7<5 FAMILY III. CURCULIOXIRE. 







b ft. Sides of thorax more or less sinuate behind the middle. 



d. Base of thorax as wide or wider than middle. (Fig. 38, b.). 

 e. Antennae inserted very near base of beak, the first joint nearly or 



quite reaching the eye. 



/. Surface rather thickly clothed with white scale-like hairs, 

 beak slender. 88. MODESTUJI. 



ff. Surface with fine, sparse pubescence; beak stouter. 



89. PERVICAX.* 



ee. Antenna? less basal, the first joint not reaching the eye. 



g. Head excavated and polished beneath; surface reddish-bronzed. 



90. GVLARE.* 



gg. Head beneath as usual. 



/;. Tibial spine with a short, subapical tooth on under side; 

 first joint of antennae barely as long as the next two, sec- 

 ond joint reaching the eye; elytral striae deep, the inter- 

 vals convex. 91. PATRCELE. 



Jih. Tibial spine simple, without tooth. 



i. Form elongate, elytra three-fourths longer than wide; body 

 beneath sparsely punctate; third joint of female anten- 

 nae reaching the eye. 92. WALSHII. 

 ii. Form stouter, more obese; second joint of antennae reach- 

 ing the eye; body beneath more closely punctate. 

 ;'. First joint of antennae shorter than the next two. 



k. Tibial spine short, more or less subangulate beneath; 

 thorax very coarsely punctate, its basal fovea deep, 

 elongate, conspicuous; length 1.8 2.4 mm. 



93. PERFORICOLLE. 



/,/,. Tibial spine long, simple; intervals much wider than 

 the striae; length 1.5 mm. 94. NOVELLUM. 



jj. First joint of antennae subequal to the next two united. 

 L Pubescence sparse. 



m. Elytral intervals flatter; hairs beneath less scale- 

 like; surface usually with bronzed lustre. 



95. TURBULEXTUM. 



mm. Elytral intervals noticeably convex; vestiture be- 

 neath decidedly scale-like; surface without 

 bronzed lustre. 96. IMPOBTUNVM.* 



//. Pubescence conspicuous; elytral intervals flat, nearly 

 twice as wide as striae; surface usually bronzed. 



97. GRiSErir. 



dd. Thorax with the sides plainly narrowed before base, which is nar- 

 rower than the middle; larger, 2 or more mm., except in fur- 

 tivum. 

 n. Middle and hind tibiae only mucronate in male. 



o. Elytral intervals strongly convex; pubescence very sparse. 



98. PORCATrjr. 

 oo. Elytral intervals flat or nearly so. 



l>. Sides of elytra nearly parallel; pubescence very sparse; 

 front tarsi of males not dilated; length 2.5 3.2 mm. 



99. ROSTRUM. 



