4 RHYNCHOPHORA OF NORTH EASTERN AMERICA. 



tition and save space, these characters are not re-mentioned in the 

 descriptions which follow, and the keys should therefore alirtiys 

 ~be itxr<I in connection iritJi fJic descriptions. Moreover, it should 

 be remembered that the characters used and statements made both 

 in keys and descriptions are to be considered as applying only to 

 those species occurring in the territory covered by this work. 

 They may be, and in general are, capable of much wider applica- 

 tion but it is not safe to assume that such is the case. 



Following the description of each species are notes on its dis- 

 tribution, food habits, etc. The general range or area of distri- 

 bution given is based not only on the personal collecting of the au- 

 thors in Florida and their own and adjoining states, but also on 

 the specimens which they have examined in other cabinets and on 

 the published local lists cited in the Bibliography as well as 

 manuscript lists furnished by a number of persons. While it has 

 been the aim to verify, where possible, the names of all doubtful 

 species included in these lists, it has not always been possible to do 

 so and the range as given, especially where it extends beyond our 

 territory, is to be considered as open to correction. The dates of 

 occurrence as given are usually the earliest and latest at which 

 the species has been noted in the locality cited and do not there- 

 fore necessarily show the actual time of its appearance or disap- 

 pearance. 



The measurements are given in millimeters or decimals there- 

 of. Since the beak of a weevil is often deflexed or folded be- 

 neath the body, the measurement has been taken only from the 

 front margin of the eye or head to the tips of the elytra or pygi- 

 dium where the latter extends beyond the elytra. 



The number in parenthesis before the name of each species is 

 that of the Henshaw "List of the Coleoptera of America North of 

 Mexico" or the Third Supplement to the same. 



The classification used is mainly that of LeConte & Horn in 

 the work above cited, modified where necessary by the recent 

 studies of Casey, Hopkins, Pierce and cerhiin European authors. 

 The descriptions have been written as far as possible from the 

 specimens themselves, in connection with the original descrip- 

 tions. In the Scolytido* this has not always been possible, and 

 the descriptions in that family are in part compilations from 

 preceding works. 



No effort has been spared to secure accuracy in identifica- 

 tions, the senior author having visited Cambridge, New York. 

 Philadelphia and Washington for the purpose of comparing 



