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DESCRIPTION OF AN INJURIOUS OTIORHYNCHID. 



BY F. H. CHITTENDEN, Sc. D., 

 Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



In cataloguing the Rhynchophora of the United States 

 National Museum in a paper entitled "Studies of North 

 American Weevils," the author, Mr. W. Dwight Pierce, 1 

 mentions a species of otiorhynchid weevil, under the genus 

 Phacepholis, designating it as "Ph. vin'dts 

 stating that it is the most 

 brilliant green form of the 

 genus, mentioning the type 

 locality (San Antonio, Tex- 

 as), and date of collection 

 (May 21, 1900), with the ad- 

 ded statement that it was 

 found on fruit trees, and 

 placing it as a synonym of 

 Phacepholis e/cgans Horn. 



In a supplement to their 

 article on the Rhynchopho- 

 ra of Central America, Dr. 

 D. G. Sharp and Mr. G. C. 

 Champion, 2 again using the 

 writer's name as authority 

 for this species, mention 

 structural characters the 

 much more prominent eyes 

 and the very convex acuminate-ovate elytra, and figure the 

 species, too lightly colored. 



The danger of using manuscript names and the confusion 

 that results as a consequence is well exemplified in the present 

 species. It leaves a question as to who first described the 

 species Mr. Pierce, who attempted to sink the writer's 

 MSS. name as a synonym, or Sharp and Champion, who point 

 out two structural characters, and figure the female, which ;ils<> 

 indicates characters. Since the published statement has been 

 made that the writer will shortly publish a description, the 

 following is submitted. The species is removed to the genus 

 Pantomorus Schcenh. 



FlG. 1. --Pantomorus viridia. Fe- 

 male, much enlarged. (Original.) 



!Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1708, vol. 37, p. 361, Dec. 11, 1909. 



2 Biologia Centrali-Americana, vol. IV, pt. 3, p. 336, pi. 15, figs. 22, 23, a, 

 Dec., 1911. 



