74 
16431. 
16441. 
16443. 
16457. 
16480. 
16488. 
16499. 
16576. 
16590. 
16605. 
16635. 
16641. 
16659. 
16672. 
16677. 
16678. 
STATEN ISLAND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
Apion griseum Sm. Nov. 20, 1909, many found in pods 
of Phaseolus polystachyus growing on Richmond Hill. 
Apion rostrum Say. June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct.; on 
Baptisia. 
Apion nigrum Hbst. July. Breeds in seeds of black 
locust (Robinia pseudacacia). 
Apion segnipes Say. Watchogue, Sept. 15, 1914, in pods 
of Tephrosia. 
Apion puritanum Fall. June. Occurs on Viburnum. 
Apion herculanum Sm. On witch-hazel according to Mr. 
Bischoff. 
Phyxelis rigidus Say. Jan., April, July, Aug. 
Panscopus erinaceus Say. July. 
Tanymecus confertus Gyll. June, July. In stems of 
Ambrosia trifida (Hamilton). Polyphagous (Riley). 
Pandeleteius lilaris Hbst. June, July, Aug. Abundant 
on oak, in the wood of which it breeds. 
Hormorus undulatus Uhler. June, Aug. Adults on 
Solomon’s Seal. | 
Strophosoma corylt Fab. March. 
Pantomorus fulleri Horn. Fuller’s rose weevil, the larva 
feeding on the roots, the adult on the leaves. 
Barypeithes pellucidus Boh. “ This European weevil oc- 
curs on Long Island and Staten Island.” W. D. Pierce, 
On the Biologies of the Rhynchophora of N. A., 1907. 
Nov. 1, 1887 (Weeks), Ent. Am, itt, pp. 180 and 1838. 
adlbalkceta abundantly on Staten Island. Common around 
Paris at the base of the cultivated strawberry.” Dr. 
John Hamilton ((iransy Aims tos SOC CCl als sm: 
402). Notwithstanding these references dating back 
a number of years, we have never found it. 
Brachyrhinus sulcatus Fab. July, Nov. Larva feeds on 
roots of horticultural plants. | 
Brachyrhinus ovatus Linn. July, Aug. The strawberry 
b) 
“crown-girdler,’ sometimes injurious. It has also been 
