Sept., 1922.] Blatchley : Notes on Rhynchophora. 127 



and rather sparsely punctate. Thorax subcylindrical, slightly longer than 

 wide, sides broadly rounded, disk feebly constricted and smooth near apex, 

 elsewhere finely punctate, the punctures separated by nearly their own diam- 

 eters. Elytra one half wider at base than thorax, sides parallel for three 

 fourths their length; strial punctures fine, close-set; intervals very narrow, 

 convex. Abdomen finely, very sparsely punctate, the second segment twice 

 as long as third and fourth united ; front coxae separated by nearly one 

 half their own diameters. Length 2 mm. 



Two specimens taken at Cape Sable, Fla., February 20 by beating 

 dead limbs of buttonwood. Belongs under aa of the key on p. 541 

 of the Rhynchophora, and allied to anonus, but smaller with beak 

 shorter, thorax, much more sparsely punctate and fore coxae more 

 widely separated. 



Metamesius mosieri Barber, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 1920, 157. 



One specimen beaten February 21 from dead branches in a hammock 

 at Cape Sable; another from cabbage palmetto at LaBelle, Fla., Feb- 

 ruary 2'/. The types were from Cayamas, Cuba and Paradise Key, 

 Fla. A very handsome tropical weevil, 6.5-9 ^^- i^i length, black, 

 with the front and hind margins of thorax, the basal half of elytra 

 and the metasternum bright red; the elytra each with a round black 

 spot in front of middle. The genus Metamesius Horn is distinguished 

 from its congeners by having the front coxae widely separated, and 

 third joint of tarsi very broad and densely pubescent beneath. 



878. Sphenophorus marinus Chitt. 



An example of this small Calandrid, taken at St. Augustine, Fla., 

 Nov. 8, by G. P. Engelhardt, has been received from Chas. Schaeffer. 

 Known heretofore only from New Jersey. Chittenden, in the notes 

 following his original description, says that it is the " smallest Spheno- 

 phorus occurring in the United States," but I have specimens of both 

 S. parvnlus Gyll. and S. minimus Hart, which are smaller than the 

 Florida example of marinus. 



