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erally but not explanate; elytra three-fifths longer than wide, about 

 a fourth wider than the prothorax, evenly ogival in apical two- 

 fifths, the sides a little more arcuate basally; subapical sinus short 

 and moderate; striae and punctures throughout nearly as in the pre- 

 ceding, the intervals rather less convex. Length (cf) 7.8-8.0 mm.; 

 width 2.8 mm. Florida (Dunedin), Blatchley scitus n. sp. 



Form broader and flatter, with shorter prothorax, black, piceous beneath, 

 the tibiae rufo-piceous, the tarsi paler, rufous; elytra with very faint 

 bluish iridescence; head not at all elongate, with short neck and 

 large, rather prominent eyes, two-thirds as wide as the prothorax; 

 mandibles rufescent, blackish distally, the labrum pale castaneous, 

 the palpi testaceous; antennae fuscous, paler basally; prothorax fully 

 a third wider than long, the sides evenly and moderately rounded; 

 apex moderately sinuate, with slightly blunt, somewhat projecting 

 angles, distinctly narrower than the base, which is finely margined 

 laterally, with the angles but slightly obtuse and rather narrowly 

 rounded; surface with numerous faint ruguliform transverse lines, 

 the apical incised line fine and faint, wholly obliterated medially; 

 both transverse impressions rather evident; medio-subbasal punc- 

 tures virtually wanting; foveae narrow, deep, not attaining the base; 

 latero-basal parts of the surface nearly as in scitus; elytra fully one- 

 half longer than wide, about a third wider than the prothorax, rap- 

 idly ogival in scarcely apical third, the parallel sides more arcuate 

 basally, the sinus rather short, deep; striae and punctures through- 

 out nearly as in comptus, the intervals rather less convex. Length 

 (9) 8.0 mm.; width 3.2 mm. Florida (Indian River), Prof. 

 Kemp contumax n. sp. 



17 Body rather large in size, notably broad, with the upper surface 

 unusually flattened. Oblong, deep black and polished, the tarsi 

 not more than piceous in color; elytra brilliantly iridescent; head 

 small, slightly elongate, with rather long neck, large but moderately 

 prominent eyes, piceous-black mandibles and dark castaneous la- 

 brum, scarcely more than half as wide as the prothorax; antennae 

 fusco-testaceous; prothorax large, a third wider than long, the sides 

 moderately arcuate and sharply but not broadly reflexed, a little 

 straighter basally; apex deeply sinuate, with rather blunt prominent 

 angles and distinctly narrower than the base, which is faintly mar- 

 gined only in lateral fourth, the angles only slightly more than right 

 and not in the least rounded or blunt, though not prominent; apical 

 incised line fine but strong, entire; surface feebly iridescent, rather 

 depressed postero-laterad, though not exactly explanate; impres- 

 sions vestigial, the subbasal punctures virtually wanting; foveae 

 two-fifths the total length, not attaining the base, broadly impressed 

 but sharply so along the bottom; elytra three-fifths longer than wide, 

 about a third wider than the prothorax, rapidly rounded in apical 

 third, the parallel sides a little more arcuate basally; sinus moder- 

 ate but distinct; striae fine and shallow, extremely finely and indis- 

 tinctly though closely punctulate, the seventh subsimilar and dis- 

 tinct to the base; intervals almost flat. Length (9) u.o mm.; 

 width 4.2 mm. Mississippi (Vicksburg) fulgens n. sp. 



