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Ft. Grant, Ariz., reared from acorns of Quercus grisea 

 received from H. K. Morrison, July 26, 1882. Oracle, Ariz., 

 June 29-July 9 ; Sta. Rita Mts., Arizona, June 13-26 ; Williams, 

 Ariz., June 30, on Quercus gambelii (Barber & Schwarz). 



Type. No. 11555, U. S. National Museum. 



Allied to strictus and longipes, from which it may be readily 

 separated by its much shorter legs and antennal scape, and 

 interocular line. The coloration is variable, some specimens 

 being almost reddish brown, with very distinct paler bands, 

 others being nearly uniform brown or gray, while still others 

 are gray, with yellowish thorax and a few yellow transverse 

 bands. 



Balaninus victoriensis Chittenden (fig. 4). 



Balaninus victoriensis Chittn., Bui. 44, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric., 

 1904, p. 31. 



Body moderately slender, 

 black, except antennae and 

 claws which are rufous; 

 rostrum black, or partly 

 piceous. Vestiture dense, 

 composed of gray or, ex- 

 ceptionally, pale ochreous 

 scales, fine and short, short- 

 er on lower surface. Elytra 

 finely mottled with slightly 

 elevated, brown, pubescent 

 scaly spots. 



Rostrum $ four-fifths as 

 long as body, moderately, 

 nearly uniformly arcuate, 

 very slightly enlarged at ex- 

 tremei base and at apex, 

 basal fourth somewhat 

 strongly punctate. Antennae 



inserted in apical fourth, scape as long as next 2^ joints, second 

 funicular joint three-fourths as long as first, one-fourth longer than 

 third. Femora strongly clavate, tooth very large and prominent, apex 

 produced, reentrant angle nearly right, a little oblique. 



Male. Rostrum not exceeding one-half the length of the body, 

 slightly more arcuate and enlarged at either extremity, antennae in- 

 serted at or slightly behind middle. First and second ventral segments 

 concave ; fifth strongly narrowed, with a median, nearly bare concavity 

 in apical half and with long apical hairs at sides. 



Dimensions. Length, 5.0-7.0 mm.; width, 2.4-3.6 mm.; rostrum, ? 

 3.8-5.5 mm., d" 2.8-3.5 



FIG. 4. Balaninus victoriensis: a, Female 

 beetle; b, same in profile; c, head, rostrum, 

 and antennae of male. Four times natural 

 (Author's illustration, U. S. Dept. Agr.) 



size. 



