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1. Above shiuing, finely pubescent with scattex-ed larger scales, 

 a. Elytra without rows of acute granules. 



b. Scutellar spot of elongate whitish scales anthoiiomoidcs Dietz 



bb. Scutellar spot and transverse fascia behind the middle of the elytra 



of large white oval scales squamatus LeConte 



aa. Elytra with rows of acute granules; third joint of tarsi broadly bilobed; 

 thorax with median antebasal and postapical depressions, the former 

 clothed with elongate white scales; scutellar region not clothed with 

 white scales lesquerellcc n. sp. 



2. Above densely scaly or coarsely pubescent. 



Ceutorliynclius lesquerelke n. sp. 



Length 2 mm. Oval elliptic, black throughout, clothed with extremely 

 fine inconspicuous pubescence above and with rather sparse elongate scales, 

 densest on thorax, below. Beak moderately slender, regularly and rather 

 strongly curved, cylindrical, minutely pubescent to middle, striate and punc- 

 tured from the base to the insertion of the antennae, more remotely puncted 

 toward the apex. Head flattened, rather coarsely punctured. Prothorax 

 about one-half wider than long, almost twice as wide at base as at apex, con- 

 vergently rounded on the sides, strongly constricted at apex, ocular lobes 

 distinct, lateral tubercles small, acute, disk with deep antebasal and post- 

 apical impressions, the former bearing the onl.v spot of condensed scaly 

 vestiture visible from above; disk uniformly, closely and coarsely punctured; 

 scutellum invisible. Elytra a little wider at base than prothorax; humeri 

 obliquely rounded, striae impressed but very confusedly punctured; inter- 

 spaces very little wider, convex, each with a row of acute granules which 

 become longer and tuberculiform towards the declivity. Under-side densely 

 and coarsely punctured, mesosternum and side-pieces densely, the rest of 

 surface less densely clothed with large, elongate scales, smaller on the abdo- 

 men. Femora arcuate; tibise a little widened towards apex; tarsi moderate, 

 first and second joints elongate, third broadly bilobed, fourth joint projecting 

 about the length of the third. 



Types in U. S. National Museum No. 13085. 



Described from four specimens received March 22, 1909, from Prof. 

 Glenn "W. Herrick, then State Entomologist of Texas, who > reported 

 them to be destroying cabbage plants as fast as they came up in seed 

 beds at Whitewright, Texas. Two specimens of this species were col- 

 lected April 18, 1906, at Wolfe City, Texas, by F. C. Bishopp. On 

 April 3, 1909, Mr. E. S. Tucker found the weevil breeding abundantly 

 in the crown of the crucifer, Lesqmrella gracilis at Piano, Texas. 



It is safe to assume that of the several new species herewith de- 

 scribed this is the most dangerous and it will be looked for with in- 

 terest this year. 



I take occasion at this time to state that I have in preparation a 

 complete revision of my former list of the breeding habits of North 

 American weevils. Any assistance will be very gratefully acknowl- 

 edged. 



