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smooth, space surrounded by a broadly ogival raised margin; median im- 

 pressed line deep extending to interocular fovea; lateral impressions short, 

 feeble; surface coarsely punctured at tip, remainder of beak closely squamose, 

 with whitish scales and with sparse setigerous punctures; antennae with 

 scape scaly at tip; seventh funicular hardly if any longer than sixth. Pro- 

 thorax wider than long; in shape varying for the sexes as in other species; 

 apex and base truncate; disk convex, nearly even, with a very faintly indi- 

 cated median line; surface densely squamose, with sparsely arranged setae, 

 the median line indicated by a slender vitta of ochreous brown scales on a 

 broad white median vitta, at each side of this is a light brown vitta and a 

 smaller one on the sides, the remainder of the surface is pale. Elytra oval, 

 usually widest about the middle, never more than one-half wider than pro- 

 thorax, about one-half longer than wide; striae consisting of small distant 

 punctures, very feebly depressed; intervals flat; surface closely squamose, 

 with interspersed dark setae, scales darker above, and pale on the inflexed 

 sides, with four small basal spot.s, two irregular transverse vittae and apex 

 also pale; legs and under-side squamose, finely and sparsely clad with pale 

 setae. 



Described from eight specimens collected by E. A. Schwarz at San 

 Antonio, Texas, May 9 and 10. It is also at hand from Cotulla and 

 Brow-nsville, Texas. Types in U. S. N. M. No. 13122. 



Epiccerus formidolosiis Boh. is known only from Florida. 



Anomadus Horn 



Anomadus ohliquus Horn is from the Peninsula of Lower Califor- 

 nia. I have seen no records of its habits. 



Omileus Horn 



Omileus epicceroides Horn is a large and common east Texas species. 

 In i\Iarch, 1904, the fruit growers of eastern Texas suffered consid- 

 erable damage to the foliage of peach trees from an outbreak of this 

 species. Professor E. D. Sanderson found that it was normally an 

 oak insect and that the greatest damage was to newly planted orchards 

 on land just cleared off and surrounded by oak (Ent. News, vol. XVII, 

 p. 210). 



Aramigus Horn 



Armnigns fidleri Horn is a very widely distributed and exceedingly 

 injurious species. It breeds at the roots of plants and is recorded 

 as a serious enemy of apple, blackberry, peach, plum, sugar-cane and 

 strawberry. It attacks many economic plants of Hawaii. Mr. D. L. 

 Van Dine recommends treatment that will be applicable to most of 

 these weevils. When they are found breeding at the roots of plants, 

 the use of carbon bisulphide in the soil or fertilizing with tobacco 

 W'aste is recommended. From trees and shrubs the weevils may be ex- 

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