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about two and one-half times as long as broad, sides parallel, some- 

 what abruptly, broadly rounded posteriorly, punctures numerous, fine, 

 impressed, arranged without order, less distinct than those of prothorax. 

 Length, 1.7 mm.; width, 0.72 mm. 



Type. No. 11566, U. S. National Museum; female; E. A. 

 Schwarz, collector ; Key West, Fla. 



Fourteen females, Key West, Fla., April (E. A. Schwarz). 

 I have preserved Mr. Schwarz's manuscript name for this ex- 

 ceptionally fine species. 



Orthocis pulcher, n. sp. (Plate III, fig. 4). 



Female. Elongate, glabrous, polished, straw-yellow to golden; pro- 

 thorax considerably darker, with a large, subtriangular, black spot 

 anteriorly; basal third of elytra black, the remainder yellow except 

 for two large, irregular, dark rufous spots, one in each elytron, just 

 anterior to vertex. Abdomen amber, legs of the same color, except 

 that the tibiae are slightly darker. Head straw-yellow; front convex, 

 centrally marked with a dusky blotch, punctures numerous, fine, deep, 

 regular; epistoma opaque, not punctured, narrow, semielliptical, an- 

 terior margin slightly produced, entire, nearly straight, blending at 

 lateral angles with produced angles of front, which extend as broadly 

 rounded, elevated ridges on either side to the eye. Prothorax about 

 as broad as long, sides broadly rounded, strongly tapering anteriorly, 

 anterior margin strongly rounded, as is also the posterior margin, 

 punctures numerous, large, coarser towards posterior margin, regular, 

 deep. Elytra one and three-fourths times longer and more polished than 

 prothorax, about one and three-fourths times as long as broad, sides 

 subparallel, acutely rounded at apex, punctures fine, distinct, smaller 

 and less dense than those of prothorax, subserial in arrangement. 

 Length, 1.2 mm. ; width, 0.4 mm. 



Male. Similar to female, but a trifle larger, punctuation of thorax 

 and elytra slightly coarser, color darker throughout. Head not sexu- 

 ally modified, except that the epistoma is slightly elevated and the 

 punctures of the front are more sparse anteriorly ; ventral segment 

 with a conspicuous, slightly elevated, subcircular disk near its middle. 

 Length, 1.3 mm. ; width, 0.4 mm. 



Type. No. 11567, U. S. National Museum; female; E. A. 

 Schwarz, collector; Key West, Fla. 



One female, 2 males, Key West, Fla., April (E. A. 

 Schwarz) ; Punta Gorda, Fla., July, Cocoanut Grove, Fla., 

 May (collectors Hubbard and Schwarz). 



Genus ENNEARTHRON Mellie. 



Antennae slender, g-jointed, the third joint equal to the 4th and 5th 

 combined, 4th, 5th, and 6th joints subglobular, club rather feeble, 



