WEEVILS OF GENUS TACHYGONUS — ^MONTE 



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Type.—U.S.^M. No. 58196. 



Two specimens, Trece Aguas, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala, collected 

 by Schwarz and Barber, on cacao, April 18, 1906. 



Very near to T. goiodeyi Marshall but distinguished by the absence 

 of the postscutellar patch and by the placing of the femoral teeth. 

 T. hidentatus Champion is another allied species. 



TACHYGONUS FLOHRI Champion 



One specimen, Trece Aguas, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala, on cacao, 

 Schwarz and Barber, collectors, April 4. 



TACHYGONUS RUGOSUS, new species 



Figure 32 



Shiny black ; pronotum, elytra, femora, and tibiae bearing plentiful 

 Jong, erect, rigid, black setae; postscutellar patch wanting, base of 

 pronotum at middle with a small tuft of white pectinate scales. 



Figure 31. — Tachygonus nitidus, new 

 species, X5. 



Figure 32. — Tachygonus rugosus, new 

 species, X5. 



Pronotal pits sparse but wide; flanks of prothorax covered with 

 pectinate white scales. Flanks of meso- and metathorax covered with 

 similar scales, these more abundant on the metathorax. 



Antennae ferruginous, club lighter. Rostrum dark brown, sides 

 with delicate yellow hairs. 



Elytra rugose, interstices distinctly raised, pits wide and deep. 

 Abdominal sternites laterally with a few white pectinate scales. 



Posterior femora thick, black with yellowish apex, rugose, pits wide 

 but sparse; armed with a long, strong tooth situated between two 

 shorter ones, and with various small tubercles placed in lines on the 



