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The second joint of fiinicle is longer than the third. Legs and tarsi 
slender (except grandis), claws armed with a long, slender tooth. 
The ventral segments not very unequal, the fifth generally longer 
than either the third or fourth. 
They may be tabulated as follows : 
Larger, pubescence coarse, anteunse inserted more remotely from the apex. 
graiidijii. 
Smallei’, i»ubescence fine and sparse above, antennse inserted less remotely from 
the apex. 
Beak long and slender, shining. 
Pitchy black, anterior tibiae of male not curved inward and produced at the 
tip gnlaris. 
Elytra and legs more or less ferruginous ; anterior tihiae of male curved 
inward and produced at the tip Virgo. 
Beak shorter and stouter, opaque riifipeiiiii!^. 
A. gramli!i« Boh. — Stout, suhovate, rufo-piceous and clothed with coarse, 
pale yellowish puhescence. Beak loug, slender, shining, and sparsely pubescent 
at the base; striate from base to the middle, striae rather coarsely punctured ; 
apical half finely and remotely punctured. Antennae slender, second joint of 
funicle longer than the third ; joints 3-7 equal in length, but becoming gradually 
wider. Head conical, pubescent, coarsely but remotely punctured, front foveate. 
Eyes moderately convex, posterior margin not free. Prothorax one-half wider 
than long; base feebly bisinuate. posterior angles rectangular; sides almost 
straight from base to middle, strongly rounded in front; apex constricted and 
transversely impressed behind the anterior margin; surface moderately convex, 
densely and subconfluently punctured ; ])uuctures irregular in size, coarser about 
the sides: pubescence more dense along the median line and on the sides. Elytra 
oblong, scarcely wider at the base than the prothorax; sides subparallel for two- 
thirds their length, thence gradually narrowed to and separately rounded at the 
ai)6x, leaving the pygidiuin moderately exposed ; strise deep, punctures large and 
approximate; interstices convex, rugulose, pubescence somewhat condensed in 
spots. Legs rather stout, femora clavate, anterior strongly bidentate, inner tooth 
long and strong, outer one acutely triangular and connected with the former at 
the base; middle and posterior thighs unidentate. Tibi® moderately stout, an- 
terior bisinuate internally, posterior straight; tarsi moderate; claws broad, 
blackish, and rather widely separate ; tooth almost sis long as the claw. Loug. 
5 — 5.5 mm. ; .20 — .22 inch. 
Hab. — Mexico, Texas. 
Whether the introduction of this species into our faunal limits is 
permanent or not, future observations must decide. Three specimens 
are before me, two in the collection of Dr. Horn,* labeled Mexico, 
and a sitecimen in INIr. Schwarz’s collection from Texas. Thev tallv 
well with the description given by Bohemann, though the descriptive 
expression in reference to the elytra — “ thorace plus triplo longiore” 
*■ Sent me with the information that they injured the cotton plant (G. H. H.). 
