SritFA.MH.V V. AL'IOXIX.K. 79 



slightly narrowed near apex; disc coarsely and rather densely punctate, 

 with a distinct rounded t'ovea at base. Elytra less than one-half longer 

 than wide, humeri prominent, sides parallel to beyond middle, strial punc- 

 tures large and deep, intervals nearly twice as wide as striae. Under sur- 

 face sparsely and finely, last ventral more coarsely, punctate. Length 

 1.62 mm. 



Frequent throughout Indiana, more so in the northern coun- 

 ties; April lM) August 8. One from flowers of Celandine poppy, 

 Hlt/hijtJioriiiii <li/>Jii/lluni Mirhx. on the earlier date; beaten from 

 hazel and taken by sweeping. Sanford, Fla., April 0. Ranges 

 from New England to Florida and west to Illinois and Texas. 

 The short robust form, scant pubescence, short thorax and deep 

 elytra! stria* are its most distinguishing characters. "Found in 

 numbers in July on a climbing wild legume at Cold Spring Har- 

 bor, New York, and doubtless inhabits its pods." 



92 (8405). APIOX WALSHII Smith, 1884, 57. 



Elongate, rather slender. Black, shining; pubescence fine but con- 

 spicuous. Beak feebly curved, finely striate and moderately punctate 

 throughout, slightly longer than thorax, male; as long or longer than 

 head and thorax, female. Front not sulcate. Thorax slightly wider than 

 long, apex scarcely narrower than base; disc densely and rather coarsely 

 punctate, its basal fovea small. Elytra widest behind the middle; stria? 

 deep, intervals nearly twice as wide as striae, more or less convex. Length 

 1.82.2 mm. 



Kanges from Canada and New England to Michigan, Mon- 

 tana and California, south to Maryland. Probably a species of 

 the Transition Life Zone. Recorded as occurring on white birch 

 and in the galls of a willow. 



93. (- -). APIOX PEKFOKICOLLE Fall, 1S98, 144. 



Oval, robust. Black with faint brassy tinge; antenna? piceous; pubes- 

 cence short, sparse, prostrate. Beak dilated behind the antennae in both 

 sexes, barely as long as head and thorax, thickly and coarsely punctate at 

 base, apical third more shining, male; longer, very finely and sparsely 

 punctate, female. Front coarsely punctate. Thorax slightly wider than 

 long, sides subparallel to near middle, thence feebly curved to apex; disc 

 very coarsely, deeply and densely punctate, the basal fovea large. Elytra 

 scarcely one-half longer than wide, sides subparallel to behind the middle, 

 stria? rather deep; intervals flat, not quite twice as wide as striae. Under 

 surface coarsely punctate. Length 2 2.4 mm. 



Pulaski county, Indiana, scarce; June 111 July 1(1. Swept 

 from the lead plant, AmorpJia cancsccns Pursh. Determined by 

 Fall. Recorded only from along the Atlantic coast southern 

 Xew Jersey to Georgia. 



