a 



icate at their tips; the rostrum Is shorter and more con- 

 tracted in the middle, and the origin of the antennae is 

 nearer the middle or rather the base of the rostrumj the 

 tibiae are ciliated with short spines &c. 



Species. 



F. ovaius^ Fabr. (Attelabus) Sjst. Eletit 



APION, Herbst. 

 1, A. rostrum, Nob. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sc. 

 This may very probably prove to be A. nigrum, Herbst. 

 Dr. J. F. Melsheiraer informed me that it is found in 

 abundance on the leaves of Robiniae pseud-acacia, 



il. A.segnipes^Bhck; feet rufous, with black Incisures 

 h tarsi. 

 Inhab, Indiana. 



Body black punctured, with prostrate white hairs; 

 rotrum rather long, and very slightly angulated, slightly 

 tapering, punctured at base : animnae with the 3 or 4 

 basal joints rufous : thorax with dense large punctures; ely- 

 tra with punctured profoundly impresseoi striae ; feet 

 rufous ; thighs at base, coxae, trochanters & knees blacky 

 tibiae black at tip : tarsi black with a whitish reflection at 

 the tip of their joints. 



Length about one tenth of an inch. 



I obtained numbers of this species from the seeds of an 

 Astragulus in August. 



LAEMOSACCUS, Sch. 

 L. plagiatus, Fabr. Schoenh. Curculio nephele, Herbst 

 This is a well marked insect, remarkable by the very 

 large fulvous mark on the disk of each elytron, occupying 

 two thirds of the whole surface. The tootiiof the anterior 

 thighs is very prominent. I obtained it on the Oak in July. 



THAMNOPHILUS. Schoenh. 



1. T. harbitus, Body rather long and narrcw, blackish 

 brown, with confluent punctures : rostrum punctured, cy- 

 lindrical, as long as the head and thorax, slightly broader 

 at tip, a little curved : thorax with one or two slight tu- 

 bercles each side before : elytra with the striae rather wide 

 and deep, punctured : thighs with a tooth beneath. 



Inhab. Pennsylvania. 



Length to the tip of the rostrum three tenths «)f an inck. 

 Belongs to the Subgenus PanuSj Schoesibo 



