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Found in numbers on the Pacific coast at San José. Our specimens agree with the 
type, which I have seen, as well as with others from Texas. The anterior femora are 
bidentate. A. grandis is placed by Dietz in his A. gularis-group. | 
A. texanus-group. 
59. Anthonomus texanus. (Tab. XI. figg. 4, 4a, 3.) 
Anthonomus (Trichobaropsis) texanus, Dietz, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xviii. p. 197, t. 5. fig. 9°. 
Oblong, robust, shining, black, the scape of the antennw obscure ferruginous; thickly clothed with long, 
coarse, greyish or greyish-ochreous pubescence. Head somewhat closely punctate, foveate above the eyes ; 
rostrum rather stout, moderately curved, longer than the head and prothorax, seriate-punctate and sharply 
5-carinate, sparsely punctate at the tip; the antenne in the 2 inserted near, and in the ¢ at about 
two-fifths from, the apex of the rostrum, joint 1 of the funiculus twice as long as 2, 3-7 gradually 
widening outwards. Prothorax trausverse, narrowing almost from the base, the sides rounded anteriorly 
and feebly constricted in front; the surface densely, rather coarsely punctate. LElytra oblong, convex, 
considerably wider than the prothorax, the humeri obtuse ; deeply punctate-striate, the interstices convex 
and minutely punctate. Prosternum emarginate in front. Anterior and intermediate femora bidentate, 
the outer tooth small, the hind femora unidentate ; tibize sinuous on their inner edge; tarsal claws with 
a very long tooth. . 
Length 4-42, breadth 2-21 millim. (d¢ @.) 
Hab. Nortu America, Texas !.—Mexico (Mus. Brit.), Guanajuato (Sallé), Irapuato, 
Mexico city (Hége). 
Numerous examples, differing from the description of A. texanus in their larger size 
and black coloration. Smaller and narrower than A. grandis, the vestiture dense, 
piliform, uniform in colour, and not condensed into spots, the prosternum emarginate 
in front. There is very little difference in the form of the rostrum in the two sexes, 
A. tenuirostris-group. 
60. Anthonomus tenuirostris, sp. n. (Tab. XI. figg. 5,5a, 3; 6, 2.) 
Broadly ovate, convex, dull, black, the scape of the antenne ferruginous, the legs sometimes partly rufo- 
piceous ; thickly clothed with rather coarse squamiform pubescence, which on the head, prothorax, and 
elytra is brownish intermixed with ochreous or whitish (the prothorax usually with a pale median line), 
and on the scutellum and underside is almost entirely whitish. Head foveate above the eyes, the latter 
prominent and narrowly separated ; rostrum almost straight, long and slender, in the ¢ finely punctate 
and nearly twice as long as the prothorax, in the 2 longer and smoother, the antenne slender and 
inserted about two-fifths from the apex in the ¢ and at a little before the middle in the Q, joint 1 of 
the funiculus twice as long as 2. Prothorax broader than long, rounded at the sides anteriorly, narrowed 
and feebly constricted in front and subparallel behind, the base bisinuate ; the surface densely punctate. 
Elytra rather short, much wider than the prothorax, somewhat gibbous, the humeri obtuse and not very 
prominent ; punctate-striate, the interstices rugulose and almost flat. Prosternum very short, deeply 
emarginate in front. Legs rather stout; femora each with a small acute tooth, that on the anterior pair 
a little larger than the others ; anterior and intermediate tibie triangularly dilated at she middle within, 
the anterior pair broad ; tarsal claws with a long tooth. 
Length 2-32, breadth 13-13 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Guatemata, Capetillo and Dueifias ( Champion). 
Not rare in the valley between the Volcanos Agua and Fuego. Differs from all the 
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