1873. J 40 J [Horn. 



The elytra are never in this species as in the preceding, totally black, 

 there being in all the specimens an oblique humeral stripe and the sub- 

 apical band rufous, these rufous spaces may extend themselves so that 

 the black almost entirely disappears excepting in a small triangular lateral 

 space and the extreme tip. The vestiture is hairy rather than scale-like. 



Occurs from Illinois to and throughout the Gulf States. 



A. fragarise Eiley. Third Annual Report on the Noxious, Beneficial, 

 and other Insects of the State of Missouri. 1871, p. 42, fig. 14. 



Form oblong, rufo-piceous, elytra paler. Rostrum moderately coarsely 

 and densely punctured and with a triangular fovea at base. Thorax as in 

 the preceding species, densely and moderately coarsely punctured, each 

 puncture with a short slender scale. Elytra oblong oval, sides arcuate, 

 wider behind the middle, with rows of moderately coarse punctures which 

 become gradually smaller towards the apex without the strias becoming 

 more evident ; pale rufous very sparsely clothed with short cinerous scale- 

 like pubescence, arranged more densely in two crescentic bands on each 

 elytron, placed slightly obliquely, and behind each band a small fuscous 

 spot. Body beneath rufo-piceous, coarsely punctured, legs paler. Length 

 .16 inch ; 4 mm. 



A specimen of this species was sent me by the late B. D. Walsh, 

 bearing the name which Mr. Riley had adopted. It differs from every 

 species known by the dense and even punctuation of the thorax. Injures 

 the Strawberry plant. 



Occurs in Illinois and Missouri. 



A. sereus Say. Cure. K A. p. 29 ; Am. Ent. edit. Lee. I, p. 297 ; 

 Rosensch. Schonh. Gen. Cure. IV, p. 279. 



Black, shining, upper surface with distinct asneous lustre. Rostrum 

 densely and moderately coarsely punctured, at base a fine sulcus, thorax 

 longer than wide, apex rounded, base feebly bisinuate, sides in front 

 obliquely and slightly sinuously narrowed, at basal half nearly straight 

 and parallel ; surface convex, punctuation variable but never more than 

 sparsely punctulate. Elytra with rows of moderate punctures at base, 

 apex smooth. Body beneath black, shining coarsely and sparsely punc- 

 tured, abdomen smooth. Legs black, moderately punctured. Length 

 .12-16 inch ; 3-4. mm. 



The punctuation of the thorax varies. In the typical form the disc is 

 smooth and the sides only sparsely punctured. In the larger specimens 

 the disc is distinctly punctured but the punctures are always moderate 

 and very sparsely placed. The specimens from the Gulf States are smaller. 

 The largest before me are from Iowa. 



Occurs from Pennsylvania to Iowa and Louisiana. 



