SUBGENUS TRICHAPION — KISSINGER 355 



frons, at basal fifth of beak, of fema^le at distance from eye about 

 two-thirds as great as width of frons, at basal one-seventh; first 

 segment as long as next two; second segment shorter than next two; 

 club 0.22 by 0.10 mm. Eyes moderately prominent; frons narrow, 

 wider than dorsal tip of beak, with a shallow, median depression and 

 an irregular lateral row of moderate punctures. Prothorax at base 

 one-fourth to one-third wider than long, middle slightly narrower 

 than base, apex three-fourths as wide as base; sides slightly expanded 

 laterally at base, nearly parallel to middle, rounded to constricted 

 apex; in profile dorsal surface slightly, evenly arcuate; punctation 

 moderate, deep, 0.03 mm. in diameter, interspaces narrower than 

 diameter of punctures, flat, alutaceous; basal fovea deep, short. 

 Elytra at humeri one-half wider than prothorax at base, three times 

 as long as prothorax, length to width as 9 : 7 ; intervals twice as wide 

 as striae, flat, alutaceous, with one row of punctures bearing minute 

 scales; striae deep, with one row of fine scales coarser than those on 

 intervals. Scutellum roundly triangular, 0.06 by 0.06 mm., with 

 median furrow. Front femora 3.5 times as long as wide. Claws with 

 acute basal tooth. 



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

 mucrones. 



Material examined: Male and female determined by Hans 

 Wagner. 



Known distribution: 



Nicaragua: Managua (type, Solari Collection). 

 Mexico: Tabasco: Teapa (BMNH). 

 Guatemala: Capetillo; San Geronimo (BMNH). 

 Panama: "San Felice" (BMNH). 



Apion {Trichapion) minor Smith 



Figure 15,a-c 



Apion minor Smith, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 11, p. 56, 1884.— Fall, Trans. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 25, p. 145, pi. 4, fig. 10, 10a, 1898. 



Description: Length, 1.50 to 1.67 mm.; width, 0.67 to 0.71 mm. 



Moderately slender. Black; pubescence conspicuous, white, mod- 

 erately fine, not much denser laterally. Male beak shorter than 

 head and prothorax combined, one-fifth longer than prothorax, 

 slightly curved; attenuate from laterally expanded antennal insertion 

 to tip; basal two-thirds dull, alutaceous, sparsely pubescent behind 

 antennal insertion; apical third smoother, shining, glabrous. Female 

 beak slightly longer than head and prothorax combined, three-fourths 

 longer than prothorax, slightly curved; slightly attenuate beyond 

 slight lateral expansion over antennal insertion to apical third, thence 

 nearly cylindrical to apex; basal three-fourths dull, alutaceous, apical 



