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COLEOPTERA David G. Kissinger - Apionidae from Ncirth and Central America. Part 3. A New Genus m the

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John M. Kingsolver - New Locality and Host Records for South American AcanthiwceZides (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) ................................................. 24

RM. Marengo and W.H. Whitcomb - Discovery of the BoU Weevil, Anticonomus grundis ............................. Boheman in Paraguay (Coleop ter8: Cur culionidae) 44

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