. The Rhynchophora of America, north of Mexico [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. k III. 356 SCOLYTIDi«. [TiOConte. ff- like the olylra. It varies much in size, one Hpeciincn From Florida being Hcarccly larger thiin II. eruditun. Length mm.; .04-.()« inch. Tliis is probably Stephanoderet xeriatu* EichhofT, H(!rl. Knt. Zeitsch. 1871, 133; but llu; head is not retracted into the jirothora-x. There are 0-8 Rmull teelh on the apicjil margin, juHt as in //. erudilut. 2. H. erectus, n. sp. Elongaie-oval, rather robust, brown, thinly clothed with short pubcs cence, which i
. The Rhynchophora of America, north of Mexico [microform]. Beetles; Beetles; Coléoptères; Coléoptères. k III. 356 SCOLYTIDi«. [TiOConte. ff- like the olylra. It varies much in size, one Hpeciincn From Florida being Hcarccly larger thiin II. eruditun. Length mm.; .04-.()« inch. Tliis is probably Stephanoderet xeriatu* EichhofT, H(!rl. Knt. Zeitsch. 1871, 133; but llu; head is not retracted into the jirothora-x. There are 0-8 Rmull teelh on the apicjil margin, juHt as in //. erudilut. 2. H. erectus, n. sp. Elongaie-oval, rather robust, brown, thinly clothed with short pubcs cence, which is stout and erect especially near the tip of the elytra. Head large, exserted, opa(jue; with a somewhat sericeous lustre from extrenjcly minute stri;e ; front flattened. Prothora.\ not longi^r than wide, very convex, rough in front with a few large acute elevations, gcn(!ral surface finely punctured. Elytra blackish, with lightly punctured slriic becoming deeper towards the sides. Antenuic and legs yellowish, (iength nun.; .(»7 inrli. Two specimi-ns, Texas ; IJelfrage. This .species closely rt^stimbles the next, and only dillers by the shorter and stouter hairs of the elytra, which are almost as in //. erudilus. There are not more than tiui or twelve acute tubercles on the front part of the protborax ; and there are two small approximate teeth on the .ipic^l margin itself. It is (luite possil)l(> that this is Stephanoderet Chupiiinii EichhofT, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. 1H71, 133 ; but the head is not retracted into the prolhorax, as re(iuired by the generic description. 3. H. dissiinilis. Cryplui'(jun dm. Zimiu., Trans. .Vm. Ent. Soc, 1808, 144. Lake Supiuior to Oeorgia. Larger and stoiUer than the preceding, with the pub((scence long(!r and finer ; tlu; apical margin of the protborax has two approximate erect teeth. I observe no sexual differences in the seven specimens examined, fiengih 3 nun.; .08 inch. The size anil specific cliaracaers agree moderately with those
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