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SMICRAULAX TUBERCULATUS, new species. 
Described from one specimen in the Hubbard and Schwarz col- 
lection from San Diego, Texas, May 3, which is the type of the genus. 
Length 2 mm. Elongate oblong, black, with beak, apical margin 
of prothorax, posthumeral spots, apex of elytra, antennae, trochanters, 
base and apex of femora, the tibiae and tarsi reddish or rufo-piceous; 
vestiture composed of white squamiform bristles, mainly placed one 
to a puncture above, very sparse, with condensed patches on scutel 
and a subbasal line on elytra, and on side of mesothorax and meta- 
thorax below, abdomen very sparsely pubescent with minute hairs, 
legs sparsely pubescent with elongate scales. | 
Beak short, very stout, not longer than prothorax, dorsally flat- 
tened, compressed about middle, very shining, minutely and remotely 
punctured. Scrobes beginning about middle of beak, broad, extend- 
ing straight, but beneath eyes, and not quite reaching eyes. Scape 
short, clavate. shghtly curved; funicle and ‘club almost as long as 
beak; funicle seven-jointed, first joint stout, clavate, about twice as 
long as second, which is a little longer than third, joints three to seven 
transverse, becoming broader toward club; club elongate, pubescent. 
Eves large, much closer together than breadth of beak with a shallow 
depression or fovea between them. Head remotely and_ finely 
punctate, concentrically regulose. Prothorax about as long as broad 
at base, apex and base straight, sides convex, bulging behind middle; 
apex narrower than base; closely and coarsely punctured. Elytra 
straight at base, a little wider than thorax, angles shghtly rounded, 
sides parallel, evenly rounded behind to apex, the two elytra rounded 
together; striately punctate, the striae not greatly impressed except 
at the sides, punctures large, round but rather shallow; humeri and a 
rounded tubercle at base of third interspace, prominent. Prosternum 
laterally oblique, very short in front of coxae; middle coxae widely 
separated. HFemora clavate, all armed with a sharp tooth, that of the 
first pair being largest; tibiae bisinuate on inner margin, anterior 
and median unguiculate, posterior mucronate; tarsi long, first joint 
longest, claws armed with very long teeth. Abdomen flat, very 
sparsely and minutely punctate; first and second ventral segments 
united, the suture being almost entirely erased; last three segments 
subequal, the third slightly the longer; pygidium concealed. | 
The type specimen was collected by EK. A. Schwarz on black per- 
simmon. 
Type.—Cat. No. 10060, U.S.N.M. 
ANTHONOMUS (TRICHOBAROPSIS) TEXANUS Dietz. 
One specimen was bred from buds of Sphaeralcea angustifolia, 
May 16, 1907, from material collected at Devil’s River, Texas, May 
4, 1907, by F. C. Bishopp. 
