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pronotum, the confused basal punctures in that species being 

 abruptly limited to a basal band; here they are gradually confused 

 with the general punctuation, which is obsolete discally in fimbriatus. 



Saprinus testudo n. sp. Form much more narrowly oval than in 

 fimbriatus, convex, black, the legs blackish-piceous; lustre of the upper 

 surface only faintly bronzed; head as \nfimbriatus; prothorax as in the 

 latter but less transverse, barely twice as wide as the median length, 

 the apical sinus not so deep; sculpture nearly similar, the lateral punc- 

 tures somewhat coarser and less numerous, more evanescent basally; 

 punctures of the confused line along the base similarly abruptly limited 

 but not so coarse; disk partially smooth and punctureless in the same 

 manner; elytra shorter, less than one-half longer than the prothorax, 

 swollen at the sides subbasally; striation similar, the punctures similarly 

 disposed though sparser, becoming finer and closer apically; outer sub- 

 humeral clearly defined and well impressed but extremely close to the 

 lateral stria, the inner a fine line medially; anterior tibiae rather less 

 inflated, having numerous coarse spines externally, the sterna nearly as 

 in fimbriatus. Length 3.0-3.2 mm.; width 2.0-2.15 rnm. Florida (Dry 

 Tortugas), Wickham. 



Readily distinguishable from fimbriatus by its less broadly oval 

 outline, sparser punctures, though on the pygidium the rather 

 strong close punctures become much finer and sparser apically, 

 and by the less developed fimbriation of the prothorax. 



Saprinus psyche n. sp. Broadly oblong-suboval, moderately convex, 

 black, the legs piceous; upper surface with scarcely any metallic lustre, 

 excepting on the densely punctate areas of the elytra, which are bright 

 steel-blue; head convex, not at all striate, closely and moderately punc- 

 tate; prothorax more than twice as wide as the median length, the sides 

 moderately converging and feebly arcuate, more rounded anteriorly, 

 having a sharply defined and very transverse polished and punctureless 

 discal area, extending nearly to the sides subbasally and to apical third 

 at the middle, the punctures finer and sparser however at the middle 

 toward apex, the punctures laterally coarse and very dense in an ob- 

 liquely limited area, not coarse but dense also and confused evenly 

 along the base; lateral hairs short and few in number; elytra one-half 

 longer than the prothorax, much inflated behind the base, the discal 

 strise moderately distinct, oblique, extending slightly behind the middle 

 and not attaining the base, the fourth arching very broadly at base and 

 joining the sutural, which is entire, finely incised and impunctate; 

 outer subhumeral rather long, distinct and close to the lateral stria, 

 the inner forming a rather long distinct line at the middle, the oblique 

 humeral broadly diffused; punctures very uniform, coarse and extremely 

 dense throughout, except in an abruptly smooth apical border and in a 

 large and very abrupt scutellar mirror bounded by the fourth dorsal, 

 departing from the latter posteriorly and thence rounding to the suture; 

 this mirror extends to apical third and laterally to the median line of 



