PROC. ENT. soc. WASH., VOL. 21, xo. 2, FEB., igig 25 



Type blattariae Clairville and Schellenberg, designated by 

 Latreille, 1802, Hist. Nat. Gen. et Part. 



7. Family Orobitidae Pierce (1916). 



This family corresponds to Lacordaire's Apostasimerides, 

 phalange I, Section A, group II (Gen. Coleop. VII, pp. 4-6). 

 Type genus. Orobitis Germar, 1817, Mag. der Ent., vol. 2, pp. 



339-341. 



Type -(globosus Fabricius) = cyaneus Linnaeus, monotypic. 



Orobites Schonherr, 1826, also has for its type, globosus. 



As will be noticed under the next family, the genus Crypto- 

 rhynchus Schonherr (1826) not Illiger (1807) is preoccupied and 

 we are compelled to greatly alter our nomenclature. The genus 

 Cryptorrhynchus Gemminger and Harold (1871) is a great com- 

 posite, but the oldest genus contained therein is Coelosternus 

 Sahlberg (1823) with balteatits Sahlberg as type. This generic 

 name then replaces Cryptorhynchus and Cryptorrhynchus for all 

 weevils not yet assigned to definite genera. 



Cryptorhynchidius, new genus. 



Cryptorhynchus Schonherr, 1826 (not Illiger, 1807). 

 Type Curculio lapathi Linnaeus. 



8. Family Cryptorhynchidae Pierce (1916). 



This family corresponds with Lacordaire's Apostasimerides, 

 phalange I, Section B, group II (Gen. Coleop. VI, p. 190). 

 Type genus. Cryptorhynchus Illiger, 1807, Mag. fur Insekten- 



kunde, vol. 6, p. 330. In some volumes of this work it is spelled 



Chryptorhynch us . 



Type pericarpius Linnaeus, designated by Latreille, 1810, 



Consid. Gen. 



Rhinoncus Schonherr, 1837, Gen. et Sp. Cure., vol. 4, p. 



577, also has pericarpius as its type, and is hence isogenotypic. 



9. Family Rynchophoridae Pa-roe (1916). 



Calandridae LeConte and Horn (1876). 

 Rynchophoridae Pierce (1916). 



This family corresponds to Lacordaire's Apostasimerides, 

 phalange II, group I. 

 Type genus. Rynchophorus Herbst, 1795, Kafer, vol. (>, pp. 



3-29. 



Type palmarum Linnaeus, designated by Schonherr, 1X26, 



Cure. Disp. Meth. 



