SMICRONYX WEEVILS—ANDERSON 271 
New JERSEY: MORRIS Co.: Stirling (USNM). union co.: Berkley Heights 
(USNM). 
OntTARIO: Ojibiway, Oct. 2 (CNC); Roseland, July 1 (CNC). 
PENNSYLVANIA: PIKE CO.: Milford, July 4 (USNM). 
SASKATCHEWAN: Rutland, Aug. 2 (CNC). 
Wisconsin: ‘ Wis.’”’ (CNHM); “ Wis” (CNC). 
Total specimens examined: 74. 
Smicronyx corpulentus LeConte 
Ficures 74, 122 
Smicronyx corpulentus LeConte, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., vol. 15, p. 170, 
1876. Type: Male, Louisiana, MCZ 1882 (J. L. LeConte collection). 
Description: Rostra of both sexes black, moderately curved, finely 
punctate from base to apex, sparsely squamose behind antennal 
insertions; slightly longer, smoother and more tapered in female than 
in male. Head black, finely alutaceous, front thinly covered witb 
light yellow scales. Antennae black, club rufopiceous, closely pubes- 
eent. Prothorax black, disk closely and coarsely punctate; scales 
yellowish white to very light brown, except darker brown scales in a 
subquadrate maculation which covers center of disk. 
Scales of elytra white to light brown, except for dark brown scales 
of discal maculation (which is irregular in shape and very indistinct 
in some specimens). Venter of thorax and abdomen closely covered 
with white, broadly ovate scales. Femora moderately clavate, black 
to rufopiceous, covered with elongate-ovate white scales. Tibiae 
rufopiceous, slightly expanded at apex, scales similar to those of 
femora. Tarsi black, covered with yellowish white scales, first three 
segments rather short and broad, claws connate near base, moderately 
divergent. Internal sac of male genitalia slightly constricted near 
middle, apical portion armed with fine spines (fig. 74). 
MEASUREMENTS: The following measurements were taken from 4 
males and 2 females from Brownsville, Tex. (USNM), 2 males ‘’Tex.”’ 
(USNM), 2 males and 2 females from Seabrook, Tex. (CAS), 1 male 
and 1 female from Birmingham, Ala. (USNM), and 1 female from 
Atoka, Oklahoma (USNM). All measurements are in millimeters: 
Males Females 
Mean Extremes Mean Extremes 
Body length 2. 70 2. 30-3. 20 2.83 2. 50-3. 30 
Elytra length 1. 90 1. 60-2. 30 1.93 1. 60-2. 40 
Elytra width at base 1.19 1. 00-1. 42 1.25 1. 09-1. 42 
Prothorax length 0. 65 0. 56-0. 73 0.74 0. 69-0. 79 
Prothorax width 0. 89 0. 83-1. 06 0.94 0. 79-1. 09 
Rostrum length 0. 97 0. 83-1. 06 1.14 1. 09-1. 42 
Rostrum length before antennal 0. 30 0. 26-0. 36 0.45 0. 40-0. 49 
insertion 
Funicular segment 2 length 0. 09 0. 068-0.102 0.09 0. 085—0. 102 
Funicular segment 3 length 0.048 0.034-0.051 0.051 
