1911] Ilypera and Phytonomus in America 445 



Phytonomus nigriroslris var. variabilis: 



1858: Matheiu: Ann. Ent. Soc. Belg., 2: 198, no. 205, var. 



1901: Petri: Monog. d. Coleop. — Tribus Hvperini, p. 202. 



1901: Petri: Bestim.— Tab. Coleop., Hit. 44, Hvperini, p. 39. 

 Curculio virescens: 



1790: Quensel: Diss. ign. Insect., p. 16. 

 Curculio fulvipes: 



1801: Turton: Gen. Svs. Nat.. 2: 215 fsvn. bv Stephens;. 



1802: Stewart: Elem. Nat. Hist., 2: 54 (syn. by Stephens). 

 Phytonomus steirlini: 



1868: Capiomont: Rev. d. Hyperides, p. 223. 

 Hypera steirlini: Gemminger & Harold: Cat. Coleop. 8 2387. 



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



1871: Kirsch: Bed. Ent. Zeit., 15: 191. 

 Hvpera nigriroslris var. steirlini: 



1891: Weise in H. R. & W.: Cat. Coleop. Eur., p. 303. 

 Phytonomus nigriroslris var. steirlini: 



1901: Petri: Monogr. Coleop. Tribus Hyperini, ; . 202. 



1901: Petri: Bestim.-Tab. Coleop. Hit.' 44, Hyperini, p. 37. 



1906: Weise in H. R. & \\\: Cat. Cole. -p. Eur., p. 656. 

 Erirhinus viridis: 



1877: Provancher: Petite Fauna ent. Can., 1: 518. 

 Phytonomus nigriroslris var. hirtus: 



1901: Petri: Monogr. Coleop. Tribus Hyperini, p. 165, 202. 



1901: Petri: Bestim.-Tab. Coleop. Hft. 44. Hvperini. p. 37. 



1906: Weise in H. R. & W.: Cat. Coleop. Eur., p. 656. 



Original description: Fabricius, 177."), p. 132, as Curculio nigriroslris. 



"nigriroslris. 2/ t . C. longiroslris, viridis. roslro atro. 



Habitat in Anglia. D. Banks. 



Caput fuscum, roslro i ylindrieo, atro. nilido. Thorax gibbus, rotttn- 

 datus, viridis, lincis duabus dorsalibus, fuscis. Elytra tomentosa, viridis, 

 immaculata. Pedes fitsci. femoribus simplicibus." 



Adult: (Plate XXX, fig. 1). Length 3.5-4.5 mm. Width 1.3-1.7 mm. 



Yellowish-red to black, elongate-oval or elongate; scales cleft to the 

 base, metallic gray-green, yellowish, gray-brown, green, deep green or 

 blue green, apparently depending upon trie maturity of the specimen. 



Head densely black, small, closely finely punctured, clothed with 

 fine pale hairs; front narrower than eyes; beak as long as prothorax or 

 longer (in female especially so), curved, cylindrical, polished, with a 

 median dorsal keel the whole length, interrupted above the antennal 

 insertion by an elongate narrow depression ; eyes much elongated, narrowed 

 below, an indistinct fovea on the front between the eyes; antennal groove 

 narrow, black, punctured; antenna' red or yellowish-red, scape reaching 

 almost to middle of eye, first funicle joint not twice as long as second, 

 joints three to seven becoming regularly shorter and broader, seventh 

 broadly oval, club not elongate-oval, dark, densely pubescent, the re- 

 mainder of the antennae with many fine white hairs. 



Prothorax one-third longer than wide, coarsely punctured, pube- 

 scent, the narrow anterior margin polished, sides almost parallel a little 

 widened one-third of distance from anterior margin, posterior edge wider 

 than anterior; clothed with scales deeply cleft, hairs sparse, more on 

 anterior edge and on sides ; each puncture on the sides has a scale set in 



