10 EEPOET 102, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



even with posterior edge of eyes; beak with margins of scrobes elevated, the area 

 between concave; nasal plate crescentiform, squamose; beak apically margined with 

 long bristles; mandibles squamose at base; genae angularly emarginate; scrobes 

 dorsal, deep, directed toward eyes but not reaching them; eyes not strongly convex. 

 Antennal scape arcuate, reaching prothorax, densely squamose with round scales, 

 sparsely setose; funicle 7-jointed, densely covered with decumbent setse, joints 

 gradually diminishing in length, the last as broad as long; club elongate, not much 

 wider than funicle, 4-jointed, finely pubescent. Prothorax transverse, bisinuate at 

 base, truncate at apex, convex at sides, constricted near apex; surface densely 

 squamose, sparsely punctate setose; posterior margin densely setose. Scutellum 

 minute, triangular, squamose. Elytra elongate, punctate striate, parallel sided; 

 humeri rounded; strial punctures squamigerous; intervals faintly convex, each with 

 a row of setae. Femora moderate, clavate, unarmed; tibise of front legs unguiculate; 

 posterior tibise with elliptical squamose disk surrounded by bristles at apex; articular 

 surface ascending, squamose. Legs densely squamose, moderately closely setose. 

 Tarsal claws free. First and second abdominal segments elongate, third and fourth 

 very short. Undersides densely squamose and moderately setose. 

 Type.— Cat. No. 18448, U. S. National Museum. 



The species may possibly prove identical with the insufficiently 

 described Eustylus Jiumilis Erichson of Peru, 



There is reason to believe that these weevils were hiding behind 

 the involucres of the squares when placed in the rearing jars. Those 

 weevils of this tribe of which the habits are known lay clusters of 

 eggs in a matrix on foliage, folding the leaf over the cluster and 

 glueing it tight. The larvae hatch and enter the ground and feed 

 on roots. Two species in related genera feed as adults very com- 

 monly on cotton foliage. It is therefore quite possible that this 

 new weevil feeds on cotton foliage and breeds at the roots. 



Subfamily TANYMECIN^. 



Tribe PANDELETEINI. 



Genus MEFETYPUS Kirscli. 



Rostrum as long as head but a little narrower, quadrangular, flattened above, with 

 sides vertical, and inconspicuous from above. Nasal plate distinctly outlined. 

 Antennal scape slender, not reaching prothorax; first and second joints of funicle 

 obconical, the first larger and a little longer, third to seventh globose, sixth slightly 

 larger and seventh evidently larger than the others; club oval, acute, apparently 

 triarticulate. Eyes moderate, convex. Prothorax subquadrate, with sides rounded, 

 narrowed and truncate at base and apex, provided with ocular vibrissse. Scutellum 

 minute, triangular. Elytra oblong, hardly convex, truncate at base; humeri ob- 

 tusely angulate; suture posteriorly subcarinate. Anterior legs much longer than the 

 others, with femora strongly incrassate and tibise slightly curved and denticulate 

 within. Front coxae very narrowly separated. Trochanters large and distinct. 

 Posterior tibiae with open corbels. First segment of abdomen broadly rounded 

 between coxae, posteriorly slightly sinuate; second segment a little longer than the 

 first and much longer than the third and fourth together. 



This genus was considered by Champion as identical with Pande- 

 leteius but there seem to be very good reasons for retaining it as a 

 distinct genus. 



