

338 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



RHIPIPHORTJS Fabr. 



R. flavipennis Lee. G. d., rare (W). 



R. dimidiatus Fabr. Hudson Co. (LI), g. d., rare (W), Jamesburg, River- 

 ton, VII, 25. 



R. pectinatus Fabr. Caldwell (Cr), Orange Mts ., Newark (Bf), g. d. (W), 

 So. Jersey, VI, 21 ; always rare. 



R. limbatus Fabr. Palisades, VII, 26 (Lv), Orange Mts., Newark (Bf), g. 

 d., rare (W). 



R. linearis Lee. Madison, VII, 17 (Pr). 



MYODITES Latr. 

 M. fasciatus Say. Orange Mts. (Bf), Eastern New Jersey, rare (Dietz). 



Family STYLOPIDiE. 



This family is represented in our State by a single species only, which has 

 been denied a place in the order. It is exceedingly minute, the male only is 

 winged, lives for only a very short time ; the female never leaves the body of 

 the paper wasp in which the species is parasitic. 



Our only species is 



XENOS Rossi. 



X. peckii Kirby. I have taken Polistes with the head of this species project- 

 ing between the abdominal rings occasionally, in all parts of the State. 



RHYNCHOPHORA. 



The remaining families in the order belong to the series Rhynchophora, or 

 snout beetles, sometimes classed as a sub-order, also termed curculios or 

 weevils. Their chief character is expressed by the name, i. e., the head is pro- 

 longed into a beak or snout, at the end of which the mouth parts are situated. 

 This beak or snout varies much in length, and is sometimes so short that it 

 would hardly be noticeable. The thorax is cylindrical, however, without seam 

 or suture at the sides, and the tarsi or feet have the joint before the last lobed, 

 which character will usually serve to identify the series when the mouth struc- 

 ture leaves it in doubt. It may be generally said that all the species are plant 

 feeders, and are or may be injurious. 



The larvae are white, much wrinkled, stout, fleshy grubs, usually without 

 legs, with a yellowish head, and they tend to curl up like a "white grub." 

 These also are vegetable feeders as a rule, and many of them are great pests. 

 There are a number of families of the snout beetles based on good structural 

 characters, but which are not readily seperable by the amateur. No attempt at 

 definition will be made, therefore, with most of them, and individual genera 

 or species will be commented upon where necessary. 



