KEY TO GENERA OF OTIORHYXCHIX .K. l.",.~ 



Common th rough out Florida. Ranges from there to Louis- 

 iana, southern Texas and Mexico. Hundreds were found hiber- 

 nating' beneath the bark of a pine log at the edge of a truck patch 

 near Sanford, Fla., on January 13. Tn spring- it occurs on the 

 long-leaf pine. Feeds on different species of the sensitive pea, 

 (Cassia) and other legumes. Townsend (1903, 04) reported it as 

 "abundant on leaves and branches of 8cft~b(inifi rcxicai-ia VA\., in 

 copula and eating the leaves. June 5 July 3, the larva 1 probably 

 living in the roots." 

 177 (8341). EUDIAGOGUS EOSENSCHOELDI Fahr., Schn., 1840, 309. 



Oblong-oval. Black, densely clothed with black and cupreous scales, 

 the black ones forming two stripes on thorax, and on the elytra a broad 

 stripe each side of suture and an irregular one on the sides of 

 disc; elytral stripes often much interrupted or absent. Thorax as long as 

 wide, sides in front rather suddenly converging, nearly parallel behind, 

 disc sparsely and coarsely punctured. Elytra less elongate than in pulclier. 

 Length 5.5 7 mm. 



Pass riiristiau. Miss., March. Ranges from Alabama and 

 Mississippi to Louisiana and Texas, but so far not reported from 

 Florida. Often occurs in company with and feeding on the same 

 plants as pith-her. Less elongate and more robust than the latter. 



In concluding our descriptions of Otiorhynchiiwe, the student 

 must be cautioned that the determination of the genus to which 

 his specimen belongs is sometimes difficult. The system of Le- 

 Conte and Horn has been mainly followed in the preceding pages, 

 but the determination of the genus should be checked by the fol- 

 lowing additional key to the genera. This key is based upon the 

 work of Pierce in this country and Bedel in Europe, is more 

 modern and in some respects easier for the student to follow. 

 Comparison with the classification adopted in Biologia Centrali- 

 Americana has been made under each tribe. 



KKY TO GENERA OF OTIORIIYXCHIX.E LEC'.* 



a. Ocular lobes more or less developed; eyes variable, but generally elong- 

 ate transverse, acuminate beneath and, in part at least, covered 

 ft. Mentum large, covering the maxillae. 



c. Scrobes not directed beneath. (EREMXIX.E Pascoe). 



The only genus in the U. S. is PHYXELIS, p. 106. 



cc. Scrobes directed beneath, (EXTIMIX.E Pierce). 



d. Scrobes deep, well defined, at least moderately arcuate, passing 



interiorly. AXAMETIS, p. 102. 



eld. Scrobes evanescent posteriorly, badly defined, nearly straight or 



flexed gradually downward, directed toward lower angle of 



eye. PAXS.COPUS, p. 103. 



'Following Pierce, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XLV, 1913, 372. 



