SUBGENUS TRICHAPION — KISSINGER 361 



narrower than diameter of punctures; basal fovea deep, elongate, 

 one-third length of prothorax. Elj'tra at humeri one-third wider 

 than prothorax at base, 2.6 times as long as prothorax, length to width 

 as 4 : 3 ; intervals nearly fiat, twice as wide as striae, finel}^, trans- 

 versely rugulose, with one row of fine punctures bearing fine scales; 

 striae deep, with one row of scales. Scutellum triangular, 0.06 by 0.06 

 mm., smooth. Front femora slightly less than three times as long as 

 wide. Claws with acute basal tooth. 



Special male characters: Tibiae 2 and 3 armed with very small 

 mucrones. 



Types : I hereby designate the lectotype of this species as the male 

 specimen (MCZ 25116) in the Fall Collection labeled Tampa, Fla. 

 Cotype with same data in U. S. National Museum (USNM 4234). 



Material examined: I^ectotype and two other specimens. 



Known distribution: 



United States: Florida: Hillsborough Co. (USNM); Tampa (MCZ, USNM). 



Apion {Trichapion) reconditum Gyllenhal 



Figure 15, j-l 



Apion reconditum Gyllenhal, in Schoenherr, Genera et species curculionidum, vol. 

 5, p. 432, 1839. 



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

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 25, p. 146, 1898.— Chittenden, Bur. Ent. Bull., 

 vol. 64, p. 31, 1908. — Blatchley and Leng, Rhynchophora or weevils of 

 northeastern America, p. 80, 1916. — Buchanan, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 24, p. 84, 1922.— Bruhn, Great Basin Nat., vol. 8, p. 12, 1947 (new 

 synonymy) . 



Description: Length, 1.54 to 2.00 mm.; width, 0.81 to 0.93 mm. 



Moderately robust. Black, slightly aeneous; pubescence scant, 

 fine, white, denser on sides of mesothorax and metepisternum. Male 

 beak slightly shorter than head and prothorax, moderately, evenly 

 curved, slightly dilated laterally and ventrally at antennal insertion, 

 attenuate to middle, apical half nearly cylindrical; laterally with rows 

 of strong punctures, dorsally punctures sparse, fine, tip smoother, 

 more shining; pubescence scant. Female beak a little longer than 

 head and prothorax combined, moderately, evenly curved, lateral 

 antennal dilation very slight, apical two-thirds nearly cylindrical; 

 shining beyond antennal insertion, finely punctured Antennae 

 inserted at distance from eye equal to width of frons at basal fifth of 

 beak; first segment nearly equal to next three; second segment 

 shorter than next two; club 0.21 by 0.09 mm. Eyes moderately 

 prominent; frons narrow, about equal to dorsal tip of beak, with a 

 rather broad median sulcus, deep in middle, rather broadly V-shaped, 

 with a lateral line of deep, confluent punctures. Prothorax at base 

 one-fourth wider than long, middle slightly narrower than base, apex 



