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Described from 43 c? d* and 3 9 9 as follows : The type 1 cT 

 Brownsville, Tex. (H. S. Barber), allotype 1 9 Brownsville, Tex. 

 (C. H. Townsencl), paratypes 2 of d" and 299 Victoria, Tex. 

 (J. D. Mitchell), 1 tf New Braunfels, Tex. (Chas. Schaeffer), 

 7 tf c? Brownsville, Tex. (Chas. Schaeffer), 4 cf d 71 Brownsville 

 Tex. (Townsend), 2 d 1 c? Brownsville, Tex. (H. S. Barber), 1 tf 

 Columbus, Tex. (E. A. Schwarz), 4 tf c? Refugio, Tex. (coll. 

 unknown), 1 tf 1 San Diego, Tex. (E. A. Schwarz), 2 c? tf Dallas, 

 Tex. (J. Bowl), 1 cf Laredo. Tex. (Hubbard & Schwarz), Itf 

 Laredo, Tex. (A. W. Morrill), 1 tf San Antonio, Tex. (Hub- 

 ard & Schwarz), 3 cf d 71 Texas (John B. Smith), 5 o 71 a 71 Texas 

 (C. V. Riley), 6 cf cf Texas (coll. unknown), 1 cf Texas (Chas. 

 Schaeffer), 1 d 71 Arizona (Chas. Schaeffer). 



Type locality: Brownsville, Tex. 



Type: Cat. NO. 20461, U. S. N. M. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate I. Perissarthron trapezium, a, Anterior aspect of head of d" ,' b, 

 right antenna of d"; c, right coxa of d" 1 '; d, posterior tarsal claws of d 1 ', e, 

 aedeagus; /, joint between llth and 12th antennal segments of <? ; g, pro- 

 thorax and head of 9 ; h, adult -d". 



Plate II. Male genitalia of Pyrophorus. a, dorsum, b, ventron of 

 Pyrophorus physoderus; c, dorsum, d, ventron, e, lateral aspect of Pi/ro- 

 phorus allanticus; f, dorsum of P. texanus, g, dorsum of P. arizonicus. 



Plate III. Adult Pyrophorus. P. texanus; a, male, b, female; P. physo- 

 derus, c, male; P. atlanticus, d, male, e, female; P. arizonicus, f, male, 

 g, female. 



NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME ORCHID WEEVILS. 



BY H. S. BARBER, 



Bureau of Entomology. 



The several notes on Orchid injuring insects that have ap- 

 peared recently contain references to species not before reported 

 as such and from the study of certain species in the weevil genera 

 Cholus, Acythopeus, and Eucactophagus, it appeal's to the writer 

 from the specimens and literature before him that certain correc- 

 tions in the application of the names are necessary. Seven 

 species are treated in this paper three of which are described as 

 new. 



Cholus Germar 1824. 



Mr. Champion's description in the September number of the 

 Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, of the large black and white 

 orchid weevil, Cholus cnttleyae, found by Mr. H. B. Weiss in or- 



