7 V. t>6 73 Vol. 85, No. 29, pp. 353-358 30 December 1972 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON NOTES ON ANTHRIBID WEEVILS. II. THE SPECIES DESCRIBED BY ADOLPHE HOFFMANN By Barry D. Valentine Faculty of Zoology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 This is the second in a proposed series of summaries of needed taxonomic changes in the Anthribidae. For introduc-tory comments, explanations of format, and acknowledgments see the previous paper ( Valentine, 1971 ) . Adolphe Hoffmann was the author of the anthribid portion of the "Faune de France" ( 1945 ) . No new taxa were described in that work. Later, during the 13-year period from 1954-1967, he and a co-worker described two genera and eight species of Anthribidae from Europe, Madeira, and Western Africa. I have recently seen type-material of each of these taxa in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, and present the following notes on their identification and synonymy. They are discussed in alphabetical order, by genera. Branconymus Hoffmann, 1959:341. Type-species: Branconymus vaijs-sierei Hoffmann, 1959:342, by original designation. The type-species of this genus has eyes deeply notched by the edge of the rostrum; rostrum bicarinate, short, in males flared above the lateral scrobes; transverse carina of pronotum appearing basal, lateral carina extending slightly past middle of prothoracic sides; mesosternum with intercoxal process broad, almost vertical, apically truncate; female an-tennae extending to the elytral base; male antennae surpassing the elytra, the club slender and ill defined. It is a perfectiy normal non-tufted species of Phloeobius Schoenherr, 1823:1126, type-species Anthribus griseus Fabricius, 1792:377, by original designation and monotypy. new generic synonymy. 29— Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. 85, 1972 (353)
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