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was collected at Brownsville, Texas, by Prof. C. H. T. Town- 

 send. 



CISTELID^E. 



Genus Charisius Champion. (Biol. Cent.-Amer. Ins. Coleopt, 

 vol. IV, Pt. i, p. 421). A genus of Cistelidae having the an 

 terior and intermediate tarsi with the third and fourth joints and 

 the posterior with penultimate joint broadly lobed, prosternum 

 obliquely sloping in front, body glabrous, winged, thorax narrow 

 with a transverse basal groove, mandible slightly bifid. It should 

 take its place in our list between Allecula and Hymenorus. 



isius floridanus, n. sp. Elongate, subparallel, convex, shining 

 reddish brown. Head rather sparsely, somewhat coarsely punctate. 

 Thorax as long as broad, sparsely, somewhat coarsely, unevenly punctate, 

 sides rounded in front, subsinuate before the straight hind angles, disc 

 obsoletely canaliculate, basal foveae shallow. Elytra parallel for two- 

 thirds the length ; striae deeply impressed, except at base, coarsely punc 

 tate ; the sutural stria not different from the others ; intervals convex, 

 very finely alutaceous with a single row of fine punctures ; epipleura at 

 basal half with a row of coarse punctures. Thorax beneath finely and 

 sparsely punctate along the middle, coarsely but sparsely on the sides, 

 metasternum with a shallow canaliculation behind; abdomen finely obso 

 letely punctulate. Male : anterior tibiae simple, anterior tarsi with basal 

 joints lobed; fifth ventral segment flattened. Last ventral seginent with 

 the lateral lobes curved and spoon-shaped, the central sheath curved and 

 with rounded apical margin. 



Length 7 mm. One example from Cocoanut Grove, Fla. 

 Type No. 4174, U. S N. M. 



Very closely allied to C. inter stitialis^ Champion, from Jalapa, 

 Mexico, but the male has not the central sheath of the last ventral 

 acuminate as in that species. 



MONOMMID^E. 



Hyporhagus texanns, n. sp. Elliptical, convex, black, moderately shin 

 ing; anterior and lateral margins of the thorax ferruginous. Thorax 

 nearly twice as wide as Jong, feebly shining; apex subtruncate, three- 

 fifths as wide as the base; sides distinctly arcuate from the base, margin 

 thin, but strongly reflexed at middle; posterior angles acute; disc convex 

 at middle, broadly depressed towards the sides except at the base, densely 

 and finely, in the depression more coarsely and rugosely, punctate. Scu- 

 tellum triangular, smooth. Elytra with rows of punctures that are finer 

 a*nd more distant but still very distinct nearer the suture, larger and 

 rounded on the middle, the outer striae finely carinate; intervals finely and 

 sparsely punctulate; surface more shining along the middle. Ventral 

 surface piceous, shining, sparsely punctate along the middle, strigose at 



