FAMILY III. CURCULIOXIDJE. 



Vermillion County, Indiana, rare; June 15. Determined by 

 Fall. Known heretofore from Dakota, Kansas and Montana. 



113 (8368). APIOX PARALLKLUM Smith, 1884, 47. 



Elongate, slender. Black, finely and sparsely pubescent ; first antennal 

 joint often yellow. Beak of male about as long as head and thorax, finely 

 striate, sparsely punctate; of female a little longer, less narrowed toward 

 tip. First joint of antennae equal to the next two, male, or three, female, 

 joints 6 8 wider than long. Thorax as long as wide, base barely wider than 

 apex, sides feebly curved; disc strongly and rather closely punctate, median 

 line incomplete, basal fovea present. Elytra narrow, striae wide, punctures 

 distinct; intervals narrow, convex. Under surface deeply, rather coarsely 

 and closely punctate. Length 1.5 2 mm. 



Various localities in New Jersey in June and Julv. Recorded 



*/ . 



from Massachusetts, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois and Tennes- 

 see. 



114 (- -). APIOX PERSIMILE Fall, 1898, 172. 



Moderately robust. Entirely black; pubescence rather conspicuous, con- 

 sisting of perfectly recumbent cinereous hairs, which are more or less 

 scale-like, especially on the head, thorax and lower surface; on the elytra 

 they form a single tolerably even line on each interval. Beak of male short- 

 er than head and thorax, feebly dilated close to the base, slightly narrowing 

 to tip, apex shining, otherwise dull and moderately punctate; of female 

 slightly longer and more slender. Length 1.5 1.7 mm. 



Described from specimens in Zimmermann collection, proba- 

 bly from the South Atlantic coast region. 



115 (10,814). APIOX LIVIUUM Smith, Ent. Amer., 1887, 56. 



Short, oval. Pale reddish-brown, legs yellowish; pubescence fine, 

 sparse, yellowish. The only species of this color, resembling emaciipes and 

 carinatnm in structure. Length 1.6 1.8 mm. 



Pelican Bay, Lake Okeechobee, Fla. ; very common on the dead 

 vines of the wild cucumber I Mc/oHiria ) and in dense masses of 

 Spanish moss; March 5. Ormond, Duuedin and Crescent City, 

 Fla.; Feb. 23 Apr. 14. Known only from Florida. 



116 (- -). APIOX PUUITAXUM Fall, 1898, 174. 



Moderately elongate, wider behind. Piceous-brown, the suture slightly 

 darker; pubescence of coarse, grayish-white hairs massed to form a curved 

 line on basal half of each elytron, a transverse subapical band, a spot 

 at base of third interval and a blotch on the sides of meso- and metas- 

 terna. Beak about as long as head and thorax, male, distinctly longer, fe- 

 male, finely striate and punctate and rather dull nearly to tip. First an- 

 tennal joint subequal to the next two, the second, male, or third, female, 

 reaching the eye. Thorax as long as wide, slightly wider at base, moderate- 

 ly punctate, basal fovea small, narrow. Elytra one-half longer than wide, 

 widest behind middle; intervals feebly convex. Length 2 2.4 mm. (Fig. 

 39, c.) 



