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very shallow shagreened furrow. Antenne rather long, moniliform; 
funicle joint 1 more than three times as long as pedicel and nearly 
three times as long as thick; joint 2 shorter than 1, twice as long as 
thick; tea 3 a little longer than 2; 4 and 5 each as long as 2; club 
as long as 4 and 5 together. Body nearly naked; pile sparse. Color 
black; antenne yellowish; all legs yellowish exe ept hind COX®, , which 
are blackish above and below; underside of ©)» lud 
ing margin behind the eyes, and underside 
yellow of the abdomen extending dorsally 1 Ue fth 
and sixth segments; fourth segment as I dal hird 
together; fifth longer than third, but shorter than fourth: seeond and 
sixth equal. 
Described from one female specimen reared March 12,1384, from grape 
seeds received January 28, 1884, from A. J. Cook, at eee Mich. 
There are four specimens in the national collection received by Professor 
Riley in the fall of 1886 from Dr. Franz Loew, of Vienna. The females 
differ from the single female reared from the seed sent by Professor Cook 
only colorationally; the yellow is much more prevalent and the black is 
reduced to a series of dorsal markings. Of the four specimens received 
from Dr. Lowe, two are males aud two females. The accompanying 
figure was drawn from one of the Loew females. With the males the 
antenne are elongate, the dorsal whorls of hair on the funicle joints 
being very long, two distinct whorls to each joint, and the segment 
somewhat constricted between the whorls; not strongly pedicellate ; 
joints 4 and 5 shorter than 2 and 3; club not longer than funicle joint 5 
Each funicle joint is at least four times as long as broad, and the dorsal 
elevation is not strongly marked. In coloration the males are darker 
than the females. The longitudinal dorsal thoracic black band is 
broader behind although narrower on the pronotum, where it is sup- 
ported on either side by a black dot. The dorsum of the abdomen is 
entirely black. 
Dr. Loew wrote that the specimens were reared from seeds of Vitis 
californica, The seeds were imported from California to Vienna in 
the month of January. The imagos emerged from the seeds at some 
time between April 12 and June 15. A very great number of seeds 
were infested and the larvie consumed the entire seed contents. 
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