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half wider than long, densely and finely punctured. Elytra scarcely wider 

 and twice as long as thorax, sides parallel to apical fifth then broadly 

 rounded; disc with rows of large, deep punctures. Length 1.2 1.6 mm. 



Marshall, Vermillion and Posey counties, Indiana; June 2 

 25. Staten Island, N. Y., on hickory in June. Throughout New 

 Jersey, June and July, breeding in the dead wood of deciduous 

 trees. Kauges from New England and Canada to Michigan and 

 Illinois, south to Florida, 



III. TOXOTROPIS Lee., 1X7U. (Or., "curve" -f "keel.") 



In this genus, which is consolidated with Onitisciift by some 

 authors, the antebasal ridge becomes less remote from the base, 

 leading up to Enx/tlti/nix where it is almost basal. The antennal 

 club is elongate-oval, compressed, composed of three distinct sub- 

 equal joints; thoracic ridge autebasal, regularly curved but di- 

 rected transversely toward the sides; eyes more distinctly emar- 

 sinate than in Onitiscux; antennal cavities small, rounded. Four 



o 



species have been described from the Atlantic region, all very 

 rare in collections, and we are able to add a fifth from Florida. 



KEY TO EASTERN SPECIES OF TOXOTROPIS. 



o. Claws with a small acute median tooth. 



b. Brown or blackish, varied with patches of white pubescence; length 

 1.2 mm. 7. PUSILLUS. 



&b. Black, densely clothed with ash-gray pubescence; length 1.5 mm. 



8. FASCIATUS. 

 aa. Claws cleft or deeply bifid. 



c. Third elytral interval with three tubercles. 9. SEXTUBERCULATTS. 

 cc. Third interval without tubercles. 



el. Blackish-brown; elytra with a metallic tinge, the paler pubes- 

 cence without a definite pattern; length 2.2 mm. 



10. SUBMETALLICTS. 



(Id. Reddish-brown, clothed with paler scales forming a definite 

 pattern on elytra; length 2.5 mm. 11. FLOKIDAXI s. 



7 (9209). TOXOTROPIS PUSILLUH Lee., 1876, 398. 



Same size, form and color as Ormiscus saltator. but with the ante- 

 basal ridge near the base at middle, regularly curved not angulate. Eyes 

 larger and more prominent. Thorax more finely punctured. Elytral stria? 

 with rows of rather large punctures; intervals flat, even. Length 1.2 mm. 



Anglesea, X. J. ; Tampa, Fla., June 10 (type) ; Ohio on osage 

 orange; District of Columbia on old twigs; Texas and Mexico. 

 LeConte (1884, 32) states that "specimens collected in Texas 



