SUBFAMILY V. APIOXIX..E. 00 



oo. Beak as usual; intervals more or less convex; abdomen with 



coarse numerous punctures. 78. MOLESTUM. 



nn. Humeri distinct; length 1.5 1.8 mm. 79. MINUTUM.* 



II. Larger, seldom less than 2 mm.; antennas black; humeri distinct. 



80. PENNSYLVANICUM. 



65. (- -). APION IMPEDITUM Fall, 1898, 113. 



Very narrow, convex. Black, shining; pubescence very sparse. Beak 

 rather strongly curved, sparsely but distinctly punctate, its apical portion 

 strigose, subequal to head and thorax in male, one-fourth longer in female. 

 Antenna? rather slender, the first joint equal to or slightly longer than the 

 next two, the third more slender but about as long as second. Thorax 

 closely not coarsely punctate, its dorsal line nearly complete. Elytra very 

 narrow, sides parallel; intervals flat, not twice as wide as stria?. Length 

 2 2.3 mm. 



Described from Peekskill, N. Y., and the District of Columbia. 

 Very close to r; raticiun Smith. 



66. (- -). APION QUADRICOLLE Fall, 1898, 113. 



Black, not very shining. Beak of female cylindrical, strongly curved, 

 slightly longer than head and thorax. First antennal joint barely equal 

 to the two following. Thorax quadrate, as wide as long, sides parallel, 

 dorsal line nearly complete. Elytra strongly convex, sides evenly curved; 

 intervals flat, twice as wide as striae. Length 2 mm. 



Described from Mississippi. 



67. (8371). APION IMPUNCTISTRIATUM Smith, 1884, 48. 



Elongate, rather slender. Black, shining, antenna 3 piceous; pubes- 

 cence very short, scarcely visible. Beak finely strigose, minutely and 

 sparsely punctate, not strongly curved; a little shorter than head and tho- 

 rax, male; much longer and very slender, female. Antenna? slender, first 

 joint equal to the next two, male, or three, female; the second reaching 

 the eye. Thorax longer than wide, sides with an obtuse tubercle at mid- 

 dle; disc densely, rather coarsely punctate, its dorsal line complete. 

 Elytra broadly oval, strongly convex, widest just behind the middle; 

 intervals flat, twice as wide as striae. Length 2 2.2 mm. 



Steuben and Crawford counties, Indiana, scarce: probably 

 throughout the State. May 13 June 25. Arlington, N. J., Feb- 

 ruary March. The punctures of elytral striae are visible, not- 

 withstanding the specific name. Readily known by its small size, 

 slender form, obtuse tubercle at side of thorax and coarsely punc- 

 tured abdomen. Ranges from Ontario and western Pennsylvania 

 to Michigan and Texas. Breeds in the stems of Heterotheca and 

 Ambrosia in Texas. (Pierce.) 



68. (- -). APION CORACELI.UM Fall, 1898, 115. 



Entirely black, more or less bronzed; pubescence fine and very 

 sparse. Beak of male slightly shorter than head and thorax, stouter in 

 basal third, nearly parallel and slender beyond the insertion of the an- 



