SUBGENUS TRICHAPION — KISSINGER 297 



third shining, finely punctured, glabrous. Female beak one-fourth 

 longer than head and pro thorax, slightly curved, subcylindrical, ex- 

 panded laterally at tip, in basal three-fifths sparsely punctate in 

 rows, sparsely pubescent, apex smoother. Antennae of male inserted 

 at basal sLxth of beak at distance from eye slightly less than width of 

 frons, of female at distance from eye slightl}^ less than width of frons 

 at basal sixth of beak; first segment of male equals next two, of female 

 slight]}^ longer than next two; second segment equals next two; club 

 0.21 b}^ 0.09 mm. Eyes moderately prominent; frons wider than dorsal 

 tip of beak, with two lateral rows of punctures on either side of 

 median sulcus. Prothorax one-fourth to one-third wider at base than 

 long, middle not as wide as base, apex two-thirds as wide as base; sides 

 beyond basal lateral expansion nearly parallel to middle, rounded to 

 constricted apex; in profile dorsal sm-face nearly flat; punctation 

 moderately deep, 0.04 mm. in diameter, interspaces less than diameter 

 of punctures; basal fovea shallow, broad, about one-third length of 

 prothorax. Elytra at humeri one-thu'd wider than prothorax at base, 

 between 2.75 and 3.00 times as long as prothorax, length to width as 

 4:3; intervals twice as wide as striae, nearly flat, smooth, with two 

 rows of fine punctiu-es; striae deep, fine. Scutelliun triangular, 0.08 

 by 0.06 mm. Front femora 3.5 times as long as wide. Claws with 

 acute basal tooth. 



Special male characters : Tibiae 2 and 3 armed with moderately long, 

 slender, simple mucrones; tibia 1 with anterior inner face flattened, 

 polished, longitudinally striate area along two-thu'ds of its length; 

 tibia 1 not deflexed apically. 



Material examined: Male and female determined by Hans 

 Wagner and 125 other specimens. 



Known distribution: 



Mexico: In beans intercepted at Phoenix, Ariz., Brownsville, Tex., and Laredo, 

 Tex. (USNM). Guerrero: Chilpancingo; Omilteme. Puehla: Huauchinango, 

 June 1954, D. G. Kissinger (DGK); Puebla, Sept. 2, 1949, A. C. Smith (USNM). 

 Mixico: Tenancingo, Sept. 11, 1948, A. C. Smith (BMNH). Distriio Federal: 

 Atzacapatalco, August 1921, H. F. Wickham, on bean (USNM); Contreras, May 

 30, 1946, J. and D. Pallister (AMNH); San Jer6nimo, June 11, 1946, J. and D. 

 Pallister (AMNH); Tacuba, September 1921, H. F. Wickham, on bean (USNM); 

 30 miles southeast of Mexico City, June 1954, D. G. Kissinger (DGK). 



Guatemala: In black beans intercepted at Brownsville, Tex. (USNM); Acei- 

 tuno; Capetillo; Chiacam. 



Remarks: This species apparently is a serious pest of the bean crop 

 in Mexico. 



Apion {Trichapion) godmani Wagner 



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Apion (Trichapion) godmani Wagner, Arch. Naturg. Berhn, vol. 78, p. 101, 1912. — 

 Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Secretaria de Agricultura y Fomento, Principales 



