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CURCULIONID^. 



with extremely fine hair - like 

 scales about half as wide as those 

 on the interstices, the course of 

 the stripe, therefore, more evident. 

 Elytra apparently twice as long 

 as wide, parallel - sided in the 

 basal half. Femora usually dark, 

 a*. Rostrum strongly subulate, 

 especially in the lateral aspect. 

 Male with a distinct sharp 

 tooth near the basal third of 

 the inner edge of the front 

 tibise ..... 

 b*. Rostrum not evidently subu- 

 late. Male with the anterior 

 tibise bisinuate on the inner 

 edge, but without a tooth 

 b. The scales arising from the punc- 

 tures in the elytral strise not 

 evidently different from the re- 

 mainder, the course of the 

 strife, therefore, barely indicated. 

 Elytra appearing less than twice 

 as long as Avide. 

 a*. Scales of the elytral in- 

 terstices elongate, but nearly 

 twice as wide as in T.junceus, 

 Reiche, the surface, therefore, 

 more closely covered. Male 

 with the anterior femora simple, 

 the anterior tibiae curved, and 

 their inner edge bisinuate. 

 Female with the greatest width 

 of the thorax distinctly less than 

 that of the elytra. L. 2-21 ram. 

 b*. Scales of the elytral interstices 

 finer and more hair-like than 

 in T. hcematojnis, the surface, 

 therefore, less closely covered. 

 Male with the anterior femora 

 furnished with a fringe of hair- 

 like scales on the underside from 

 the base nearly to the apex, 

 anterior tibiae strongly curved, 

 the inner edge excavate in the 

 apical two-thirds. Female with 

 the greatest width of the trans- 



T. MELiLOTi, Stej->h. 



T. TOMENTOSUS, Herhst. 



T. H.EMATOPUS, Gyll. 



