No. 1604. NEW CURCULIONID BEETLES—PIERCE. Was 
This specimen answers the fiesenipuion oft Ae Hensaans snertectiiy, 
but differs from two specimens labeled in manuscript A. pilosus, 
in the handwriting of Dr. Kugéne Duges, of Guanajuato, Mexico, in 
the following minor characters: The Mexican specimens are 4.5 mim. 
jong and the Texas is 3.25 mm. in length. The ground color of the 
Mexican specimens is black and of the Texan rufo-piceous. In the 
Mexican the first funicular joint is longer than the two following 
and in the Texan it 1s equal to the two following. 
ANTHONOMUS PALLIDUS Dietz. 
Anthonomus signatus Say var. pallidus Dinrz.®@ , 
Numerous specimens were bred between May 9 and 13 from cratae- 
gus buds collected March 27, 1907, at Shreveport, Louisiana, by R. A. 
Cushman and W. D. Pierce. 
These are quite distinct from the Anthonomus signatus bred from 
rubus buds collected in the same vicinity. 
Head and beak black, tip of beak reddish, antennae yellowish with 
club dark. Prothorax, elytra, legs, and abdomen hght yellowish- 
brown. Thorax ventrally darker. Dark denuded spots on elytra, 
as in A. signatus. Vestiture white, sparse above, except around de- 
nuded spots on elytra, and on scutellum, where it is very compact. 
Body beneath more densely clothed with white squamiform pubes- 
cence. The difference in thoracic structure as mentioned by Dietz 
is constant. 
ANTHONOMUS HICORIAE, new species. 
-A large number of specimens were collected on hickory trees at 
Texarkana, Texas, March 26, 1907, by R. A. Cushman and W. D. 
Pierce. 
This species belongs in the suturalis group near flavicornis. | 
Length 2.7 mm. Black. Sparsely pubescent above, more closely 
pubescent beneath. Pubescence above and on abdomen beneath 
bristle form, on sides of thorax mixed with elongate scales, thorax 
beneath clad entirely with elongate scales. Beak not very slender, 
opaque, roughly striate punctured. Antennae testaceous; second 
joint of funicle not much longer than third; club dusky. Head con- 
vex, finely and remotely punctured, concentrically rugulose, frontal 
puncture not very deep. Prothorax a little wider than long, pos- 
terior angles straight, slightly constricted at apex, strongly trans- 
versely impressed in front; sides parallel at base, rounding in front; 
surface very coarsely and closely punctured, punctures confluent at 
sides and in front, with a slight indication of minute dots over 
Trans. Am. Hint. Soc, XVIIM, p: 215. 
