PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Vol. 99 Washington: 1949 No. 3236 



THE WEEVILS OF THE GENUS TACHYGONUS IN THE 

 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, WITH DESCRIP- 

 TIONS OF NEW SPECIES 



By Oscar Monte ^ 



The author received from the United States National Museum to be 

 studied a fine collection of weevils of the genus Tachygonus ^ 

 Schoenherr numbering 47 specimens, comprising 20 species, of which 

 12 are new to science, some of these being represented by unique types. 

 There are also several new geographical records. 



He takes the opportunity to express his thanks to the authorities of 

 the United States National I\Iuseum for their permission to study this 

 material and to L. L. Buchanan, of the Bureau of Entomology and 

 Plant Quarantine, for the offer of specimens in his charge for the 

 study of this interesting genus from South and Central America. 

 The author is greatly indebted also to Mrs. Ruth C. Altieri for making 

 the fine illustrations. 



The type specimens of new species described herein are in the col- 

 lection of the United States National Museum. Certain paratypes 

 have also been deposited, as indicated in the text, in the Monte 

 collection. 



TACHYGONUS RUFUS Hustache 



Four specimens, Vi^'osa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, April 14, 1933, col- 

 lected by E. J. Hambleton, taken on an undetermined species of 

 Apocynaceae. The original description was based upon three speci- 

 mens collected at Jatahy, Goiaz, Brazil. 



^ The author of this paper was connected with the Institute Biol6gico, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 

 He died on July 1, 1948, after his manuscript had been submitted for publication. — Editor. 

 2 Coleoptera : Curculionidae. 



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