PROC. ENT. SOC. WASH., VOL. 21, XO. 2, FEB., 1919 :|.") 



scales, venter with white hairs; body short, deep black, shining; 

 pubescence not concealing integument, shorter on thorax than on 

 elytra. Beak in 9 slender, slightly arcuate, surpassing mesocoxar ; 

 in cf somewhat shorter and coarser. Prothorax strongly transverse, 

 somewhat narrower than elytra, densely strongly but shallowly punc- 

 tate. Rlytra short and broad, almost quadrate, rounded on sides, 

 convex; deeply striate. Length 2-o mm. .HISPIDULUS Le Conte. 

 I'pper surface clothed with gray hairs 4 



4. Ovate, oval or short oval, convex; prothorax about two-thirds wider 



than long 5 



Elongate oval 6 



5. Elytra but little wider than thorax MICROS Germar. 



Elytra much wider than thorax PURITANUS Casey. 



b' . Thorax nearly three-fourths wider than long; sides feebly rounded, 



size under 2 mm NANUS Casey. 



Thorax about one-half wider than long; sides strongly rounded; 

 size over 2 mm ILLINI Casey. 



The great scarcity of these weevils in this country and their 

 presence only on introduced European plants leads me to believe 

 that this genus is typically European. I feel certain that further 

 study will prove that all of our species are synonyms of some 

 European species. In the following notes I have indicated some 

 of my suspicions. 



Miarus (Cleopomiarus) erebus Casey. 



Miarns erebus Casey, 1910, Can. Ent., vol. 42, pp. 142, 143. 

 Described from near Colonia Garcia, Sierra Madre Mts. 

 Chihauhau, Mexico, altitude 7300 feet. 



The presence in this species of hairs, instead of scales on the 

 pleural region of the thorax is a character of Gymnaetron rather 

 than Miarus, although the beak is elongate as in Miarus. 



Miarus ( Cleopomiarus ) hispidulus Le Conte. 



Miarus hispidulus Le Conte, 1870, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., vol. I"), 



p. 221. 

 Miarus hispidulus Reitter, 1907, Verh. Naturforsch. Yer. Brunn, 



vol. 65, p. 46. Described as new species. 

 Miarus hispidus Bovie, 190! I, Gen. Insect., fasc. 92, p. 17. 



Proposed as a new name for hispidulus Reitter. 



A European species described from Andalusia and easily 

 differentiated by the two colors of setae on the elytra. It is widely 

 distributed over the eastern United States. It is an odd coinci- 

 dence that the species although twice described, and from different 

 continents, received the same name each time. 



