. Descriptions of some weevils reared from cotton in Peru. Cotton Diseases and pests; Beetles. 8 EEPORT 102^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. pubescent. Prothorax trapezoidal in form, the base twice as wide as apex; sides strongly oblique, slightly sinuate; apex truncate; base broadly lobed, bisinuate on each side; posterior angles acute. Surface finely granulate-punctate, basally longi- tudinally impressed on median line and on each side of basal lobe; pubescence moder- ately close, fine, ochreous. Scutellum quadrate, apically cleft, densely clad with white pubescence. Elytra quadrate, hardly
. Descriptions of some weevils reared from cotton in Peru. Cotton Diseases and pests; Beetles. 8 EEPORT 102^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. pubescent. Prothorax trapezoidal in form, the base twice as wide as apex; sides strongly oblique, slightly sinuate; apex truncate; base broadly lobed, bisinuate on each side; posterior angles acute. Surface finely granulate-punctate, basally longi- tudinally impressed on median line and on each side of basal lobe; pubescence moder- ately close, fine, ochreous. Scutellum quadrate, apically cleft, densely clad with white pubescence. Elytra quadrate, hardly wider than prothorax at base; humeri slightly rounded, apex subtruncate, posterior, exterior, and interior angles rounded; striae punctate, impressed; surface finely granulate-punctate, reddish, with lateral black areas; pubescence on black areas inconspicuous brownish, otherwise ochreous, except in a large median area, where it is white. Pygidium vertical, large, oval, nar- rowly rounded at apex; reddish, with black patches; a basal area, ogival in shape, is very densely white pubescent, the white extending on the median line almost to apex; pubescence over black areas ochreous, over reddish areas, white. Undersides reddish, except the posterior coxss, which are black; granulate-punctate; posterior coxse finely punctate. Legs light brownish, finely pubescent; claws strongly toothed beneath; posterior femora mutic, under surface defined by two lines, but hardly concave; posterior tibiae arcuate. Type.—Cat. No. 18446, U. S. National Museum. This species is apparently close to the poorly-described Bruchus eulopJius Erichson of Peru. It differs by many characters from Pachyhruchus atripes Pic of Peru. Only five species belonging to the old conception of Bruchus have been recorded from Peru. Genus SPERMOPHAGUS Schonherr. Spermophagus piurse, new species. (Text fig. 3.) Described from three specimens from Piura, Peru, of which Mr. Townsend, under his note number 21010, says, &quo
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