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than wide, rather evidently more than twice as long as the pro- 

 thorax, almost semicircularly rounded behind, the sides becoming 

 more parallel anteriorly; sculpture more evident than in the pre- 

 ceding, the subsutural stria rather fine, less impressed, the punctures 

 of the inner series more nearly semicircular scratches, those toward 

 the sides very broad, straighter and somewhat anastomosing; 

 post-coxal plaques very different from those of the two preceding, 

 being larger and angulate behind, with long straight oblique sides; 

 second joint of the hind tarsi longer, nearly three times as long as 

 the first and almost as long as the remainder. Length 1.6 mm.; 

 width 1.05 mm. Florida (locality unrecorded). A single female. 



carbonarius n. sp. 



6 Body rather elongate-oval, strongly convex, shining, the elytra not 

 alutaceous, blackish-piceous above, bright testaceous throughout 

 beneath; head half as wide as the prothorax, nearly smooth, the eyes 

 moderate; antennae slender but moderate in length, the club much 

 shorter than the funicle; prothorax slightly more than twice as wide 

 as long, the sides moderately converging and not strongly arcuate; 

 surface obsoletely strigilate, finely margined and very feebly lobed 

 at base; scutellum ogival, slightly wider than long, the oblique sides 

 straighter apically than basally; elytra evidently longer than wide 

 and more than twice as long as the prothorax, the strigilation every- 

 where minute and rather feeble, the stria rather coarsely impressed; 

 lunate scratches everywhere extremely shallow and feeble, broad 

 laterally as usual; prosternal process with about three short apical 

 setae; metasternum broad between the coxae, the mesosternum before 

 it only moderate in development; post-coxal plaques triangular but 

 with the posterior angle well rounded; second joint of the hind tarsi 

 nearly three times as long as the first. Length 1.35 mm. ; width 0.85 

 mm. Florida (Haulover), Schwarz. A single female. 



ovulatus n. sp. 



Body oblong-oval, moderately convex, the type pale testaceous through- 

 out, the pronotum feebly clouded medially probably an immature 

 specimen; head retracted in the type, obsoletely strigilate, excessively 

 minutely punctulate; antennal club longer than the funicle; pro- 

 thorax much more than twice as wide as long, fully two-fifths as long 

 as the elytra, the sides strongly converging but only feebly arcuate; 

 surface feebly strigilate, feebly margined at base; scutellum as wide 

 as long, ogival, with a broad smooth peripheral border; elytra but 

 slightly longer than wide, rather acutely parabolic in outline, the 

 stria distinct, the strigilation feeble, not affecting the polished lustre; 

 lunate scratches rather widely separated and very feeble, not much 

 wider laterally contrary to the general rule; prosternal process with 

 three short setae; mesosternum very short and transverse before the 

 metasternal process, constituting scarcely more than a thick beading; 

 post-coxal plaques obtusely angulate, the inner marginal line broadly 

 sinuous; second joint of the hind tarsi barely twice as long as the 

 first. Length 1.2 mm.; width 0.75 mm. Florida (Sanford), 

 Blatchley. A single female vividus n. sp. 



7 Elytra barely as long as wide and evenly parabolic in outline through- 



