74 FAMILY III CURCULIONIDJE. 



than head and thorax, nearly straight, slender, cylindrical, finely striate 

 only near base, not punctate. Antenna? short, first joint but slightly longer 

 than second and reaching the eyes. Thorax wider than long, widest behind 

 the middle, distinctly constricted near apex and base; disc rather coarsely, 

 sparsely and unevenly punctate and with a rather large, shallow basal 

 fovea. Elytra subparallel, stria? shallow; intervals rather wide, feebly con- 

 vex. Under surface finely and sparsely punctate. Length 1.2 1.4 mm. 



Ranges from Massachusetts south and southwest to Georgia, 

 Florida and Texas, and should therefore be looked for in southern 

 Indiana. Fall states that of 14 examples before him from widely 

 different localities, he was unable to distinguish the sexes. 



82 (- -). APION RECLTJSUM Fall, 1898, 126. 



Ovate, robust. Black, feebly shining, legs piceous. Beak stout, as 

 long as thorax, male, more slender and slightly longer, female; sparsely 

 and finely punctate above, more closely on sides. First joint of antennae 

 subequal to the two following, second about reaching the eye. Front wide, 

 punctate and deeply sulcate. Thorax large, wider than long; disc coarsely 

 and rather closely punctate, its basal half with an impressed line. Elytra 

 ovate, widest behind the middle; intervals wide, feebly convex. Under sur- 

 face sparsely punctate; the side pieces of meso- and metathorax clothed 

 with closely placed, white, scale-like hairs. Length 2.2 mm. 



Known from New Jersey and District of Columbia, and may 

 also occur in southern Indiana. 



83 (- -). APIOX TENUIFORJIE Fall, 1898, 129. 



Very narrow. Black, sparsely pubescent. Beak about as long as head 

 and thorax, not slender, rather strongly curved, scarcely dilated, finely 

 sculptured nearly to the tip; punctuation sparse, fine, a little stronger at 

 the sides. Thorax about as long as wide, widest a little before the base, 

 sides parallel for a short distance at the apex, thence feebly arcuate to the 

 base, which is a little wider than apex; surface sparsely punctate, a short 

 impressed line at base. Claws simple. Male with middle femora stouter, 

 first joint of middle tarsi with a strong spiniform process on the inner 

 side. (Fig. 37, m.). Length 1.5 mm. 



Described from Florida. 



84 ( ). APION PULCHRUM sp. nov. 



Elongate, slender. Beak, thorax and elytra distinctly violaceous, an- 

 tenna? and tarsi piceous; pubescence visible only on the legs. Beak stout, 

 shorter than thorax, finely and sparsely punctate. Front finely tri-sul- 

 cate and punctate; eyes small. Thorax cylindrical, slightly longer than 

 broad, feebly constricted near apex, sides parallel; disc minutely alutaceous, 

 rather finely, not closely punctate and with a small, deep oblong fovea at 

 base. Elytra nearly twice as long as wide, widest behind the middle; 

 very deeply striate, the stria? with large punctures; intervals convex. Un- 

 der surface very finely and indistinctly punctate, except on last three 

 ventrals where the punctures are more evident. Length 2 mm. (W. S. B.) 



