414 WILLIAM G. DIETZ, M.D. 



suggest'the separation of this species from Orchestomerus and place 

 it as the type of a new genus, to which the term Platymeristes might 

 be applied. 



O. Wicklianii n. sp. PI. xiii, figs. 18, 18a, 186, 18c. — Broadly oval, convex, 

 brown, antennte and legs paler, above more densely clothed with small, oval, or 

 pillform whitish scales, irrorate with brown, underside remotely punctured and 

 sparsely clothed with small, pale scales. Beak stout, much shorter than the pro- 

 thorax, curved, striate each side, punctured and coarsely pubescent from the base 

 to beyond the middle, scrobes deep, directed against the eyes and expanded toward 

 their extremity ; antennae stout, first and second joints of funicle not elongate, 

 former stout, joints 3-4 equal, outer joints wider, club suhcompressed, broadly 

 oval. Eyes large, convex. Head densely punctured, squamose, front depressed 

 between the eyes, a median and supra-orbital line each side, of pale scales : pro- 

 thorax wider than long, strongly gibbous, very markedly narrowed anteriorly, 

 sides nearly straight, constricted at the apex, ocular lobes prominent, rounded, 

 lateral tubercles large, prominent, rectangular, dorsal sulcus deep, on each side a 

 longitudinal gibbosity, base emargiuate each side, disc closely punctured, two 

 lines each side, in front of lateral tuliercle of white scales. Elytra scarcely as 

 long as wide, nearly two-fifths and rather suddenly wider at the base than the 

 prothorax, somewhat declivous at the ba.se, rounded on the sides and narrowed 

 from the humeri to the apex, striae more deeply impressed towards the base, 

 punctured, punctures concealed by the scales, alternate interspaces wider and a 

 little more convex, an elevation on the base of the third, fifth and eight (humeral) 

 interspaces, an elongate scutellar spot of velvety brown scales; pygidium very 

 coarsely and not closely punctured; pectoral canal deep, wide, not extending 

 upon the metasternum; middle coxae more widely separated than the anterior; 

 femora mutic, anterior and middle subclavate, posterior incrassate; tibiae rather 

 short, parallel, subangulate near the base, tarsi slender, third joint less broadly 

 bilobed, fourth joint short, claws armed with a long, acute tooth. Length 2.5 

 mm. ; 0.10 inch. 



% . Last ventral segment transversely impressed, middle and posterior tibiae 

 with a very minute hook at the ai)ex. 



Hah. — Brownsville, Texas. 



A male specimen collected during the past season and kindly given 

 to me by my friend, Mr. F. H. Wickham, to whom it is with pleasure 

 that I dedicate this addition to the rhynchophorous fauna of our 

 country. 



ACAL,L,OnES Lee. 



Beak stout, curved, w^idened towards the apex, about as long as 

 the prothorax, scrobes deep, linear, directed against the eye, anteniue 

 inserted two-fifths from the apex ( % and 9 )» scape not attaining 

 the eye, funicle 7-jointed, club elliptic, acuminate. Eyes rounded, 

 not convex, front flattened ; prothorax wider than long, ocular lobes 

 prominent, lateral tubercles obsolete, basal margin straight, scutel 



