A NEW GENUS OF WEEVILS ZIMMERMAN 



EURHOPTODES CRATATUS, new species 



Figure 23. 



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Male : Derm piceous, tlie appendages more diluted with red ; dorsum 

 coarsely reticulate, the granules polished; squamae on the basal margin 

 of the prothorax and sides of the sterna dirty yellowish white ; setae 

 yellowish or bronzed ; covered with a thin, dirty, amorphous incrusta- 

 tion; without dorsal squamae except at the basal margin of the 

 prothorax. 



Head densely, coarsely, subconfluently punctate throughout, some 

 of the punctures bearing slender, erect setae ; the longitudinal dorsal 

 outline concave between the crown and base of the rostrum. 



Figure 23. — Eurhoftodes cratatus, new species: A, Dorsal aspect; B, venter (the propor- 

 tions are not all currect here because of foreshortening; see descriptions for correct 

 measurements); C, tarsus; D, tibia; E, side view. 



Rostrum as broad at the base as at the apex, hardly narrowed at the 

 antemiae (9:8), about two-thirds as long from the ventral, basal 

 angulation to the apex as the prothorax; antennae inserted just beyond 

 the middle in the male (2.2 : 2) ; the dorsal margin of the scrobe well 

 defined, slightly sinuous; sculpture coarse and dense to beyond the 

 antennae, with two coarsely punctate gi^ooves between the median line 

 and the scrobe, the median line therefore appearing as a carina. 



Antennae with tlie scape as long as the first six funicular segments, 

 terminating at about the length of the second funicular segment from 

 the eye; funiculus with segment 1 as long as 2 plus 3, 2 not quite so 

 long as 3 plus 4, 3 to 7 subequal in length and each successive!}^ 

 broader; club pointed, longer than broad, as long as the preceding 

 five segments 



Prothorax about one-seventh broader than long (3.5:2.9), broadest 

 at the extreme base and there slightly broader than across the middle ; 

 base subtruncate, but slightly arcuate, the edge bearing small, densely 

 packed squamae ; almost straight on the sides from the base to middle, 



