426 Annals Entomological Society of America [Vol. IV, 



Phytonomus seriatus Mannerheim. 

 Phytonomus seriatus: 



1853: Mannerheim: Bui. Soc. Imp. Mosc, 26 (pt 3): 107, 243, no. 228. 



1873: Cn.tch: Cat. Coleop. of X. Am., p. lis. no. 6993. 



1889: Hamilton: Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 16: 155. 



1909: Webster, R. L.: Entom. News, 20: 81. 

 Hxpern seriata: 



1871: Gemminger & Harold: Cat. Coleop., 8: 2387. 



1889: Fauvel: Revue Entom.. 8: 157, no. 458. 

 Ph ytonom us pubicollis: 



' 1909: R. L. Webster: Entom. News, 20: 80. 



Original description: Mannerheim, 1853, p. 24.']: 



"228. Phytonomus seriatus: oblongUS, niger, dense britnueo- 

 aureo-pubescens et squamulosus; antennis pedibusque rufescentibus; 

 rostro brcviore, parum areitalo; thorace crebre punetulato, couvexo, utrinquc 

 antrorsum rotundato, lineis tribus e pi/is pallidoribus jlavescenlibus nolato, 

 elytris subtil iter tenue e pilis palpunclulatis, suliira infuscata, inters/ it i is 

 alternis 3, 5 et 7 nounihil elevatioribus pilis flavogriscis densius obductis, 

 I . S, 5 et 7 maculis nigris scriatis. Longit. sine rostro 8 tin. Latit. 1 IS 

 tin. 



"Habitat in insula Kadjak, ubi mense August exemplar e singulum in 

 baccic Rubi cepit D. Holmberg. 



"Ph. suspiciosus Hcrbst, Schonh. (niiliti Gyllenh.) affinis, sed 

 thorace angustiorc, densius squamoso, subtilius punctato, ante medium et 

 lion in ipso medio-rotundato-dilatato, elytrisque longioribus, levins slrialo- 

 punctatis, maculis nigris in series qitaluor regularcs dispositis ab Mo 

 dignoscendus." 



Adult: (Plate XXIX, figs. 6-7). Length 5.5-5.7 mm. Width 1.8 mm. 



Body black and legs dark, antennae rufous, club darker; oval, 

 closely finely covered with broadly emarginate hairs and scales that are 

 split almost to the base. 



Head clothed with thick hairs which arc usually notched at the tip; 

 distance between the eyes as great as the width of the eye in the female 

 and almost as wide as the length of the eye in the male; eyes scarcely 

 oval, medium in size; beak stout, not as long as the prothorax, at the 

 tip wider than at base; hairs dense and long, simple at the tip, dorsal 

 carina scarcely evident but the elongate depression above the antennal 

 insertion is very plain, tip smooth somewhat elevated and with two 

 small punctured side grooves; mouth parts reddish; many small punc- 

 tures scattered over the beak, especially near the tip; antennal grooves 

 not smooth polished; antenna- with scape smooth, polished, enlarged at 

 tip, not reaching to the eyes and shorter than the funicle; first funicle 

 joint slightly longer than second and is twice as long as third; club very 

 dark, almost black, elongate oval, pointed and densely pubescent 

 with pale hairs. 



Prothorax polished, closely deeply regularly punctured, narrower 

 anteriorly, widest about one-third of distance from front where it is 

 almost as wide as the elytra at the base, sides abruptly drawn in to the 

 venter, closely densely covered with long thick hairs which are deeply 

 broadly notched at the tip. 



