﻿WEEVILS 
  OF 
  THE 
  TRIBE 
  OPHRYASTINI 
  — 
  DAVIS 
  

  

  529 
  

  

  at 
  apex, 
  nearly 
  as 
  wide, 
  fully 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  abruptly 
  strongly 
  dilated 
  

   at 
  apex, 
  strongly 
  tribulcate; 
  sulci 
  abruptly 
  ending 
  at 
  the 
  very 
  deep 
  and 
  strongly 
  

   marked 
  transverse 
  basal 
  impression; 
  middle 
  sulcus 
  very 
  broad 
  and 
  deep, 
  shallower 
  

   anteriorly, 
  becoming 
  gradually 
  narrower 
  and 
  deeper 
  toward 
  ba-sc, 
  obsolete 
  in 
  

   apical 
  two-fifths; 
  lateral 
  only 
  present 
  in 
  basnl 
  half, 
  narrow, 
  deep, 
  becoming 
  slightly 
  

   broader 
  from 
  apex 
  to 
  ba^e; 
  front 
  convex, 
  flattened 
  above 
  in 
  the 
  middle; 
  antennae 
  

   with 
  dense 
  piceuus 
  indument; 
  first 
  joint 
  of 
  funicle 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  next 
  two 
  

   together. 
  Prothorax 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long, 
  widest 
  at 
  posterior 
  third 
  where 
  

   the 
  sides 
  are 
  very 
  strongly 
  rounded 
  and 
  pronunont, 
  thence 
  strongly 
  convergent 
  

   and 
  almost 
  straight 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  tlu-n 
  al)riiptly 
  constricted, 
  strongly 
  con- 
  

   stricted 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  behind 
  the 
  lateral 
  prominences; 
  sides 
  very 
  minutely 
  and 
  

   unevenly 
  notched 
  at 
  middle; 
  base 
  transverse, 
  truncate, 
  one-third 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  

   apex; 
  the 
  latter 
  broadly 
  arcuate; 
  disk 
  broadly 
  convex, 
  slightly 
  uneven, 
  being 
  

   broadly 
  impressed 
  anteriorly 
  and 
  laterally, 
  coarsely 
  and 
  indefinitely 
  ruguloso- 
  

   punctate; 
  median 
  groove 
  moderate, 
  not 
  well 
  defined. 
  Elytra 
  oblong, 
  rather 
  acutely 
  

   rounded 
  behind 
  from 
  above, 
  declivous 
  posteriorly, 
  but 
  not 
  perpendicular, 
  slightly 
  

   wider 
  at 
  apical 
  third; 
  sides 
  nearly 
  straight; 
  humeri 
  very 
  broadly 
  rounded; 
  base 
  

   transversely 
  truncate; 
  scutellum 
  slightly 
  prominent, 
  triangular, 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  

   black, 
  finely 
  rugulose, 
  dull; 
  disk 
  flattened 
  above, 
  strongly 
  convex 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  less 
  

   than 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  very 
  slightly 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  deeply 
  

   sulcate; 
  sulci 
  with 
  very 
  large, 
  rather 
  close, 
  feebly 
  defined 
  impressed 
  punctures; 
  

   intervals 
  but 
  slightly 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  .sulci, 
  very 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  with 
  small, 
  

   slender, 
  scattered 
  setae. 
  Length 
  13.0 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Fort 
  Wingate, 
  N. 
  Mcx. 
  

  

  Except 
  for 
  its 
  inclusion 
  in 
  the 
  key 
  to 
  species, 
  and 
  the 
  drawings 
  of 
  

   the 
  male 
  fjentalia, 
  no 
  reference 
  to 
  sulcipennis 
  was 
  found 
  among 
  Davis's 
  

   notes; 
  the 
  foregoing 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  Casey's 
  original 
  description.] 
  

  

  Figure 
  67. 
  — 
  Ophryastes 
  sulcipennis 
  Casey, 
  median 
  lobe 
  of 
  male 
  genitalia, 
  lateral 
  and 
  

  

  dorsal 
  views. 
  

  

  OPHRVASTICS 
  HULCIitOSTRIS 
  (.S«y) 
  

  

  FiGDnE 
  08 
  

  

  Liparus 
  aulcirontriii 
  Say, 
  1824, 
  p. 
  310. 
  

   Ophrycutea 
  ligalu* 
  LeCon'TE, 
  1853, 
  p. 
  -1 
  13. 
  

  

  ModeraU'ly 
  rohust, 
  elytra 
  in(lat».'d, 
  dorsum 
  convex. 
  Color 
  hlackish 
  

   or 
  hrowii 
  with 
  irr«'gular 
  mottliiigs 
  of 
  hhick 
  or 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  

   elytra 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  median 
  and 
  two 
  wider 
  lateral 
  stripes 
  on 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   notum. 
  Kostnim 
  short, 
  stout, 
  well 
  arched 
  ahove, 
  sharply 
  constricted 
  

  

  