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TUII'.K XV. CLKOXIXI. 34-J 



the latter one-fourth longer than third and fourth united. Thorax at base 

 slightly wider than long, sides suhparallel on basal third, thence strongly 

 converging to apex; disc with scattered small punctures, their intervals 

 reticulate with very numerous much smaller ones; basal impression of 

 male small, strongly sloping downward and very deep at base; of female, 

 usually shallowly prolonged to middle. Elytra slightly wider behind the 

 base than thorax, sides parallel to apical third, thence converging to a 

 separately obtuse apex; cliscal punctures rather coarse and deep, widely 

 distant, in part concealed by the small tufts of white hairs; basal impres- 

 sion broad, rather shallow. Length 8.5 10 mm. 



Sarasota and Dunedin, Fla., rare; Feb. 2 March 27. Taken 

 from beneath decaying stems of sin art weed and beaten from a 

 bnnch of Spanish moss. Casey states that there is a large sub- 

 dennded spot on each elytron near the sntnre and just behind 

 rhe middle, and a deep inter-antennal fovea on the beak. The 

 Dunedin specimen has a trace of the spot on one elytron and the 

 fovea very faint. The Sarasota specimen is of the variety de- 

 scribed as liirnlenlnx by Casey. Hamilton has shown (181M5, 1S5) 

 that this is but a slender form of fo^siis, in which the mottlings 

 of elytra are less distinct and the median impression of thorax 

 less deep at base and more prolonged forwards. lie states that 

 it is common in Florida from Jacksonville southward. In typical 

 specimens of fossils the peculiar placement of small mottlings 

 along the rows of elytral punctures, and the minute, granular- 

 like scales of vestiture are different from those of all other Lixi. 



515 (10,857). Lixrs OREsrLrs Casey, 1891, 211. 



Elliptical, robust, somewhat flattened above. Black, strongly shining, 

 sparsely clothed with very short scale-like gray hairs, which on the elytra 

 are condensed to form a few very small and widely scattered spots. Beak 

 of male stout, feebly curved, slightly flattened, not quite as long as thorax, 

 rather finely and densely punctate. Thorax conical, nearly one-fourth 

 wider than long, sides evenly curved and strongly converging from base to 

 apex; disc rather closely punctulate, with a few larger but not coarse 

 punctures intermixed, the basal impression large, deep, irregular, not 

 extending beyond the middle. Elytra scarcely more than twice as long as 

 wide, at middle one-fourth wider than thorax; sides feebly curved and 

 slightly divergent from base to beyond middle, then gradually converging 

 to tips; strial punctures rather fine and distant. Length 10.2 mm. 



The single male type was from Florida. "IJelongs to the same 

 group as fossus. Differs in its more robust form, shorter, sparser, 

 much more squamiform and inconspicuous vestiture, in the im- 

 pnnctate line and obsolete inter-antennal fovea of beak, and in 

 its larger size." (Casey.) 



