138 Annuls Entomological Society of America [Vol. IV, 



Hypera picipes: 



1821: Dejean: Cat. Coll. Coleop., p. 89. 



1833: Dejean: Cat. Coleop. coll. Dejean. Dejena, ed. 2, p. 264. 

 1837: Dejean: Cat. Coleop. coll. Dejean, ed. 3, p. 287. 

 1N41: (Dohrn) Cat. Coleop. Eur., p. 52. 



Hypera picipes: 



1829: Stephens: Sys. Cat. Brit. Ins., p. 168, no. 1721. 

 1831: Stephens: Entomology, 4: 93, no. 1,5. 

 Hypera murina: 



1829: Stephens: Cat. Sys. Brit. Ins., p. His, no. 1722 (nee. Fabr.i. 

 1831: Stephens: Entomology, 4: 93, no. 10. 



Phytonomus < as tor: 



1910: Smith: Cat. Ins. New Jersey, p. 381 (nee. I.e. 



"Moo. ('. brevirostris griseus thoracis dor so fusco lima albida, elytirs 

 nigra punctatis, siihira ante apicem albida. 



"Habitat in Germania. Dam Smidt. 



"Paullo minor C. corvli. Caput griseum rostra cylindrico, nigra. 

 Thorax supra grisues (torso lata, fusco linea media grised. Flytra 

 striata, moz grisea. max magis ferruginea, nigra punctata sulura ante 

 apicem linea distincta, albida. Pedes concolores." 



Adult: (Plate XXIV, figs. 9, 1.""), 10; Plate XXX, figs. 4 0). Length 

 :;.."> 5mm. Width L. 7-2.1 mm. 



Black or reddish black, elongate-oval, small, sides of elytra nearly 

 parallel; scales cleft to the base, hairs never long and erect. 



Head small, finely closely regularly punctured ; front very narrow, 

 never as wide as the eye, densely pubescent; beak long slender, cylin- 

 drical, curved, in female longer than thorax; distinct central keel 

 terminating opposite the antennal insertion in a wider smooth portion 

 which possesses an elongate depression, one or more rather regular 

 punctured striae on the sides; tip reddish, smooth, polished sparsely 

 punctured and with a few long hairs; eyes elongate oval, large; antenna: 

 yellowish red or red, inserted near apex of beak, scape reaches margin 

 of the eyes, first funicle joint twice as long as second, following except 

 third shorter than broad, seventh very broad, club oval, pointed, 

 densely pubescent. 



Prothorax very wide, sometimes one-fourth wider than long, widest 

 about the middle, sides strongly widely rounded, anterior margin 

 narrower than posterior, dorsum almost flat, densely punctured, but 

 punctures distinctly separated by smooth shining part of prothorax; 

 usually rather sparsely covered with metallic gray or pale brown scales, 

 a long central paler line may be generally distinguished, and the sides 

 are uniformly paler, the bands between are often irregular in width. 



Scutcllum paler, small distinct, narrowly triangulate. 



Elytra at base scarcely wider than prothorax in widest part, nearly 

 rectangular, very slightly rounded at sides, humeri rounded somewhat 

 prominent; finely striately punctate, interspaces a very little elevated, 

 scales rather uniform in color over the elytra, but in some specimens the 

 elytra are almost entirely tesselated with dark brown on a paler brown 

 background; sutural scale often darker than others especially in front; 

 all the scales sometimes metallic green or gray or brown gray or even 



