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he did not feel justified in proposing a new generic name for the 

 species. 



1912 Swezey (Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc., vol. II, no. 4, p. 168) notes A. 



aterrimus as established in an Orchid house in Honolulu and also 

 as taken from orchids imported from Manila, citing Froggatt's 

 1904 illustration and alluding to Lea's 1906 synonymy. 



1913 Champion (Ent. Mo. Mag. (2), vol. XXIV, p. 33) records the cap- 



ture of Baridius aterrimus in a flower of Catasetum splendens at 

 Kew and cites specimfens from other English conservatories. The 

 species is assigned for the present to Acythopeus Pasc. but differs 

 in having toothed instead of unarmed femora and the intermediate 

 tibiae toothed in the cf . Froggatt's (?) statement that B. orchi- 

 vora Blackb. is a synonym is denied but the two species are said 

 to be closely allied. 



1916 Champion (Ent. Mo. Mag. (3), vol. II, p. 200) cites Baridius orchi- 



vora as found on flowers of Dendrobium in New Jersey by Mr. 

 Weiss and assigns this species with Baridius aterrimus whose 

 food records he reviews, to the genus Acypotheus Pasc. (typ. err. 

 for Acythopeus). Diorymelhis laevimargo n. sp. is described from 

 specimens received from H. B. Weiss in New Jersey and from a 

 specimen found attacking orchid roots in a greenhouse at Ithaca, 

 N. Y. 



1917 Weiss (Ent, News, vol. 28, pp. 26-28, pi. 5, figs. 3 and 4) reviews 



the accounts by Blackburn; 1900, and Froggatt, 1904, of Acythopeus 

 orchivora and records its frequent occurrence and injury in orchid 

 houses in New Jersey. The abundant occurrence of Diorymellus 

 laevimargo and the injury by the adults is described and the 

 adults of both weevils are figured. 



1917 Weiss (Ent, News, vol. 28, p. 106) corrects Acypocheus to Acijthopeus. 



1917 Weiss (Ent, News, vol. 28, p. 218) again cites Diort/mcllun laevimargo 

 and Acythopeus orchivora, as found in New Jersey. 



Eucactophagus Champ. 1910. 



Five species of this genus are in the National Collection, two of 

 which appear to be new and are here described. The other three 

 were determined by Mr. Champion and are mentioned in his 1910 

 work (Biol. Centr.-Amer., Coleop. vol. IV, pt. 7, pp. 96-100, 

 pi. IV, figs. 31-35a, and pi. V, figs. l-3a). The genus does not 

 appear homogeneous and the species may not all be orchid feed- 

 ers but as two species have now been taken in American green- 

 houses with the inference that they issued from imported Orchids, 

 we may expect other species to appear also. The six species in- 

 cluded in the Biologia are all well figured and the seventh species, 

 the genotype, is illustrated with its original description. Photos 

 of two new species are here given although a drawing of one of 

 them has been published by Weiss 1917. 



