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a Teapa example named by Eichhoff with specimens of Westwood’s. The identity of 
Hornung’s species with 7. eruditus is regarded as doubtful by Herr Reitter ®, to whom 
I sent a couple of Westwood’s examples. This must mean that Eichhoff had applied 
the name arecce to a species that was not Hornung’s. The only difference on which 
Herr Reitter (who does not say he has seen Hornung’s specimens) seems to rely is that 
of colour, Hornung having described his insects as red-brown, whereas H. eruditus 
typically has the elytra black and the prothorax red-testaceous. Eichhoff? mentions 
that two examples of Hornung’s in his possession do not differ from his own except in 
colour. If Hornung’s species had been entirely black, the difference would have been 
of more importance. The identity of Perroud’s species has been definitely settled by 
M. Fauvel. 
In North America H. hispidulus, Lec., has been generally regarded by recent writers 
as a synonym of this species. This is, however, looked upon as doubtful by Eichhoff *, 
who points out that Leconte’s description does not entirely apply. I have not myself 
seen an authentic specimen of H. hispidulus, which Eichhoff thinks may be the same 
as Bostrichus crudiw, Panz. The figure and description of the latter insect would 
apply to more than one species of Hypothenemus, and the name cannot now be revived 
unless Panzer’s specimens are recoverable. 
Dr. Sharp® suggests that Cryphalus aspericollis, Woll., is a variety of the present 
species. ‘This is not impossible, but requires proof. On the other hand, Stephano- 
deres seriatus, Kichh., is, on the authority of a typical example, clearly distinct. 
I have recorded the attacks of H. eruditus on the young leaves of sugar-cane in 
Nevis®. In the United States H. hispidulus has been found in the stems of vines, 
honeysuckle, and orange, in old cotton-bolls, dried-up figs, pomegranates, &c. 
7. Hypothenemus levigatus, sp. n. 
Oblongus, sat nitidus, parce pilosus nec squamatus, fusco-piceus vel fusco-ferrugineus, antennis pedibusque 
testaceis ; prothorace antice tuberculis sat magnis exstructo, margine apicali tuberculato; elytris lineato- 
punctatis, linea suturali solum profunde striata. 
Long. 1:5-2 millim. | 
Oblong, rather shining, fusco-piceous or fusco-ferruginous, with the antenne and legs testaceous; glabrous 
above, except for a few short erect sete on the extremities of the prothorax and elytra. Front sub- 
convex, rugosely punctured, pubescent ; eyes oblong-oval, rather sharply emarginate ; funiculus 5-jointed, 
club suborbicular, with indistinct slightly curved sutures. Prothorax as long as broad, the sides slightly 
curved from the base to the anterior third, obliquely narrowed and subconstricted in front, the anterior 
margin much rounded in the middle, and furnished with six or more prominent tubercles, hind angles 
rounded, the base subtruncate, indistinctly bisinuate and very finely margined, flanks rather deeply 
impressed behind and finely margined below the hind angles ; surface with a well-marked transverse 
median elevation, rather strongly declivous in front, and asperate with strong tubercles, forming an 
anterior row concentric with the margin, and finer and confused posteriorly, its hinder half impressed on 
each side, smooth and shining over the middle, laterally with a few piliferous punctures. Scutellum 
triangular, punctured. Elytra scarcely so wide as the prothorax, less than one-half longer, subtruncate 
at the base, with obliquely-rounded shoulders, the sides widest about the middle, gradually incurved 
behind, the apical margin subcircularly rounded ; surface anteriorly cylindrical, declivous and convex 
