SUBGENUS TRICHAPION KISSINGER 273 



less strongly curved, basal one-half with deep, but not dense punctures, 

 finely pubescent, apical one-half nearly glabrous, bare, nearly cylindri- 

 cal, feebly swollen at antennal insertion. Antennae inserted in basal 

 one-third of beak of male, of female at long diameter of eye. Pro- 

 thorax in form and sculpture as in A. aurichalceum, with the exception 

 of the less constricted front. Elytra are only a little shorter, about 2.5 

 times as long as prothorax (A. aurichalceum about three times as long 

 as prothorax); striae stronglj^ punctured; intervals somev/hat convex, 

 as in A. aurichalceum. Legs a little more slender, especially the tibiae. 

 Male as A. aurichalceum with tibiae 2 and 3 mucronate, but spine 

 somewhat longer and pointing more to the rear. 

 Known distribution: 



Mexico: Veracruz: Jalapa. Guanajuato. 

 Guatemala: San Ger6nimo. 



Remarks: Mr. J. Balfour-Browne (personal communication) has 

 studied the type and is of the opinion that this species is a synonjun 

 of A. godmani Wagner. 



Apion (Tricliapion^ tahogense Sharp 



Apion tahogense Sharp, Biologia Centrali-Americana. Coleoptera, vol. 4, pt. 3, 

 p. 52, 1890. 



Description: This species was described from two males in the 

 British Museum (Natural History) that were not seen by the author. 

 The following notes are taken from the original description. 



Length, 2.00 mm. 



Middle and hind tibiae mucronate, mucrones are slender spurs di- 

 rected straight downwards, not inwards as in most of the other species. 

 Rostrum is rather thick, curvate, densely sculptured except at tip, 

 antennae are inserted not very far from eyes, being separated from 

 them by not quite one-fourth length of rostrum; eyes rather large and 

 prominent, placed close to the prothorax, frons moderatelj" broad. 

 Thorax rather broad, much narrowed towards front, scarcely impressed 

 at sides, moderately closely and coarsely but obsoletelj^ punctured, 

 with a small fovea in front of scutellum. Elytra short and broad, 

 coarsely striate, though striae are scarcely deep enough to be called 

 sulci, intervals rather broad, flat. White setosity is not quite so 

 scanty on imdersurface as above, under orbits more conspicuous. 



Type locality: Taboga Island, Panama. 



Apion simile Group 



Three species grouped with A. simile Kirby agree in general char- 

 acters as outlined above. In addition the density and pattern of the 

 pubescence is similar and the femora of the male tend to be stouter 



