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Material is also at hand from Crescent City, Fla., July 6, 

 and Fort Monroe, Va., April 19 (Hubbard and Schwarz) ; Washing- 

 ton, D. C. (Linell) ; Jackson, Ala., April 19, 1910 (Pierce) (two 

 specimens; Mobile and Oak Grove, Ala., June 15, IT (Soltau) ; 

 New Orleans, La., June 13 (Soltau) (two specimens) ; Tallulah, La., 

 bred from fig wood May 3, 1910 (Cushman) ; Meridian, Miss,, 

 February 6, June 11. 1898 (Soltau) (three specimens). 



TOXOTROPIS EUSPHYEOroES Schaeffer 



Toxotropis eusphyroides Schaeffer, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 1906, vol. 32. 

 p. 270. 



Occurs at Brownsville, Tex., April to July. 



TOXOTROPIS SUBMETALLICUS Schaeffer 



Toxotropis suJ)metallicus Schaeefer, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, 1904, vol. 12, 

 p. 234. 



Occurs at various points in south Texas, March to August. 



TOXOTROPIS ALBOFASCIATUS Schaeffer 



Toxotropis albofasciatus Schaeffer, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 1906, vol. 32, 

 p. 271. 



Occurs at various points in south Texas, March to July. Taken 



on anacahuita {Gordia boissieri) May 30, 1910, at Gregory, Tex. 



(Pierce). 



TOXOTROPIS MITCHELLI, new species 



Described from 41 specimens bred from stems of XantMumhy J. D. 

 Mitchell at Victoria, Tex., in March, April, and May, 1908, 



Length, 2 mm. Brown, clad with dark and pale scales to form a 

 more or less definite pattern, marked principally by two dark basal 

 spots on the elytra and two dark lateral spots at the middle of the 

 elytra. Legs, especially at the basal portions of the tibiae, lighter 

 and more yellowish brown ; tarsi black. Antennae dark, with basal 

 joints lighter. Beak flat, pubescent, punctate. Eyes rather deeply 

 emarginate. Antennal funicle slender, joints elongate, becoming 

 shorter toward club which is rather elongate. Prothoracic ridge 

 strongly arcuate at middle. Tarsal claws with a long slender 

 tooth. 



Type.— Cat No. 41362, U.S.N.M. 



The species has also been collected on Xanthium at Victoria, Tex., 

 April 15, 16 by J. D. Mitchell ; bred from Solanum rostratum stems 

 at Victoria in March and April (Mitchell) ; bred from Ambrosia 

 trifida and A. psilostachya stems at Victoria from February to April 

 (Mitchell, Hinds) ; bred from Iva ciliata stems at Victoria in 



