Horn.] 



AGRAPHUS 



Agraphus Schonherr, Gen. Cure, ii, p. 640. 



Rostrum longer and narrower than the head, with an oblique constric- 

 tion behind the scrobes, tip slightly declivous and truncate. Scrobes dis- 

 tant from the tip, deep in front and enclosed by an elevated margin, 

 broadly open and shallow behind. Front with shallow transverse impres- 

 sion. Eyes oval, oblique, pointed beneath. Antennae sub-median, densely 

 scaly, scape attaining the thorax, funicle much shorter than the scape, 6- 

 jointed, joints gradually shorter, sixth rather close to the club ; the latter 

 oval obtuse, scaly, composed in great part of the first joint only. Thorax oval, 

 truncate at apex, broadly arcuate at base. Scutellum small, triangular. 

 Elytra very convex oval, slightly attenuate behind. Legs moderate, 

 thighs rather strongly clavate, tibia? slightly dilated at tip. Tarsi slender, 

 ciliate beneath, three fourths the length of the tibiae, joint three feebly 

 emarginate and scarcely wider than the second. Claws free. Second 

 segment of abdomen not longer than the two following united, separated 

 from the first by a nearly straight suture. 



A, bellicus Say, (Peritelus) Curculionidae, p. 13; Am. Ent. i, p. 274; 

 leucophcem Gyll. Sch.Gen. Cure, ii, p. 641. 



Form elongate oval, densely covered with cinereous scales faintly 

 clouded. Head and rostrum slightly longer than the thorax. Thorax 

 oval, broader than long, sides moderately arcuate, apex narrower than the 

 base and slightly truncate, base arcuate, surface regularly convex, sparsely 

 and coarsely punctured. Elytra oval slightly attenuate posteriorly, not 

 wider at base than the thorax, nearly three times as long and conjointly 

 emarginate at base ; surface finely striate, striae distantly punctured, inter- 

 vals very feebly convex. Body beneath and legs densely covered with 

 cinereous scales, and the tibiae sparsely fimbriate. Length .26-. 34 inch ; 

 6.5-8.5 mm. 



Occurs from Pennsylvania to Florida. 



Group II. Otiorbynchi. 



Antennae long, rather slender, scape passing slightly the anterior margin 

 of the thorax, funicle 7-jointed, first two joints longer than the others, 

 joints 3-7 obconical, moderately long, club oval, acute at tip. Cotyloid 

 cavities of hind tibiae terminal. Tarsal claws free. 



The longer antenna? as defined by the form of the outer joints of the 

 funicle, alone distinguish this group from the next. The genera are not 

 numerous and are known by the characters given in the following table : 

 Metasternal side pieces entirely concealed by 



the elytra ; suture obliterated. Hind tibiae 



with two short fixed spurs OTIORHYNCHUS. 



Metasternal side pieces linear ; suture distinct 



in its entire length. 



