270 MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA 



very finely and extremely feebly punctulate; base with a confused line of 

 very fine punctures; elytra distinctly less than one-half longer than the 

 prothorax, the sides broadly and evenly rounded, not inflated subbasally; 

 discal striae extremely fine, the first extending to or slightly behind the 

 middle, the second through three-fifths, the fourth fully to the middle, 

 arching transversely at base and joining the extremely fine and feeble 

 sutural stria, which, except basally. is simply an unimpressed series of 

 very fine punctures, not extending to the apex; outer subhumeral forming 

 a slight basal enlargement of the lateral stria, the inner a fine short straight 

 line at the middle, the oblique humeral fine, not reaching the inner sub- 

 humeral; punctures fine, sparse and feeble, occupying only a postero- 

 sutural area, extending three-fifths from the apex suturally and outer 

 third or fourth apically; pygidium with fine and rather close-set punc- 

 tures, gradually very minute and sparse apically; mesosternum wholly 

 impunctate; prosternum moderately convex, with two nearly straight 

 approximate and gradually converging lines, almost meeting just behind 

 the apex, the lateral upwardly ascending lines meeting at the middle 

 of the apex; anterior tibiae with the serrules rapidly larger apically. 

 Length 2.9-3.1 mm.; width 2.0-2.25 mm. Florida (Dry Tortugas), 

 Wickhara. 



This notably distinct species is undoubtedly associable with 

 ferrugineus Mars., from Texas, but it is larger in size and the 

 chevron behind the frontal transverse line is not posteriorly angulate 

 but formed by a long transverse and perfectly straight line, and the 

 elytral striae are not very well marked and crenulate, but extremely 

 fine and very finely, not closely punctulate; the mesosternum is 

 impunctate and not finely but sparsely punctate; ferrugineus is de- 

 scribed as ferruginous-red in color and is 2.25 mm. in length. 



Saprinus sparsus n. sp. Not very broadly oval, strongly convex, 

 piceous-black, with bronzy lustre, the pygidium and legs rufous; head 

 smooth and impunctate, the straight transverse line behind the frontal 

 carina not approaching the latter at any point and very irregular; 

 prothorax three-fourths wider than long, the moderately converging 

 sides long and nearly straight, rapidly and strongly rounded at apex; 

 surface smooth and polished in a transverse discal area, the remainder 

 anteriorly and laterally with very fine sparse strigiliform punctules, 

 which, toward the sides, become longer and stronger though not at all 

 coarse and only moderately close; confused punctures along the base 

 entirely different, rounded, deep, coarse and close-set; elytra barely a 

 third longer than the prothorax, the sides evenly and almost circularly 

 rounded; stria one extending two-thirds, two nearly as far, three to 

 slightly beyond, and four not quite to, the middle, one and two very fine 

 and impunctate, three with fine distant, and four with coarse and close, 

 punctures, four arching at base, joining the fine but continuous sutural, 

 extending two-thirds; oblique humeral a very fine line close to stria one; 

 outer subhumeral obsolete, the inner a short fine line at the middle; 



