DESCKIPTIOXS OF WEEVILS OX COTTOX IX PERU. 7 



length, transverse, flattened oblong, extended oatwardly; eleventh longer, flattened 

 conical. Prothorax transverse, apically truncate, broadly truncate at each side, but 

 broadly obtusely lobate in middle; apex two-thirds the width of the base; sides con- 

 vergent, convex; stirface punctate, rather densely pubescent, especially on basal 

 lobe. Scutellom quadrate. Elytra subquadrate oblong, but little wider than pro- 

 thorax at base, widest behind humeri, sides subparallel from widest point, apices 

 separately rotinded; striae deeply impressed, punctate; pubescence moderately dense; 

 interspaces flat. Pygidium \isible from above, slightly oblique, broadly oval; sides 

 convergent, convex; apex rounded. Undersides finely, closely pubescent, ven^ 

 minutely punctate. Claws strongly 



toothed; posterior femora with a single z^^^^^Bjk 



minute tooth on inner lower edge ; pos- / l^^k 



terior tibia? almost straight. Three - 'Vy^^ 



middle abdominal segments short, sub- -"j 



equal, fifth a little longer. ^x <, ^ .^:^ 



Type.— Cat. No. 18445, U. S. Xa- . ^^P^ , ^ S^^% 



Genus PACHYBRUCKUS Pic. ^^^^ ^B ^^^S^l^ 



The genus Pachyhruchus is /|^?^'* " ' '^ \ 



characterized by an elevated, ^ ^. 



subcubical form; large head ' 



with very large eyes : Subflabel- ^^^- 2— ^^^^^^'--^ Vemanus: Face of female. (Original.) 



late antennse in the male; short abdomen; vertical pygidium; mutic 

 hind femora, and caiinate hind tibise. The very short thorax is much 

 narrowed in front. 



This genus corresponds to Sharp's seventh division of the genus 

 BruchuslArmddws, 1767 (not Geoffro}^, 1762). 



Pachybruclins verticalis, new species. 

 (PI. I, figs. 1 and 4.) 



Described from one male specimen from Piura, Peru, said by Mr. 

 Townsend to have come from cotton squares and bearing his number, 

 25009. 



Length, 3 mm.; breadth, 1.75 mm. 



Integument reddish testaceous, variegated with black. Head dark piceous, eyes 

 almost black; thorax with a few black spots; elytra with black fasciae leading diagon- 

 ally back from humeri, and black subapical spots; pygidium with four black areas; 

 posterior coxae almost black. Legs light brownish; antennae reddish at base but with 

 flabelli black, at least at tip. Vestiture above ochreous and griseous, beneath pale 

 yellowish. Eyes xery large, globular, prominent, coarsely faceted, deeply but nar- 

 rowly emarginate, almost touching in front. Emargination of eyes and face, except 

 labrum, clad with golden pubescence. The frontal area between the eyes is narrow, 

 wedge-like, carinate, and transversely cut off from head behind eyes by a constric- 

 tion. Head strongly constricted into a neck, behind the eyes. Antennae 11-jointed, 

 the first elongate, twice as long as second; second but little longer than broad; thii-d 

 longer than second, outwardly angulate; fourth with an outward pectination as long 

 as the joint; fifth with a pectination twice as long as the preceding; remaining joints 

 flabellate, with projections twice as long as that of the fifth; the entire antennae 



