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This is one of a very few American Curculionidae that have become 
established on mid-Pacific islands. 
Anchonus duryi Blatchley 
Figures 1-12 and Plate 8 
Anchonus duryi Blatchley, 1916, Rhynchophora or Weevils of North Eastern 
America, p. 521, fig. 114 (poor). 
Distribution : Florida, U. S. A. (type locality), introduced to the 
Society and Gambier Islands in southeastern Polynesia. The following 
data from 26 specimens are new : 
Society Islands. Tahiti: 15 specimens from Fautaua Valley, Sep- 
tember 6, 1928, 11 of these 1 mile from the sea and at about 50 feet 
elevation and 4 at 2 miles from the sea at about 75 feet elevation 
(A. M. Adamson) ; 1 found beneath a log at Tiupi Bay, Papiari, 
March 21, 1934 (Zimmerman) ; 3 from the same place, April 12, 
1934 (Zimmerman). Moorea: 1 from Faatoai Valley, about 200 feet 
elevation, September 23, 1934 (Zimmerman) ; 3 from beneath leaves 
in Tepatu Valley, between about 300 and 500 feet elevation, Septem- 
ber 27, 1934 (Zimmerman). Raiatea: 1 from mountains near Uturoa, 
March, 1955 (N. L. H. Krauss). 
Gambier Islands. Mangareva Island: 1 from between 100 and 
500 feet elevation on the northeast slope of Mount Duff, May 23, 
1934 (Zimmerman) ; 1 from near the convent at about 300 feet 
elevation, May 24, 1934 (Zimmerman). 
