100 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoL xxx. 



taken by E. A. Bischoff at Arlington. Fall, in his notes following 

 the description, states that it " belongs to Section IV of his Synopsis.^ 

 (Group IV of the Rhynchophora) and would by the table fall near 

 attenuatiim, after which it may best be placed ; differing by its stouter 

 form, broader thorax, more parallel elytra, more basally inserted an- 

 tennre and paler tibiae and tarsi." 



129. Barynotus schoenherri Zett. 



The records of this species from Wales, Me., and Framingham, 

 Mass., furnished us by C. A. Frost, are erroneous, specimens of 

 Panscopus erinaceus having been wrongly determined as the Barynotus 

 by Frost. 2 



Hyperodes latinasus new species. 



Elongate-oblong, robust. Dark chestnut-brown, the apical fifth of thorax, 

 apical fourth of elytra, antennae, tibiae and tarsi a paler reddish-brown. Beak 

 scarcely as long as thorax, nearly as broad as head, subdepressed and strongly 

 tricarinate above, the coarse punctures between the carinae each bearing an 

 erect brownish bristle. Head coarsely and closely punctate, each puncture 

 enclosing a minute prostrate yellow scale. Funicle with first and second 

 joints subequal in length, the basal one stouter, clavate ; scape scarcely reach- 

 ing front border of eyes, its groove deep, narrow, well defined, directed towards 

 their middle. Thorax subcylindrical, about as wide as long, its ocular lobes 

 large, almost covering the eyes in repose ; disk very coarsely and densely 

 punctate, the punctures mostly covered with large grayish scales, which on 

 the sides are paler, there forming an evident stripe ; the nude punctures each 

 bearing an erect brownish hair. Elytra one half wider at base than thorax, 

 humeri rounded, sides parallel to apical third, thence strongly converging 

 and constricted to form the narrowly rounded apex ; disk thinly clothed 

 with large grayish scales which are condensed and paler on the humeri 

 and declivity ; strial punctures coarse, close-set ; intervals narrower than 

 punctures, the third and fifth feebly elevated, each alternate one with a row 

 of erect brownish bristles, these becoming almost white on apical third. 

 Sterna and first and second ventrals of under surface coarsely punctate, 

 the punctures each enclosing a prostrate yellow scale ; last three ventrals 

 very finely and sparsely punctate, the fifth with a broad median impression. 

 Length 2.8-3 mni. 



Two specimens taken on March 5 in the muck about the decaying 

 roots of Pontedcria in an extinct pond at Ft. Myers, Fla. Belongs 

 under aa of Group III, p. 171, of the Rhynchophora, and resembles H. 

 minimus in form and size, but the much broader, more strongly carinate 



1 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XXV, 1898, 155. 



2 See Can. Ent., 1920, 251. 



