28 FAMILY II. - ANTHRIBIDJE. 



vary much in markings; one is black with an inverted T -formed 

 white mark near base of elytra ; others are as pubescent as 

 rKiix rariryatnft Say, and not unlike it in appearance." 



8 (9210). TOXOTROPIS FASCIATUS Lee., 1884, 32. 



Of the same size and form as T. pusillus. Reddish-brown, densely 

 clothed with cinereous pubescence. Elytra with a broad dark brown trans- 

 verse band; antennae, tibiae and tarsi testaceous. Length 1.5 mm. (Le- 

 Conte.) 



Marion, Mass.; District of Columbia. The type was from Col- 

 ambus, Texas. 



9 (- -). TOXOTROPIS SEXTUBERCVLATCS Schaeff., 1906, 269. 



Brown; pubescence on head, thorax and elytra intermixed with cin- 

 ereous, not forming a distinct design; scutellum white. Antennae reach- 

 ing hind angles of thorax, basal joints pale, the others piceous. Antebasal 

 ridge of thorax broadly rounded. Third elytral interval with three tuber- 

 cles, of which the sub-basal is the largest. Claws deeply cleft, the inner 

 portion of the cleft claws touching each other. Length 2.5 mm. 



Enterprise, Florida.. This species represents donors Lee. 

 which Schseffer does not recognize as valid. 



10 (- ). TOXOTROPIS SUBMETALLICUS Schaeff., 1904, 234. 



"Blackish-brown, elytra with a slight metallic tinge; clothed with 

 brown, fulvous and white pubescence, the white forming an indistinct 

 curved band near base and an irregular one at apex. Head densely punc- 

 tured, clothed with brown, fulvous and white hairs. Eyes rounded, not 

 deeply emarginate; antennae short, black, nearly reaching the basal carina. 

 Thorax in its broadest part broader than long, sides slightly curved, nar- 

 rowing to apex, ante-basal ridge, curved, forming a broad lobe at middle; 

 disc densely punctured and densely clothed with white, fulvous and brown- 

 ish hairs. Elytra not broader than thorax in its broadest part; disc with 

 rows of moderately coarse punctures; intervals flat, densely punctured. 

 Beneath black, densely punctured, pubescence white, not very dense. Fem- 

 ora, apex of tibia? and tarsi black; claws deeply cleft, the inner portion 

 convergent. Length 2.2 mm." (Scturffer.) 



Described from Brownsville, Texas. Recorded by Dury as 

 occurring at Cincinnati, Ohio. 



11 ( ). TOXOTROPIS FLORIDA:* us sp. nov. 



Elongate, ovate, broader behind. Reddish-brown clothed with paler 

 scales which form a definite pattern on the elytra, abdomen darker, legs 

 and antennae paler. Head convex, irregularly clothed with pale elongate 

 scales, antennae reaching about base of thorax, last three joints about equal 

 in length, and forming an elongate club. Thorax confluently punctate, 

 irregularly clothed with elongate pale scales, ante-basal ridge arcuate at 

 middle, where it approaches but does not reach the base, straight and 



