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shining, finely, closely punctured, with conspicuous fine hairs of mod- 

 erate length. 



Type locality .—\jx Esperanza, Colombia, 



Ho fit. — Inga. 



Type material. — Holotype and 2 paratypes, U.S.N.M. No. 56561. 



The short type series was collected September 8, 1935, from Inga^ by 

 R. P. Roba. 



PRIONOSCELES SPADIX, new species 



Light reddish brown; 1.97 mm. long, 2.22 times as long as wide; 

 allied to Prionosceles atratus Blandford and P. maurus Blandford. 



Frons strongly convex above, transversely impressed between an- 

 tennae ; surface shining, moderately punctured, with a few small, in- 

 conspicuous hairs ; epistomal margin thickened, with conspicuous, yel- 

 low hairs in median third. Eye elongate, narrow, facets rather small, 

 inner line entire. 



Pronotum as wide as long, slightly widest at middle ; posterior out- 

 line bisinuate, finely margined toward sides, posterior angles strongly 

 rounded; sides finely margined on posterior three-fifths, very feebly 

 arcuate, very broadly rounded in front; surface moderately shining, 

 glabrous, punctate-asperate throughout, much more strongly in an- 

 terior third ; median line not elevated, punctured. 



Elytra very slightly wider than pronotum and 1.23 times as long, 

 1.19 times as long as wide; bases sinuate, distinctly margined; sides 

 nearly straight and subparallel on anterior five-eighths, then broadly 

 arcuate; surface shining, spadiceous; dorsal contour convex through- 

 out, more strongly on posterior half; striae impressed, the first very 

 strongly impressed, punctures close and moderate in size; interspaces 

 somewhat convex, first interspace narrow on basal fifth and apical two- 

 fifths, other interspaces wide on disk and side, somewhat narrowed on 

 declivity, discal interspaces with fine punctures, becoming uniseriate 

 behind, uniseriately granulate on declivity ; anterior half subglabrous, 

 posterior half with fine, short, erect hairs. 



Type locality. — Guatemala. 



Host. — ^Mahogany (hybrid?). 



Type material:~E.o\oiy\)Q, U.S.N.M. No. 56562. 



The holotype was taken May 26, 1941, from hybrid (?) mahogany 

 intercepted at quarantine. New York (89860) , from Guatemala. 



Genus PHLOEOTRIBUS Latreille 



The complex of species of the tribe Phloeotribini characterized by 

 having the joints of the antennal club varying from loosely articu- 

 lated to flabellate have been separated into several genera. The ones 

 we are concerned with at present are Phloeotribus Latreille, Phleoph- 



