﻿WEEVILS 
  OF 
  THE 
  TRIBE 
  OPHRYASTINI 
  — 
  DAVIS 
  507 
  

  

  EUPAGODERES 
  PILOSLS. 
  new 
  irpoclra 
  

  

  Of 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  size 
  and 
  slinpo 
  as 
  the 
  more 
  common 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  E. 
  decipiens 
  (LeConte), 
  perhaps 
  a 
  trifle 
  more 
  robust. 
  Coh^r 
  dark 
  

   g:ray, 
  sparinp:ly 
  and 
  irrepuhirly 
  mottled 
  with 
  black, 
  especially 
  upon 
  

   the 
  basal 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  fourth 
  elytral 
  intervals; 
  pronotum 
  

   bearing: 
  a 
  blackish 
  lateral 
  stripe 
  upon 
  each 
  side 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  black 
  

   median 
  line. 
  Head 
  moderately, 
  evenly 
  convex, 
  a 
  broad 
  depression 
  

   separating 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  rostrimi, 
  the 
  doi"sal 
  curve 
  of 
  which, 
  if 
  carried 
  

   through, 
  would 
  just 
  about 
  meet 
  the 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  eye; 
  rostrum 
  

   stout, 
  markedly 
  arched 
  toward 
  apex, 
  trisulcate, 
  the 
  median 
  sulcus 
  

   shallow 
  and 
  rather 
  vague 
  and 
  extending 
  onto 
  the 
  front 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  

   vertex; 
  lateral 
  sulci 
  deep, 
  converging 
  toward 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum; 
  

   frons 
  and 
  rostrum 
  moderately 
  thickly 
  set 
  with 
  fine, 
  semierect 
  setae. 
  

   Pronotum 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  widest 
  at 
  middle, 
  sides 
  

   smoothly 
  and 
  evenly 
  rounded; 
  anterior 
  and 
  posterior 
  margins 
  nearly 
  

   straight; 
  disk 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  median 
  groove 
  and 
  coarsely, 
  closely 
  punc- 
  

   tate, 
  bearing 
  numerous 
  small 
  semierect 
  setae. 
  Elytra 
  together 
  one- 
  

   fifth 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  three-fifths 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  pronotum; 
  striae 
  

   very 
  fine, 
  the 
  punctures 
  fine 
  and 
  shallow; 
  elytra 
  closely 
  set 
  with 
  rather 
  

   long, 
  dark 
  brown 
  or 
  black, 
  semierect 
  setae. 
  Legs 
  moderately 
  stout. 
  

  

  Aleasurements 
  in 
  millimeters. 
  — 
  Length 
  7.5 
  to 
  8.1. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Canyon 
  City, 
  Colo. 
  

  

  Types. 
  — 
  Holot\'pe 
  female 
  and 
  one 
  female 
  paratype 
  collected 
  at 
  type 
  

   locahty, 
  H. 
  Soltau 
  collection 
  9-V-97, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  AL 
  No. 
  56772. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  The 
  genitalia 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  places 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  decipiens 
  

   group, 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  by 
  

   the 
  consj)icuous 
  semierect 
  setae, 
  the 
  more 
  widely 
  imbricate 
  scales 
  of 
  

   the 
  elytra, 
  and 
  the 
  sulcate 
  frons. 
  

  

  EUPAGODERES 
  VARIUS 
  (LeConte) 
  

   Ophryaslea 
  varius 
  LeConte, 
  1853, 
  p. 
  444. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  variable 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  in 
  size, 
  shape, 
  and 
  

   color; 
  therefore 
  a 
  detailed 
  description 
  is 
  not 
  practicable. 
  Some 
  

   specimens 
  resemble 
  A\ 
  decipiens 
  rather 
  closely 
  in 
  general 
  appearance 
  

   although 
  they 
  are 
  nearly 
  always 
  lighter 
  in 
  color. 
  The 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  

   body 
  and 
  the 
  sculpture 
  are 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  amount 
  of 
  variation 
  as 
  

   in 
  that 
  species. 
  The 
  avemge 
  size 
  is 
  larger, 
  but 
  some 
  si)ecimens 
  are 
  

   very 
  small. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  in 
  mi///7//f//r.s.— 
  Length 
  7.S 
  to 
  I'J.S, 
  nvcrngiiig 
  about 
  

   9.5. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Desert 
  of 
  the 
  Colorado, 
  Calif. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  })ave 
  been 
  examined 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  lornlities: 
  

   Califouma, 
  I'nim 
  Si)rings 
  (Hubbard 
  and 
  Schwarz); 
  Palm 
  Canyon 
  

   (K. 
  E. 
  Campbell); 
  Mountain 
  Springs, 
  San 
  Diego 
  County 
  (W. 
  D. 
  

  

  