Sept.-Dcc, I9i8.] BlATCHLEY: HoME OF HoRMOPS. 159 



during the six weeks the debris was under investigation, though no 

 larvse or pupae were seen at any time. 



The beetle is but 3.5 to 4 mm. in length, dark reddish-brown in 

 hue and thinly clothed with long, prostrate yellow hairs. It is the 

 more interesting in that it is the sole representative of the tribe Hor- 

 mopini, the principal distinguishing character of which is the very 

 large eyes which are coarsely granulated, widely separated and almost 

 invisible above and nearly contiguous beneath. This character led 

 Dr. LeConte {loc. cit.) to make the following remarks regarding its 

 relationship to other weevils: 



"The subfamily of genuine CnrcuUonincc fitly closes with a very 

 anomalous insect, which while having relations with several of the 

 earlier tribes, exhibits in addition a character which is otherwise 

 seen in .one of the subfamilies of the Calandridcc." He then described 

 this character, viz., the peculiar eyes above mentioned, and after 

 giving an extended description of the tribe adds : " It is possible that 

 this insect may have relation with some of the anomalous genera 

 placed by Mr. Wollaston among the Cossonidcc, but as I have had no 

 opportunity of studying them in nature, I can but timidly suggest the 

 propriety of comparing this genus with those genera of Cossonidce 

 in which the eyes are disposed to become confluent beneath. The 

 entire facies of this insect is so purely Curculionideous that (the 

 sexual characters being unknown) I would be unwilling to place it 

 in any other family." 



In the " Rhynchophora of N. E. America" Mr. Leng, to whom 

 fell largely the arrangement of the primary divisions into subfamilies 

 and tribes,^ retained the insect in the subfamily Curculioninae, but 

 placed the tribe Hormopini between the Hylobiini and Erirhinini, 

 this placement being largely based on the form of the antennte. 



After returning to Indianapolis I had a letter from Dr. Sharp, 

 who lives in Brockenhurst, England, and, in spite of his advanced 

 years, is still an active and enthusiastic worker. He wrote : " I have 

 been in London for some w^eeks and on returning home find the 

 Hormops you were so good as to send, two males and one female. 

 One of the males was dead, the other pair alive, though five weeks in 

 the little vial. I give a description of the genital structure, which is 

 Cossonid-like, as follows: 



1 See p. 5 of that work. 



