SUBFAMILY XIII. CALANDRIN^. 565 



879 ( ). SPHENOPIIORUS CHITTENDENI sp. nov. 



Oval, robust. Black, feebly shining, head, beak and legs more strongly 

 so; antennae and tarsi piceous; all the sterna, coxae and inner faces of femora 

 with a thick dirty yellow coating. Beak scarcely more than half the length 

 of thorax, strongly compressed, distinctly but rather feebly enlarged at 

 apex, finely and sparsely punctate, its base not constricted behind the 

 antenna?, but continuous with head; above deeply grooved and with a large 

 oval fovea between the groove and base of scape. Thorax very large, 

 widest just in front of middle where it is slightly wider than elytra, sides 

 feebly diverging from base to beyond middle, then gradually curved to 

 the constricted apex; disc without vittse but with a large irregular smooth 

 space at middle, elsewhere very coarsely, sparsely and unevenly cribrately 

 punctured. Scutellum elongate-triangular, not concave. Elytra only one- 

 fifth longer than thorax, widest at base, the sides then strongly converging 

 to the obtuse apex; striae narrow, very coarsely and remotely punctate; 

 intervals apparently undulating on account of the large strial punctures, 

 the third slightly wider and a little more elevated than the others, each with 

 a single row of minute remote punctures, those of the sutural interval 

 much closer. Under surface coarsely and sparsely punctate. Legs almost 

 smooth; tarsal joints all slender. Length 8.211 mm. (W. S. B.) 



Dunedin, Fla., Jan. 16 March 25. Two specimens from be- 

 neath boards on border of inland pond and one beneath seaweed 

 on Gulf beach. Allied to retusus, but differing by the stouter 

 beak, larger thorax with very much coarser and more uneven 

 punctures, and much finer punctures of elytral intervals. Named 

 for Dr. F. H. Chittenden, of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology, 

 who has shown us many favors during the preparation of the 

 present work. One specimen of chittendeni without locality is 

 in the LeConte collection, labelled "retusus," and one from 

 Florida, is among the specimens of retusus in the Horn collection. 



880 (9002). SPIIENOPHORUS RETUSUS Gyll., Schon., 1838, 549. 



Oval, robust. Black, subopaque; elytra often with a reddish tinge; 

 antenna?, tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown. Beak half the length of thorax, 

 very finely and sparsely punctate, strongly compressed on median third, 

 then gradually feebly widening to apex, which is flat or broadly concave 

 above; the base strongly grooved above. Thorax slightly longer than wide, 

 feebly constricted at apex, disc rather coarsely, closely and evenly punctate 

 and with a fusiform median smooth space, not reaching base or apex. 

 Elytra oval, scarcely longer than head and thorax, gradually attenuate to 

 tip; striae with moderately coarse punctures on basal half, finer toward 

 apex; intervals equal, slightly irregular, each with a row of rather coarse, 

 remote punctures, those of the third somewhat confused. Undersurface 

 coarsely and sparsely punctate. Length 8 10 mm. 



Rockaway Beach and Fire Island, N. Y. ; July September. 

 Throughout New Jersey, not common ; April September.- Ranges 

 from Massachusetts to Florida in the coastwise states. 



