and two-thirds longer than wide; humeri rounded, sides nearly 
straight, separately, but not greatly so, rounded at apex; striae 1m- 
pressed; punctures elongate, approximate; interspaces shining, flat 
at base concave on remainder of disc and at sides, not rugose; scutel 
densely white pubescent. Anterior and middle tibiae bisinuate in- 
ternally, posterior straight; femora and tibiae rufo-piceous, tarsi 
testaceous. 
This species differs from subguttatus, which also has the thorax — 
very minutely dotted, by the coarser punctuation, which is more or 
less confused; it differs from flavicornis and subguttatus by the 
coarser punctuation of the beak, and from the former by the not 
elongate second funicular joint. There are several distinct species 
in this group, but which should not be defined until the host plant is 
limited. : 
Lype.—Cat. No. 10054, U.S.N.M. 
ANTHONOMUS CALLIRRHOAE, new species. 
Numerous individuals were bred from young buds of Callirrhoe 
mvolucrata at Victoria and Dallas, Texas, in April, 1907, by J. D. 
Mitchell and W. D. Pierce. 
This species belongs in the sguamosus group near ochreopilosus. 
Length 2mm. Oval, black, upper and under surface densely clothed 
with truncato-clavate white or brown scales. Beak black, evenly 
curved, slightly widened at apex, surface shining, finely punctate, 
each puncture bearing a small scale, the scales becoming very minute 
toward the apex; mandibles testaceous. Antennae very light ochreous; 
second joint of funicle longer than third. Eyes somewhat convex, 
less widely separated above than the base of the beak. Head pune- 
tured and densely pubescent, frontal fovea elongate. Prothorax 
ebout one-third wider than long strongly narrowed anteriorly, apex 
not constricted, base bisinuate, sides rounded; surface densely and 
deeply punctured. Elytra oval, rufo-piceous, about one-fourth wider 
than prothorax at base; humeri rounded, sides gradually rounded to 
apex; striate and punctured, punctures concealed by scales; inter- 
spaces wide, convex shining. Color pattern mottled above, entirely 
white beneath; prothorax with brown vittae on each side of middle 
and on sides; seutel white; elytra clad with brown scales with a white 
intrahumeral spot, a long lateral line at middle of elytra, and two 
transverse medially interrupted fasciae and a small lateral white spot 
between these. Legs hght ochreous, pubescent; femora clavate, an- 
terior armed with a small, acute tooth; tibiae stout almost straight; 
last tarsal joint elongate. The posterior tibiae are distinctly un- 
guiculate but the species can not be separated from Anthonomus for 
that reason. 
