22 INSECTS AFFECTING STOKED PRODUCTS. 
Assuming the truth of these remarks, the following would be the 
synonymy ; a 
Caulophilus latinasus Say. 
Rhyncolus latinasus Say, Curculionides, p. 30, 1831 (LeConte edition, vol. 1, 
p. 299, 1859). 
Caulophilus sculpturatus Wollaston, Ins. Mad., p. 315, 1854. 
Cossonus pinguis Horn, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, vol. 13, p. 442, 1873. 
Caulophilus latinasus Say, LeConte, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, vol. 15, p. 340, 
1876. 
DISTRIBUTION. 
The known distribution of this species is limited, and it is quite 
evident that it is not as yet cosmopolitan. There is no reason to 
believe that it is other than native to America, and, from what is at 
present known of it, it is safe to consider it as neotropical. The type 
of the species was from Florida. It is also recorded or has been re- 
ceived at this office from Georgia (Horn), South Carolina, Jamaica, 
Porto Rico, Mexico, Guatemala, and Madeira. 
LITERATURE. 
Say's original description appeared in 183 1. 1 None of the writers 
who treated of this insect in after years had anything to say in regard 
to its habits until 1878, when Mr. E. A. Schwarz 8 mentioned it as 
being beaten from dead twigs in Florida. 
In 1894 Mr. C. H. T. Townsend 10 noted its occurrence in a can of 
11 scraped ginger " in the Museum of the Institute of Jamaica at 
Kingston, together with the cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricome 
Fab.). The ginger was stated to be riddled with holes, especially 
the terminal, slightly bulbous ends of the rhizomes. The pest, 
according to Mr. Tovvnsend, appears always to attack the rhizomes 
at the terminal ends and work toward the proximal portion. The 
fine clay-yellow frass was dustlike or powdery. The paper under 
consideration included a brief description of the species and mention 
of a parasite doubtfully referred to Meraporus, which Mr. Townsend 
thought to be parasitic upon the weevil. 
In 1896 the writer n mentioned this species and its occurrence in 
grain at the Atlanta Exposition, and the following year he 12 gave a 
somewhat more detailed account of the species with a brief review 
of its biologic literature and some notes on its structure. 
a Recently Mr. G. C. Champion 13 > 14 has brought together the bibliography and 
synonymy of this species, pointing out that it is identical with C. sculpturatus Woll., 
a conclusion reached by the writer some years ago by comparison of descriptions. Mr. ■ 
Champion, however, has had the opportunity of comparison of types. He cites the 
occurrence of the species in Mexico in three localities and in Guatemala, as well as 
in Madeira and North America. Evidently, however, he missed the writer's reference 
to the occurrence of the insect at Kingston, Jamaica, in an article published in 1897. 12 
