SUBGENUS TRICHAPION — KISSINGER 363 



land Co., Apr. 9, 1953 (ELS); Cincinnati, H. Soltau (USNM); Franklin Co., 

 June 21, 1950 (ELS); Westerville, June 26, 1949 (ELS). Pennsylvania: Ash- 

 bourne, May 24, 1900 (USNM); Frankford (USNM); Glenolden, June 16 

 (USNM); Glenside, June 16 (USNM); Hanover, May 15, 1930 (USNM); Lehigh 

 Gap, Aug. 8, 1904 (USNM). Tennessee: Gatlinburg, Sept. 20, 1941 (USNM); 

 Memphis, May 20, 1916 (USNM); Nashville, Aug. 4-15, 1897 (USNM). Texas: 

 Columbus, Aug. 14, E. A. Schwarz (USNM). Virginia: Chain Bridge, May 7, 

 1922 (USNM); Covington, May 6, 1950 (DGK); Fairfax Co., Dyke, May 28 

 (USNM); Falls Church, July 2, 1922 (USNM); Fredericksburg, July 15, 1900 

 (USNM); Nelson Co., Aug. 4, 1910 (USNM); Stone Creek, Lee Co. (USNM). 



Remarks: Chittenden (1908) records this species as developing in 

 the seeds of tick-trefoil, Meibomia marylandica L. Blatchley and 

 Leng (1916) state that it was beaten from flowers of panicled dogwood, 

 Cornus candidissma Marsh., and swept from hucldeberry. 



Apion reconditum Gyllenhal is a name that has not been recognized 

 since its description in 1839. Both Smith (1884) and Fall (1898) 

 treat the name as an unrecognized species. An examination of the 

 tj^pe has revealed the above synonymy. 



Apion {Trichapion) subrufutn Sharp 



Figure 15,m,n 



Apion subrufum Sharp, Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera, Cur- 

 culionidae: Apioninae, vol. 4, pt. 3, p. 68, 1890. 



Description: Length, 1.67 mm. 



Moderately robust. Dark reddish; beak, head and pro thorax 

 darker than elytra; tibiae and tarsi light reddish j^ellow; pubescence 

 moderately fine, white, on dorsal surface of prothorax and elytra 

 inconspicuous, denser on median basal spot of prothorax; denser on 

 sides of meso thorax and metathorax. Beak of male slender, slightly 

 longer than head and prothorax combined, three-fifths longer than 

 prothorax, slightly curved; more strongly deflexed in apical third; in 

 lateral view stouter in basal fourth, attenuate, apical one-half nearly 

 parallel-sided; in dorsal view moderately expanded over antennal 

 insertion, apical two-thirds nearly parallel-sided; polished, with 

 irregularly placed, sparse, moderately deep punctures, more strongly 

 punctured toward base and laterally. Antennae of male inserted at 

 basal one-eighth at distance from eye equal to width of frons; iii'st 

 segment equals next two, second segment shorter than next two, 

 club 0.25 by 0.09 mm. Eyes moderately prominent; frons narrow, 

 about equal to dorsal tip of beak, with a moderately wide median 

 area and a shallow, wide sulcus. Prothorax at base one-fifth wider 

 than long, middle about as wide as base, apex seven-tenths as wide 

 as base; sides beyond minute basal lateral expansion slightly expand- 

 ing to middle, rounding to constricted apex; in profile dorsal sur- 

 face nearly flat; punctation 0.03 mm. in diameter, shallow, margin 



