﻿WEEVILS 
  OF 
  THE 
  TRIBE 
  OPHltYASTINI 
  — 
  DAVIS 
  525 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Graiul 
  Junction, 
  Colo. 
  

  

  Roporled 
  also 
  from 
  Thompson, 
  Utah. 
  One 
  spocLinen 
  scon 
  from 
  

   Coohdfjfe, 
  N, 
  Mex. 
  Tho 
  latter 
  specimen 
  was 
  determined 
  for 
  me 
  by 
  

   Dr. 
  Van 
  Dyke 
  as 
  "Eupai::o<leres 
  ocellatus 
  Van 
  D., 
  var." 
  It 
  differs 
  

   from 
  the 
  type 
  as 
  described 
  above 
  by 
  having 
  the 
  scaly 
  vestituro 
  

   imbricate 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  elytra; 
  by 
  the 
  darker 
  color 
  (although 
  still 
  

   with 
  the 
  occUate 
  spots); 
  by 
  the 
  more 
  abruptly 
  arched 
  apex 
  of 
  tho 
  

   rostrum; 
  the 
  slightly 
  flattened 
  front; 
  the 
  tawiiy, 
  conspicuous 
  setae, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  elytral 
  striae, 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  greatly 
  if 
  at 
  all 
  impressed. 
  

   This 
  specimen 
  is 
  a 
  male. 
  The 
  genitalia 
  are 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  0. 
  

   wickhami 
  Sharp. 
  Upon 
  comparuig 
  this 
  specimen 
  with 
  a 
  male 
  of 
  O. 
  

   shvfeldtl 
  Casey 
  in 
  the 
  Casey 
  collection, 
  I 
  fmd 
  that 
  they 
  arc 
  identical 
  

   except 
  for 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  0. 
  shvfcldti 
  lacks 
  the 
  lighter 
  centers 
  in 
  the 
  

   elytral 
  spots. 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  detect 
  any 
  real 
  diil'erence 
  between 
  0. 
  

   wickhami 
  Sharp, 
  as 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  several 
  series 
  examined, 
  and 
  

   0. 
  shuftldti 
  Casey, 
  either 
  externally 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  genitalia. 
  I 
  am 
  incluied 
  

   to 
  consider 
  both 
  wickharni 
  and 
  ocellatus 
  as 
  individual 
  variations, 
  or 
  at 
  

   most 
  minor 
  races, 
  of 
  shufeldti. 
  However, 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  

   may 
  disagree 
  with 
  me 
  in 
  this 
  I 
  have 
  kept 
  them 
  se[)arate. 
  Because 
  tho 
  

   genitalia 
  are 
  identical, 
  only 
  those 
  of 
  0. 
  wickharni 
  Sharp 
  have 
  bccMi 
  

   drawn. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Ophryastcs 
  wickharni 
  Sharp 
  was 
  moved 
  from 
  Ophryastes 
  

   (where 
  it 
  was 
  originally 
  placed) 
  to 
  Eupagoderes, 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  the 
  

   pubescence 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  tarsi 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  and 
  0. 
  ocellatus 
  was 
  described 
  

   as 
  a 
  Eupagoderes. 
  As 
  has 
  been 
  pointed 
  out, 
  the 
  distinction 
  between 
  

   these 
  two 
  genera 
  (and 
  Tosastcs 
  for 
  that 
  matter) 
  is 
  largely 
  one 
  of 
  con- 
  

   venience. 
  From 
  the 
  general 
  appearance 
  and 
  the 
  genitalia 
  of 
  tho 
  

   three 
  foregoing 
  forms 
  it 
  seems 
  that 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  placed 
  to 
  better 
  

   advantage 
  in 
  Ophryastes. 
  

  

  OPUBYASTES 
  LATIROSTRIS 
  LeConto 
  

   FiGCHE 
  65 
  

  

  Ophryaatea 
  laliroslria 
  LeConte, 
  1853, 
  p. 
  11.'^' 
  

  

  Moderately 
  robust. 
  Color 
  gray-w 
  bite 
  with 
  large 
  irregularly 
  placed 
  

   black 
  or 
  plumbeous 
  blotches,which 
  are 
  more 
  dense, 
  even 
  subcontiuuous 
  

   basally. 
  Rostrum 
  stout, 
  moderately 
  arched 
  above, 
  not 
  or 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  constricted 
  at 
  base 
  beneath; 
  median 
  sulcus 
  very 
  broad, 
  inter- 
  

   rupted 
  (except 
  for 
  a 
  median 
  fovea) 
  by 
  a 
  transverse 
  ridge 
  about 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  antcnnal 
  insertions, 
  and 
  bosally 
  terminating 
  abruptly 
  at 
  the 
  junc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum 
  and 
  head; 
  lateral 
  sulci 
  broad, 
  moderately 
  deep, 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  sharply 
  convergent 
  near 
  ba,se 
  of 
  rostrum. 
  Head 
  evenly 
  

   rounded, 
  front 
  not 
  flattened, 
  separated 
  from 
  the; 
  rostrum 
  by 
  a 
  very 
  

  

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  LcContc, 
  18.%4, 
  p. 
  225, 
  type 
  locniity 
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