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slices frequently absent, so that the punctures are confluent, usually in a 

 transverse direction ; a few, scattered, short clavate bristles arise from the 

 interstices. 



Elytra at base as wide as that of the thorax, more than twice longer than 

 the thorax, sligh;ly widening from base to apical third, rather narrowly 

 conjointly rounded at apex, declivity steep but not vertical, basal margin 

 straight, distinctlj' elevated, not crenulated ; humeri nearly rectangular, 

 not prominent ; sculpture very variable, consisting of nineorten rows of 

 moderately coarse and widely distant punctures, of which six rows are 

 visible from above and three or four rows on the inflexed portion of the 

 elytra, the punctures of these outer rows being larger and more numerous ; 

 the tenth row, if present, is short and basal; interstices 3, 5, and 7 more 

 or less strongly elevated or subcarinate, the carinse furnished with an 

 irregularly interrupted series of round or elongate tubercles; the outer 

 carina is continued around the declivity to the suture and forms a well- 

 marked subapical ridge; suture cariniform at the declivity and sometimes 

 slightly so on the disk; interstices 2, 4, and 6 usually slightly elevated, 

 each being a series (abbreviated before and behind) of tubercles which 

 greatly vary in number, prominence, and shape ; a short series of tubercles 

 is also visible at the base of the eighth interstice; all tubercles and punc 

 tures bear short, clavate, yellowish bristles. 



Prosternum deeply emarginate in front, anterior coxae closely approxi 

 mate but not contiguous, metasternum coarsely cribrate, metepisternanot 

 visible; first abdominal suture arcuated, moderately impressed, the other 

 sutures deep and straight; segments i and 2 coarsely cribrate, the latter 

 at middle as long as the following three united; segments 3 and 4 impunc- 

 tate, together shorter than the anal segment, which is strongly punctate; 

 legs rather slender, sparsely beset with short stiff bristles ; femora hardly 

 clavate, not dentate, coarsely cribrate; tibiae longitudinally carinate, seri- 

 ately punctate, with the bristles also seriate, anterior tibiae straight, 

 terminal hook longer than the width of the tibia; tarsi short, third joint 

 moderately bilobed, claw joint as long as the other joints combined; 

 claws slender, fine, strongly divergent. Length, 4.1 to 5.3 mm. 



Male. Beak shorter, less curved, coarsely, subseriately punctate 

 throughout; antennae inserted at apical fourth, first two ventral segments 

 broadly concave, last ventral slightly sinuate at middle of apex. 



Female. Beak longer, more curved, coarsely punctate only at base, 

 punctures much sparser and finer apically ; antennae inserted at apical 

 third, abdomen not concave, last ventral segment rounded at tip. 



A strictly maritime Curculionid which occurred in great 

 abundance at Cocoanut Grove, Fla., on the inner shore of Bis 

 cay ne Bay, under deep layers of seaweed. It belongs unquestion 

 ably to Anchonus as defined by Schonherr and Lacordaire, and 

 seems also to be included in the same genus as restricted by J. 

 Faust (Deutsche Ent. Zts., 1892, pp. 17 ff.). I failed to identify 



