122 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xxx. 



Genus Echinaspis i new genus. 

 Form pear-shaped. Body above bearing numerous erect stout, blunt 

 bristles. Beak stout, feebly curved, a little shorter than thorax. Antennae 

 inserted at apical fourth of beak, their grooves shallow, directed beneath ; 

 scape slender, not reaching eyes, funicle 7-jointed, basal joint stout, robust, 

 second slender, one half longer than third, 3-6 stouter, subequal, slightly 

 wider than long, 7 one half wider than 6, all very compactly united ; club 

 short, oval, compact, the middle joint the widest. Front of thorax feebly 

 produced above the occiput. Elytra conjointly oval, subinflated. Femora 

 very short, unarmed ; tibiae still shorter, sinuate, and narrowed at base, 

 ending in a minute spur; three basal joints ^of tarsi very short, subequal, the 

 third narrowly bilobed. Second and fifth ventral segments each about as long 

 as third and fourth united, all gradually narrowing posteriorly. Other 

 characters as given under the tribal heading. 



Both tribe and genus are based upon a remarkable echinose little 

 weevil that has been unnamed in the Wolcott collection since 1904. 

 Its bristly appearance at once recalls the little Barid Eunyssobia 

 echidna Lee, its bristles being as numerous but not as long or sharp 

 as there. It was sent by Wolcott to Fall some years ago for exami- 

 nation. He returned it stating " I never saw it before, nor can I get 

 any clue to it." From its characters, as above given, it will be 

 readily seen that it does not belong to any of the tribes or genera 

 treated in the Rhynchophora. 



Echinaspis wolcotti new species. 



Oval, pear-shaped. Elytra chestnut-brown ; thorax, femora and under 

 surface dark reddish-brown ; beak, antennae, tibiae and tarsi paler. Beak 

 subcylindrical, a little widened toward apex, finely strigose-punctate. Thorax 

 campanulate, as broad at base as long, without margins ; sides converging 

 from base to apex ; disk finely and densely rugose-punctate and bearing nu- 

 merous erect bristles. Elytra oval, gibbous, declivous behind, two thirds wider 

 at base than thorax, about one fourth longer than wide ; sides broadly 

 curved, converging behind middle to the conjointly rounded apex which is 

 somewhat constricted above at the base of the declivity ; striae rather wide 

 and deep, punctate ; intervals as wide as striae, each with a row of distant 

 punctures, each puncture bearing a stout grayish erect bristle. Abdomen 

 coarsely, not densely punctate, each puncture bearing a minute prostrate 

 yellow hair. Length 2 mm. 



One specimen taken by A. B. Wolcott, of the Field Museum, July 3, 

 1904, at Bowmanville, 111. Type in his collection. 



1 Gr. " bristle " or " spine " -(- " shield." 



