SMICRONYX WEEVILS—ANDERSON 339 
Missouri: st. Louris co.: St. Louis, Aug. 19 (CU). 
NEBRASKA: CHERRY Co.: Valentine, Niobara Refuge, July 24 (USNM). 
New MExXIco: BERNALILLO co.: Albuquerque (AMNH, CAS, USNM). 
SANDOVAL Co.: Jemez Mountains, Aug. 7-Sept. 1 (CAS). santa FE co.: Santa 
Fe, Aug. (CAS); Tesuque, Aug. (CAS). 
OKLAHOMA: CLEVELAND co.: Norman, Aug. (USNM). 
TExas: BEXAR Co.: Alamo, April 20 (USNM). cameron co.: Brownsville, 
April 5, June 21 (USNM). coxuin co.: Farmersville, Sept. 11 (USNM). HrpauGo 
co.: McAllen, May 31, June 14 (USNM); Mercedes, Jan. 23 (USNM); 34 mile 
southwest of Weslaco, June 18 (USNM). wont co.: Wolfe City, Aug. 13 (CU). 
JIM WELLS Co.: Robstown, May 24 (USNM). McLENNAN co.: Waco, June 19 
(USNM). mepina co.: Hondo, May 1 (USNM). rravis co.: Austin, June 28 
(USNM). wtvaupE co.: Uvalde, June 14 (USNM). vicrorta co.: Aug. 4 
(USNM). wess co.: Laredo, June 12 (USNM). witBarGER co.: Chillicothe, 
Aug. 17 (USNM). 
UTAH: WASHINGTON co.: St. George (AMNH); St. George, July (CAS & 
CNHM). 
WASHINGTON: WHITMAN Co.: Wawawai, Aug. 30 (CNHM). 
West VIRGINIA: BARBOUR Co.: Philippi, Sept. (CM). 
Total specimens examined: 317. 
Smicronyx humilis (Dietz), new combination 
Fiaures 98, 144 
Desmoris humilis Dietz, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., vol. 21, pp. 127, 128, 1894. 
Lectotype, here designated: Male, Kansas, MCZ 1890 (Dietz collection). 
Description: Rostra of both sexes piceous, closely punctate and 
squamose behind antennal insertions; stouter, slightly curved, sparsely 
punctate before antennal insertions, smooth median line present only 
near base in the male; very smooth, shining before antennal insertions, 
smooth median line complete in female. Head black, finely aluta- 
ceous, very sparsely squamose. Prothorax piceous to black, moder- 
ately rounded at sides, moderately narrowed behind apex; disk closely 
but not coarsely punctate, no smooth median line present; scales 
small, ovate, yellowish white, rather sparse toward center of disk; 
prosternum shallowly emarginate, transversely impressed. 
Elytra piceous, intervals covered with scales similar in size, shape, 
and color to those of prothorax. Underside of prothorax and abdomen 
covered with yellowish white rounded scales. Femora rufous, mod- 
erately clavate, covered with elongate-ovate yellowish white scales. 
Tibiae rufous, thinly covered with whitish linear scales. Tarsi 
rufous, claws connate near the base, moderately divergent. Median 
lobe of male genitalia rather rounded at apex; the internal sac extend- 
ing almost to anterior end of median lobe and having a pebbly appear- 
ance (fig. 98). Stem of the spiculum ventrale of the female genitalia 
not expanded at the anterior end (fig. 144). 
Measurements: The following measurements were taken from 5 
males and 1 female from Lake Okoboji, lowa (USNM), 1 female from 
