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punctures extending slightly before the middle suturally and to outer 

 third posteriorly, strong and sparse anteriorly, rapidly becoming exces- 

 sively minute thence almost to the apex; pygidium small, convex, 

 shining, finely, rather distantly punctate, gradually impunctate apically; 

 prosternal striae very long and approximate, feebly diverging antero- 

 posteriorly and more rapidly flaring near the base; mesosternum with 

 strong sparse punctures; anterior tibiae with three strong and one or 

 two feeble and more basal denticles. Length 2.15-2.3 mm.; width 1.5- 

 1.6 mm. Florida (Palm Beach), Kinzel. Two specimens. 



The general characters of this species ally it with sphceroides, 

 but not at all closely; it is very much smaller, with longer prothorax 

 and much smaller pygidium, as well as more elongate prosternal 

 striae. 



Saprinus divulsus n. sp. More broadly oval and very convex, black 

 throughout, with feeble bronzy lustre above, the pygidium large and 

 black, the legs dull rufous; head smooth, the transverse discal line 

 oblique toward the frontal carina at lateral fourth of the latter; behind, 

 this arcuate line there are a few scattered transverse rugae; prothorax 

 not quite twice as wide as long, the sides very moderately converging 

 and slightly arcuate from the base, gradually rounding anteriorly; 

 surface throughout with feeble and rather sparse strigae, becoming long, 

 strong and close-set laterally, the disk becoming nearly smooth only 

 along the confused basal line of rather strong rounded punctures; elytra 

 almost one-half longer than the prothorax, slightly inflated at the sides 

 behind the base; striae one and two extending two-thirds, three and four 

 to just beyond the middle, all rather strong, closely punctulate and 

 finely hooked at base, the fourth arched at base, joining the sutural, 

 which is fine, though extending to the apex; humerals nearly as in 

 sparsus; punctures confined to the same region as in that species but 

 more uniform in size, rather strong and closer though not dense; pygidium 

 with strong, deep, dense punctures, scarcely different apically; pro- 

 sternal striae very approximate where they end at apical fourth, moder- 

 ately flaring toward base, not attaining the latter, the ascending lateral 

 anterior striae meeting at the middle of the strongly deflexed apex; 

 mesosternum minutely and remotely punctulate; anterior tibiae widely 

 dilated, with the three strong teeth of the preceding species and, simi- 

 larly, with two or three small and more basal denticles. Length 2.65- 

 2.8 mm.; width 1.7-2.0 mm. Texas (Del Rio), Wickham. 



Also allied to sphceroides, and almost perfectly similar in general 

 outline and the comparative size and form of the prothorax and 

 elytra; it differs in the still shorter smooth area of the pronotum, 

 distinctly punctate elytral striae, these being very fine and simple 

 in that species, and in the much stronger and denser punctures of 

 the pygidium; it is also smaller in size and the oblique lateral 

 anterior lines of the prosternum meet at the middle of the apex; 



