SMICRONYX WEEVILS—ANDERSON 947 
Distrisution: S. languidulus has been recorded only from a few 
localities in the District of Columbia and eastern Maryland on the 
Atlantic coastal plain, on the Piedmont Plateau in North Carolina, 
and in Ohio and southeastern Iowa in the central lowlands. The 
following specimens were examined: 
District oF CotumBiaA: No data (CM). 
Iowa: WAPELLO co.: July 26 (USNM). 
MARYLAND: WORCESTER Co.: Priest Bridge, July 4 (USNM),. 
NortH CAROLINA: CABARRUS Co.: Concord, June (Howden), 
OHIO: HOCKING co.: Aug. 5 (ELS). 
Total specimens examined: 6. 
Smicronyx rhodopus Dietz 
Smicronyx rhodopus Dietz, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., vol. 21, pp. 140-141, 
1894. Type: Male, Texas, CM (Ulke collection). 
Description: Rostra of both sexes black, fairly stout, very slightly 
curved, sparsely punctate and lightly scaly behind antennal insertions; 
lightly punctate and striolate before antennal insertions in male; 
minutely punctate but not striolate before antennal insertions in 
female. Antennae black to piceous throughout; club elongate-ovate, 
glabrous at base. Head coarsely alutaceous, bearing a few scales on 
front. Prothorax strongly rounded on sides; narrowed and feebly 
constricted toward apex. Prothoracic punctures large, shallow, some- 
what oval, arranged in curved, anterolateral rows, the interspaces 
shiny. Prosternum shallowly emarginate, transversely impressed, 
antecoxal ridges difficult to distinguish. 
Elytra piceous, moderately convex dorsally, humeri distinct, decliv- 
ities indistinct; intervals covered with grayish white oval scales. 
Scutellum small, shining. Underside of thorax and abdomen piceous, 
covered with small ovate grayish white scales. Femora rufous, some- 
what clavate, thinly squamose. ‘Tibiae rufous, sparsely covered with 
elongate scales and slightly expanded toward their apices. Tarsal 
claws parallel, connate for approximately half their length. 
MEASUREMENTS: The following measurements were taken from 
the type specimen (a male) and a female from Columbus, Texas 
(USNM). All measurements are in millimeters: 
Male Female 
Body length 1. 80 1. 80 
Elytra length 1. 00 15 15 
Elytra width at base 0. 60 0. 70 
Prothorax length 0. 50 0. 50 
Prothorax width 0. 50 0. 60 
Rostrum length 0. 50 0. 60 
Rostrum length before anten- 0. 20 0. 30 
nal insertion 
Funicular segment 2 length 0. 034 0. 042 
Funicular segment 3 length 0. 034 0. 042 
