CUROULIONIDES. 285 



5. C. POSTICATUS nob. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 [Is a Conotrachelus. — Lec] 



6. C. PAROCHUS Herbst. (Curculio) Natursyst. 



Varies in size. I have a specimen from Missouri, of which 

 the length is nearly one-fourth of an inch. 



The recipient groove in this species extends upon the post- 

 pectus and terminates between the intermediate feet. 



7. C. ARGULA Fabr. (Rhi/nchxnus) Syst. Eleut. 

 Curculio nenuphar Herbst. Natursyst. 



R. cerasl Peck, Jour. Mass. Agr. Soc. Jany. 1819. 



This also varies much in size, and depredates on the plumb 

 and peach and other stone fruits. My kinsman, the late excel- 

 lent ^Wm. Bartram, informed me that it also destroys the Euro- 

 pean Walnut in this country. [20] 



Subgenus Camptorhinus Sch. 



8. C. TUBULATUS. — Thorax tubular before; interstitial lines 

 with a series of dusky punctures. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body black, punctured : rostrum rather slender, arquated j be- 

 tween the eyes indented : thorax densely punctured, anteriorly 

 abruptly contracted so as to be almost tubular ; elytra with deeply 

 impressed, punctured striae ; interstitial lines flattened, and with 

 a series of punctures, each furnishing a recurved, whitish hair. 



Length under one-fifth of an inch. 



I place this small species in the present subgenus, from the 

 character o6 the eyes, which are very large, remote above and 

 closely approaching beneath. 



CEUTORHYNCHUS Schupp. 



2. C. ACEPHALUS nob. (Falcirjer) Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. 3, 

 p. 309. 



The common whitish line at base of the elytra is rather less 

 obvious than that of C. pericarpius F. 



[Belongs to Coeliodes Sch. — Lec] 



2. C. CRETURA Herbst. {Curculio) Natursyst. 7, p. 70, pi. 100, 

 fig. 5,C._ 



I mentioned this species under the name of A-spinostis in the 

 Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. 3, p. 310. 



[Belongs to Phytohixis. — Lec] 



