﻿WEEVILS 
  OF 
  THE 
  TRIBE 
  OPHUYASTINI 
  — 
  DAVIS 
  495 
  

  

  very 
  sparse. 
  Elvtral 
  striae 
  marked 
  by 
  rows 
  of 
  large, 
  round, 
  non- 
  

   confluent 
  punctures; 
  intervals 
  convex, 
  2, 
  4, 
  and 
  usually 
  slightly 
  

   wider; 
  setae 
  white, 
  extremely 
  short 
  and 
  fine, 
  arising 
  from 
  the 
  strial 
  

   punctures 
  and 
  from 
  a 
  fine 
  secondary 
  punctation 
  on 
  the 
  intervals. 
  

   Logs 
  stout; 
  fore 
  tibiae 
  strongly 
  curved 
  at 
  apex; 
  all 
  tibiae 
  denticulate 
  

   within; 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  >vith 
  a 
  broad, 
  hairy 
  truncation. 
  

  

  Afeastirements 
  in 
  millimeters. 
  — 
  Length 
  14 
  to 
  22. 
  

  

  Female 
  genitalia. 
  — 
  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  shown 
  in 
  figure 
  49, 
  a, 
  b, 
  c, 
  d. 
  

   Genital 
  tube 
  heavily 
  chitinized, 
  sides 
  nearly 
  parallel; 
  apical 
  plates 
  

   rather 
  small 
  in 
  proportion, 
  heavily 
  chitinized 
  and 
  tilted 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   outer 
  edges 
  are 
  higher 
  than 
  the 
  mner; 
  coxites 
  lightly 
  chitiiiizcd; 
  

   styli 
  short, 
  conical. 
  Eighth 
  steniite 
  very 
  slightly 
  and 
  broadly 
  

   emaiginatc 
  at 
  apex, 
  sides 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Male 
  genitalia. 
  — 
  About 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  49, 
  e, 
  J. 
  Median 
  lobe 
  only 
  

   moderately 
  sharply 
  curved, 
  heavily 
  chitinized, 
  thick 
  in 
  profile; 
  

   broadly, 
  obtusely 
  rounded, 
  and 
  truncated 
  at 
  apex 
  as 
  viewed 
  from 
  

   above; 
  not 
  deeply 
  excavated 
  dorsally; 
  median 
  orifice 
  oval. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Of 
  deserius, 
  Carisa 
  Creek, 
  on 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  

   Colorado 
  Desert 
  of 
  California. 
  Of 
  giganteus, 
  Thermal, 
  Calif.^ 
  

  

  The 
  tyj)e 
  specimen 
  of 
  desertus 
  was 
  found 
  dead 
  near 
  Carisa 
  Creek, 
  

   a 
  branch 
  of 
  San 
  Felipe 
  Creek, 
  in 
  Imperial 
  or 
  San 
  Diego 
  County, 
  

   Calif. 
  Other 
  California 
  localities 
  are 
  Indio 
  (W. 
  T. 
  Swingle), 
  Ploltville 
  

   (W. 
  Benedict), 
  La 
  Puerta 
  (Kicksecker), 
  and 
  Thermal 
  (A. 
  C. 
  Davis 
  

   and 
  H. 
  J. 
  Ryan). 
  Specimens 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  seen 
  from 
  Yuma, 
  Ariz. 
  

   (Herbert 
  Brown). 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  E. 
  desertus 
  Horn 
  in 
  average 
  size 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  largest 
  

   of 
  the 
  genus. 
  The 
  type, 
  a 
  female 
  specimen, 
  has 
  been 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  

   covered 
  with 
  mud, 
  and 
  the 
  j)unctur('8 
  are 
  still 
  partially 
  filled, 
  giving 
  

   the 
  specimen 
  a 
  rather 
  smooth 
  appearance. 
  The 
  pronotum 
  is 
  much 
  

   less 
  heavUy 
  punctate 
  than 
  in 
  most 
  specimens. 
  This 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  

   confused 
  with 
  E. 
  wickhami 
  Sharp, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  bo 
  distinguished 
  

   by 
  the 
  more 
  robust 
  form 
  and 
  the 
  lighter 
  color. 
  

  

  Examination 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  and 
  two 
  paratypcs 
  of 
  Kwpagoderes 
  gigan- 
  

   teus 
  Chittenden 
  shows 
  them 
  to 
  b(; 
  female 
  specimens 
  of 
  E. 
  desertiis 
  

   Horn. 
  

  

  (EUPAGODERRS 
  CAUFORNICUS 
  Ting 
  

  

  Eupagoderea 
  califomicu» 
  TiNO, 
  1939, 
  p. 
  81. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality.— 
  Slo\'i^ 
  Pipe 
  Wells, 
  Death 
  Valley, 
  Calif. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  No 
  mention 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Davis's 
  

   manuscript. 
  

  

  Eupagodcres 
  raliforniciis 
  was 
  described 
  from 
  a 
  long 
  series 
  taken 
  at 
  

   two 
  places 
  in 
  Death 
  Valley— 
  vStovc; 
  V\\)i\ 
  Wells, 
  and 
  on 
  tlu; 
  west 
  side 
  

  

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