TITK PKA ANP RKAN WEEVILS. l-^)!' 



at baso as hmi:. sides lu'arly straiirlit ; surface dciiscly and nijinsoly pimt,'- 

 turcd. Elytra at base iidt \vi(l(>r than thorax, stria- Ihu'ly iiuiu-turod; inter- 

 vals Hat. each with a rnw dl" cdarsi" jiunctures on the middle, lifiiixth :'. mm. 

 i*osey Coiinty; I'iU'c. June ti. Desei'ihed IVoiii 'I'exas. 



2202 (7144). r.Krcm's Ai.Bo.serTi;i,i.An s llnni. 'i'r.ins. .\mer. Tail. See.. I\', 

 .187.3, 3:J4. 



Ohleng-oval, moderately robust. I'dack. sparsely i)ubeseent with gray- 

 ish hairs, those on intervals of elytr.a interruiited. formini; short. (|iiadrato 

 white spots; under surface black, mure shininu- than .Mbnve. xcry sii.-irsely 

 putx-scent. Antenna' longer than liead and thorax, black, thi' fmir basal 

 joints p.iler. Thorax broader than long, sides feebly enrved. tlie apex but 

 little narrower than base: surface coarsely but not densely jmncturcd. Ely- 

 tra slightly longer than wide, at base not wider than thorax, si ri;c indis- 

 tinctly punctured: intervals Hat, miinitely pinictulate. I'ygidium i)roadly 

 oval, very convex, coarsely .and sparsely punctured and finely rugulose. 

 Eengtli 2,."'i nun. 



A soiitlu'i'ii tui-iti taken only n(>af Lincoln City, Spencer County. 

 l\[ay 24, Swei)t I'l-oni roadside lierbaii'e. Breeds in the capsules of 

 the watei- purslane ( Liidwigia palustris YA\.) . Easily known by the 

 round white seuteruim. The elytra are mottled nuieh as in the com- 

 mon hihisci. From the latter it is easily separated by the black legs 

 and antenn;v, as well as by the form of the scntellum. 



2293 (714G). BiircHUs dtstinguendus Horn. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. IV, 

 1873, 336. 



Broadly oval, robust. Black, rather sparsely clothed with grayish pu- 

 trescence, that on the elytra interrupted on the intervals with indistinct 

 darker spaces; legs all black, male; front and middle pair reddish-brown, 

 female. Antenna^ somewhat longer than head and thorax, subserrate. Tho- 

 rax bell-shaped, slightly broader at base than long, base feebly lobed; sur- 

 face coarsely and sjiai'sely punctured. Elytra together as broad as long, 

 sides broadly curved, at base becoming rapidly broader than thorax; sur- 

 face striate: intervals flat, each with a row of coarse punctures. Length 

 2.5-2.8 mm. 



Lake, ^Martin. Knox and Clark counties; rare. June 30- August 

 8. Four s]nM'imens Avere taken from the ripening pods of the cat- 

 gut or goat's-rue, Cracca virfji)ii-n)a Tj. A southern form described 

 from Georgia. 



2204 (7147). P.RrcHrs calvvs Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. IV. Ist;'.. ?>'M>. 



Oblong-oval. T'niform black, very sparsely ])ubescent with grayish 

 hairs. Autennfe as long as head and thorax, subserrate. Thorax slightly 

 broader at base than long, sides moderately curved and gradually narrowed 

 to aiiex; surface finely and rugosely luuictate, Elytr.-i together less wide 

 than long; surface shining, lincly stri;ite. the stria' indistinctly punctured; 

 intervals tlat. finely punctulate. Length 2 2.r» nun. 



Northern half of State, frequent; Knox County only in the 



