546 SUBFAMILY XII. COSSONINJE. 



side of scutellum; sides parallel, obtusely rounded at apex; striae broad, 

 coarsely and serrately puncturad; intervals narrower, feebly convex, their 

 summits uneven, each with a row of fine, remote punctures. Under sur- 

 face coarsely and sparsely punctured. Length 2.8 3.2 mm. 



Frequent throughout ludiana; June 15 July 30; taken be- 

 neath bark and by sifting rotten wood. Flatbush, X. Y. Hudson 

 and Ocean counties, Ft. Lee and Newark, N. J. ; Mar. Ranges 

 from New England and Canada to Michigan and Kansas, south 

 to Florida. Reared from apple wood by Zabriskie in May and 

 June. Found in the dead wood of most deciduous forest trees. 



VIII. LIOLEPTA gen. uov. (Gr., "smooth" -|- "slender.") 



Very slender glabrous species having the beak less than one- 

 third the length of head, not constricted at base, its autennal 

 grooves strongly descending; scape stout, clavate, reaching hind 

 border of eye ; first joint of funicle stout, obconical, twice as long 

 as second, 2 7 subequal in length, gradually slightly wider; club 

 abrupt, oval, robust, its basal joint almost glabrous, comprising 

 two-thirds or more its bulk; eyes small, convex, coarsely granu- 

 lated; front coxae separated by only about one-fourth their own 

 width; tarsi short, feebly dilated, third joint slightly bilobed; 

 abdomen apparently with but four ventral segments, the suture 

 between first and second visible only under a strong lens. (W. 

 8. B.) 



858 ( ). LIOLEPTA STENOSOMA sp. nov. 



Slender, subcylindrical, feebly depressed. Reddish-brown, shining, min- 

 utely alutaceous, antennas and tarsi paler. Beak and head very finely and 

 sparsely punctate. Thorax subcylindrical, one-fourth longer than wide, hind 

 angles rounded, sides straight and very slightly converging from base to 

 apex; disc minutely and sparsely punctate. Elytra one-fourth wider and 

 more than twice as long as thorax, sides parallel from base to apical 

 fourth, then broadly rounded to apex; disc with only a shallow sutural 

 stria evident, the others represented by unimpressed rows of very small 

 punctures, separated by their own diameters. Under surface almost im- 

 punctate. Length 1.82 mm. (W. S. B.) 



Lake Okeechobee Fla., March 8; two specimens beaten from 

 bunches of Spanish moss. Dunedin, Fla., Jan. 24, one from be- 

 neath log on beach of bay. The slender form, extremely short 

 beak and feeble sculpture distinguish this from all others before 

 described. Resembles somewhat Stenoiniitnis pallidus. but beak 

 only one-fourth as long and front coxa? almost contiguous. 



