from those of dog- 

 wood. Corn us sp.? 



In addition, the following species of Apion Avhich could not 

 be recognized by Smith or Fall, have been described, viz.: 



( ). APIOX xooiRosTPvE Gerst., 1854, 261. 



Black, subaeneous, slightly pubescent. Length 2 3 mm. 



Occurs in Florida. 



(8399). APIOX SUBGLOBOSUM Gerst., 1854, 243. 



Dark seneous, very finely gray pubescent. Length 1.6 mm. 



From North America. 



(- -). APIOX RECOXDITUM Gyll., Schon., 1839, 432. 

 Blackish-aeneous, almost shining, glabrous. No size given. 



Pennsylvania. 



(- -). APIOX VII.E Gerst., 1854, 249. 



Black, elongate, not pubescent, shining. Length 1.5 mm. 



Occurs at Baltimore. 



