June, 1920.] Blatchlf.y : Xew Rhyxchophora. Ifi.S 



I2J. Tachygonus lecontei Gyll. — In addition to tlie localities men- 

 tioned (p. 94) this curious little weevil has l)een taken at Dunedin 

 and Lakeland, Fla., Jan. 9, Feb. 21, so that it passes the winter in that 

 region in the adult stage. 



127. Epicaerus formidolosus Boh. — Several specimens have been 

 taken at Dunedin between December 9 and March 15 by sweeping low 

 shrul)S in dry, sandy open woods. 



140. Paragraphus setosus Blatcli. — Both genus and species of this 

 handsome Otiorhynchid were founded on a unique. Eight specimens 

 have since been taken, all within one hundred yards of the type local- 

 ity on Hog Island, not more than three on any one day. It occurs in 

 company with four other weevils, AyrapJins bcllicus Say, Taiiymecits 

 lacccna Herbst.. Ban's splcudcus Casey and Chalcodcnniis inccqiialis 

 Horn, in the axils of the leaves of a yellow flowered thistle Carduus 

 spinossissimus Walt. By cutting the thistles oil at the ground, then 

 holding them over a rublier blanket and whacking the leaves from the 

 stem with a hatchet or trowel, the weevils will be found " playing 

 possum ■' in the debris left on the blanket. One hundred thistles will 

 usually yield about 50 Barids, 30 of the A. bcllicus, ten of the Taiiy- 

 vicciis, two or three of the Chahodcrmns and perhaps one of the 

 Paragraphus. A hurricane and tidal wave swept the island in Sep- 

 tember, 1918, and neither thistle nor weevil could be found there the 

 ensuing winter. 



151. Pachnaeus opalus Oliv. — Frequent at Long Key and Key 

 West, Feb. 2y to ^larch 3, on the foliage of a large purple morning- 

 glory and that of various shrubs. Occurs in company with Arfipus 

 floridanus Horn, the latter being the most common Rhynchophorid 

 found at Key West in early March. 



207. Listronotus floridensis Blatch. — This species was found in 

 numbers near Moore Haven, Fla., March 2. It occurred on the flow- 

 ers of an arrow-head, Sagittaria, which was growing in the low 

 swales left by the receding of Lake Okeechobee at that point. Fresh 

 specimens were more densely and conspicuously scaly than any of the 

 allied species. 



217. Hyperodes crytops Dietz. — This species also occurs in some 

 numbers on the flowers of Sagittaria and allied plants about Dunedin 

 and Moore Haven. 



