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SOME NEW OR SCARCE COLEOPTERA FROM WESTERN AND 



SOUTHERN F'LORIDA.— III. 



BY W. S. BLATCHLEY, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



(Continued from p. 32.) 



Molorchus seniiustus Ncwm. — One specimen taken by beating in Skin- 

 ners' Hammock, March 9. Usually classed as a variety of bimaculatus Say, 

 but aside from the nearly uniform reddish-brown hue, it is stouter, with broader 

 more depressed thorax, the sides of which are less rounded and disk without 

 the smooth callosities present in bimaculatus. It has previously been known 

 only from St. John's Bluff and Crescent City, Fla. 



Neoclytus erythrocephalus Fabr. — One specimen taken at same place 

 as the two preceding, Feb. 16. Schwarz (Ms.) notes its occurrence at Enter- 

 j)rize and Crescent City. 



Leptostylus parvus Lec.^ — One taken at light in house at Lakeland, Feb' 

 22. Schwarz (Ms.) records it from Lake Worth and Key West. 



Labidomera clivicollis Kirby. — I was surprised to find this large, well- 

 known Chr\somelid not listed from Florida. Two specimens were beaten from 

 bunches of dead leaves, where they were hibernating, in February at Skinner's 

 Hammock. 



Galerucella nymphaeae Linn.^ — This is usually supposed to be a species 

 of strictly northern distribution. Five specimens were obtained from the 

 flowers of the yellow water-lily, Nyniphcea advena Sol., near Moore Haven, Fla., 

 on March 2. It is possible that the species may have been introduced near 

 there from Northern Europe, where it is said to be common. 



Disonycha leptolineata Blatch. — Farther examination of 30 or more 

 specimens taken during the past two winters leads me to believe this distinct 

 and not a variety of D. ahbreviata as described.* It occurs on ferns in Skinner's 

 Hammock in February and March, and has also been found at Lakeland and 

 Lake Istokpoga. 



Longitarsus fuscicornis, sp. nov.— Oblong-oval. Shorter and more 

 convex than L. testaceus Lee. Pale brownish yellow, not alutaceous, head and 

 hind femora slightly darker; elytra with a vague darker, W^-shaped, scutellar 

 blotch; antcnucC fuscous, the four basal joints pale; under surface dusky 

 brown. AntenucC rather stout, two-thirds as long as body, the second, third and 

 fourth joints subequal in length, shorter than those which follow. Thorax 

 slightly wider than long, sides feebly curved, rounded into base, disk very 

 minutely and sparsely punctate. Elytra one-third wider at base than thorax, 

 rather strongly convex, umbones evident but small, punctures of disk very fine, 

 almost invisible. Wings present. Length L3-L5 mm. 



Described from four specimens swept from low vegetation about ponds 

 near Dunedin, Oct. 26-Dec. 13. Differs from both testaceus and cotula, our 

 other species of similar hue, by the fuscous antennae and the lack of the greasy 

 aspect which they ha\e, due to their alutaceous surface. The form is com- 

 paratively more robust than in either, and the punctuation finer. 



Longitarsis solidaginis Horn. — Two specimens taken by sweeping north 

 of Dunedin. March 20 and 2o. Known only from Sumter and Orange Counties, 

 Florida. 



*Can. Ent., 1917, 143. ~~~ ' 



March, 19X9 



