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and elytra much longer, whitish and inclined, and elytra intervals flat 

 and alutaceous. A study of an extended series leads me to believe 

 that striatidus is a distinct species and not a variety of 0. janus 

 Panz., as placed by Horn and retained in my Coleoptera of Indiana. 



Family Chrysomet.id^ 



Haltica vaccinia, sp. nov. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Uniform dark coppery red, shining, 

 the antennae, except the basal joint, and the tarsi piceous. Eyes 

 large, coarsely facetted. Thorax three-fourths wider than long, 

 sides broadly rounded, disc very minutely and sparsely punctate. 

 the basal impression narrow, deep, entire. Elytra one-third wider 

 at base than thorax, umbones feebly developed, not limited within 

 by an impression ; disc finely, rather closely and evenly punctate, 

 the intervals between the punctures minutely alutaceous. Abdo- 

 men finely granulate-punctate. Last ventral of male with a narrow, 

 longitudinal median impression, more distinct near apex; of female 

 with a rounded impression each side near base. Length 3 — 3.2 mm. 



Twenty or more specimens swept from the flowers and foliage 

 of a dwarf huckleberry, Vaccinium sp. ? near Dunedin, Florida; 

 March 1 1 - Dec. 13. Smaller and more slender-bodied than H. iguita 

 111., the thorax broader, punctuation of elytra denser and more 

 even, umbones less prominent and colour uniform, the under-surface 

 and legs except tarsi being of the same coppery-red hue as the 

 upper surface. 



Family Rhynchitid.e. 



Rhynchites perplexus, sp. nov. 



Oblong, subconvex. Above bluish-black, feebly brassy; an- 

 tennae, tibiae and tarsi piceous; under surface and femora black; 

 pubescence very fine, sparse, prostrate. Beak slightly shorter 

 than thorax, male; one-fourth longer, female; very slightly widened 

 and sculptured with coarse, elongate punctures in front of anten- 

 nae; front bluish, strongly alutaceous, finely and sparsely punctate. 

 Thorax subcylindrical, as wide at middle as long, slightly narrowed 

 in front and near base, denseK- and rather finely punctate, the 



