SUBFAMILV ir. RHYXCIIITIX.T:. r>.~) 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF ETCiNA M 1'TTS. 



a. Elytral intervals very narrow, convex, not wider than the strise; 



punctures of striae large, quadrate, crowded; black or piceous, head 



and thorax reddish-yellow. 48. STRIATUS. 



act. Elytral intervals flat, or nearly so, wider than striae; punctures of 



striae smaller, rounded; color variable. 



1). Color usually uniform brownish-yellow; eyes of male not much larger 

 than those of female; head strongly punctured. 49. PUXCTICEPS. 

 &&. Color not as above; eyes of male distinctly larger than those of fe- 

 male and much closer together; head finely and more sparsely 

 punctured. 



c. Front of head not sulcate; abdomen black. 



(I. Elytra bluish-black; head behind the eyes cylindrical, not nar- 

 rowed; legs and thorax variable in color. 50. COLLARIS. 

 dd. Elytra dark reddish-brown or piceous; head narrowed behind 

 eyes; legs always pale, thorax reddish-yellow. 51. AXGUSTATUS. 

 cc. Front with short median sulcus or channel; abdomen in part or 

 wholly reddish-yellow. 52. SULCIFROXS. 



48 (8205). EUGNAMPTUS STRIATUS Lee., 1876, 5. 



Elongate, slender. Black, clothed with erect black hairs, head and 

 thorax reddish-yellow. Beak black, coarsely punctured, distinctly carinate 

 behind the antennae, which are inserted about the middle and are long and 

 slender; front sparsely punctured, foveate in male, obsoletely channeled in 

 female. Thorax longer than wide, sparsely and coarsely punctate; median 

 dorsal line deep, abbreviated at each end. Elytral stria? marked with 

 deep, transverse, close-set punctures; intervals narrow, each with a row 

 of minute, distant punctures. Length 4.5 4.7 mm. 



Not recorded outside of Florida. Described from Haulover. 

 Taken at Ormond, Key West and Dnnedin. March 18 April 14. 

 Ueaten from scrub oak. 



49 (8208). EUGXAMPTUS PUNCTICEPS Lee., 1876, 6. 



Brownish-yellow, elytra rarely in part piceous. Head not narrowed be- 

 hind, coarsely, not densely punctured; beak rather slender, not striate, 

 coarsely and sparsely punctate; antennae stouter than in our other species. 

 Thorax subcylindrical, longer than wide, narrowed in front, widest at mid- 

 dle; disc coarsely and rather closely punctured, feebly channeled. Punc- 

 tures of elytral striae small, round, close-set; intervals flat, each with a row 

 of very fine, distant punctures. Length 2.7 4 mm. 



Described from Illinois and Georgia. Known also from 

 Maryland to Florida, Kansas, Texas and Nebraska. Clayton, 

 Ga., in July. At Plummer's Island, Md.. it occurs only on the 

 dwarf sumac, Kit us copall'ma L. The head is narr<Mver and beak 

 more slender than in collar is. 



