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TOXOTROPIS APPROXIMATUS LeConte 



Toxotropis approximatus LeConte, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, 1876, vol. 15, p. 398. 



Occurs in California. Has been beaten from dead twigs of live 

 oaks {Quercus) in June (Fall, 19015). 



TOXOTROPIS SPARSUS, new species 



Described from one specimen collected at Dallas, Tex., April 25, 

 1907 by E. A. Schwarz and F. C. Pratt. 



Length, 1.5 mm. Dark brownish black with grayish pubescence. 

 Beak flat, punctate, pubescent. Antennal joints slender, small and 

 very little longer than wide, diminishing toward club. Club dis- 

 tinctly three jointed. Eyes emarginate. Prothoracic ridge regu- 

 larly convex from side to side. Vestiture very fine and sparse, dens- 

 est in basal area of elytra. Elytral strial punctuation distinct. 

 Tarsal claws minutely toothed. 



Type.—Q^t. No. 41360, U.S.N.M. 



TOXOTROPIS FASCIATUS LeConte 



Toxotropis fasciatus LeConte, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 1884, vol. 12, p. 32. 



Very abundant in Texas and Louisiana from April to June, and 

 also found in Maryland, New Jersey and New York. 



TOXOTROPIS QUERCUS Schaeffer 



Toxotropis quercus Schaeffee, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 1906, vol. 32, p. 270. 

 Occurs in the Huachuca and Chiricahua Mts., Arizona. 



TOXOTROPIS IRRORATUS Schaeffer 



Toxotropis irroratus Schaeffek, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 1904, vol. 12, p. 233. 



Is common at Brownsville, Texas and nearby places from April to 

 July. 



TOXOTROPIS QUADRIMACULATUS, new species 



Described principally from a specimen from Haw Creek, Florida, 

 collected June 10, in the Hubbard and Schwarz collection. 



Length, 2.75 mm. Light reddish brown, tessellated with dense 

 brown and yellowish pubescence, with four large brown spots, two 

 at the base of the elytra and two about the middle. Pubescence 

 beneath sparser and uniform grayish. Beak flat, punctate, sparsely 

 pubescent, apically shallowly emarginate. Antennae light brown, 

 with club darker, joints elongate, slender; club elongate, distinctly 

 jointed. Eyes sharply emarginate. Prothoracic ridge very 

 strongly arcuate at middle and quite close to the base. Tarsal claws 

 slender and with a long fine tooth. 



Type.— Cat. No. 41361, U.S.N.M. 



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