_>t)t; CTRCULIONIDES. 



torior angles, Avhioh arc prominent : elytra with stria? of large 

 j.iuietures : tarsi rufo-piceous. 



liOiiiitli over one-tenth of an inch. 



Much like T. ol>/ra, but is much smaller, the lateral thoracic 

 tubercle is nearer the middle and scutelis black. 



;i. T. PALLlDUs. — Pale yellowish ; head and thorax tinged 

 witli rufous. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body I'uncturcd, somewhat elongate ; head densely punctured, 

 punctures not profound ; rostrum a little dilated towards the tip, 

 punctured : club ovate acute, not much elongated : thorax with 

 dense, irregular, not very deep punctures, a dorsal glabrous line, 

 and anteriorly on each side is an acute tubercle : elytra with im- 

 pressed striae in which are oblong punctures ; interstitial lines a 

 little convex and slightly rugose with a very minute series of 

 scales or pores, near the tip these lines are more convex, basal 

 edge somewhat elevated : thighs, spines acute ; postpectus and 

 base of the abdomen dusky. 



Length to tip of rostrum about three-twentieths of an inch. 



The color is much paler than that of the arviicoflis nob. and the 

 club is much shorter. 



CHLOROPHANUS Dalm. 



C. ACUTUS nob. {Curculio) Journ. Acad. Nat. 8c. vol. 3, 

 p. 310. 



This insect also occurs in Indiana. [8] 



[Ls the type of Bm<Jt^sfj/hts Sch. — Leg.] 



ITHYCERUS Schiinh. 



I. CURCULIONIDES Herbst. 



I have always considered the Curculio punctatulus Fabr. and 

 Oliv. synonymous with this, but Germar is of the opinion that it 

 is a different insect. 



(hircuUo novsehoi-a^ensi's Forster. 



[I consider Piu-liyrhi/nciis Schonherri Kirby, Fauna Bor. Am. 

 203, Rlunaria Schonherri Sch. Cure. 7, 2, 369 as synonyms of 

 thi.H in.«ect. — Lec] 



