222 CURCULIONID^. 



[LeConte. 



third joint broad, deeply bilobed; claws divergent, broadly toothed in our 

 species; simple in the foreign genera. 



While having a slight relation with the Magdalini and Anthonomini 

 this tribe adds to the characters it has in common with them and other 

 tribes, one peculiar to itself; the presternum very long in front of the 

 coxae. The space between the front coxse is almost imperceptible in our 

 two species, but as the descriptions of the foreign genera mention them as 

 moderately distant, I infer that that character, as well as the form of the 

 claws, must be regarded of small value in this tribe. 



NOTOLOMUS n. g. 



This new genus is sufficiently described in the characters of the tribe as 

 detailed above. It merely remains to say that it agrees entirely with Dere- 

 lomus in appearance, but differs by the nearly contiguous front coxse, and 

 broadly toothed claws. From the South American Everges, it abundantly 

 differs by the form of body. 



Two species are known to mc, both affecting the palmetto tree of the 

 Southern maritime region : 



Testaceous, head and pro thorax black 1, bicolor. 



" ; elytra with an oblique dark band near the base 2. basalis. 



1. N. bicolor, n. sp. 



Testaceous, head, beak and prothorax black. Beak slender, as long as 

 the prothorax, slightly curved, finely punctured, with a narrow, indistinct 

 smooth dorsal line, head similarly punctured. Prothorax finely punctured, 

 as wide as long, sides parallel for three-fourths the length, where there is a 

 distinct lateral angle produced by the posterior extremity of the small, ob- 

 lique ridge mentioned above; the outline then is oblique, converging rap- 

 idly to the tip, which is constricted at the sides; tip truncate, not refiexed, 

 base bisinuate. Scutellum triangular, black, punctulate. Elytra testaceous, 

 with two transverse bands slightly darker; surface punctulate, with distant 

 rows of larger punctures, representing the striae. Meso- and metathorax, 

 legs and antennae testaceous, the latter more slender than in the next 

 species, with the second joint of the funicle longer than the third. Length 

 2.3-4 mm. ; .08-. 14 inch. 



Enterprise and Capron, Florida; April and May; Messrs. Hubbard and 

 Schwarz. On Chammrops palmetto; less abundant than the next species. 



_-^ t. o .-,.1, i.i,/g 



2. N. basalis, n. sp. 



Testaceous, head and beak brown; elytra with an oblique dark band com- 

 mencing near the base of the third interspace, and running to the suture. 

 Beak moderately curved, slender, punctured. Prothorax as long as wide, 

 finely punctured, strongly constricted at the tip, which is truncate, base 

 bisinuate. Elytra punctulate, with distant, indistinct rows of scarcely 

 larger punctures. Beneath testaceous, antennae with the funicle stouter; 

 second joint scarcely longer than the third. Length 1.8 mm. ; .075 inch. 



(^. Beak as long as the prothorax, stouter than in $ ; sides of prothorax 

 with a distinct cusp in front of the middle. 



