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Chaetocnema cribrifrons Lee. — Taken at Dunedin by sweeping in 

 February. Horn gives its distribution as Colorado, Texas, Dakota, Georgia 

 and California.* This is the first record for Florida. 



Epitrix parvula Fab. — Horn says of this species: "Occurs throughout the 

 entire U. S. extending also to the West India Islands." It has not been reported 

 from Florida. A specimen was taken by sweeping on Hog Island, March 26. 



Bruchus coryphae Oliv.- — One specimen beaten from a mass of Spanish 

 moss near Dunedin, Dec. 23. No previous published record for the State. 

 Schwarz (Ms.) notes its occurrence at St. Augustine and Haw Creek. 



Bruchus cruentatus Horn. — Hibernates like the preceding in bunches of 

 Spanish moss. Quite frequent near margins of lakes at Lakeland, Feb. 22, 

 and also taken at Dunedin on several occasions, Nov. to March. Recorded 

 only from Tampa. The hind legs of Florida specimens are more often red than 

 black. The form with red spots absent, nigriniis Horn, also occurs near Dunedin, 

 but only two specimens have been found. 



Bruchus macrocerus Horn. — This species, known heretofore only from 

 New Jersey, Tennessee and District of Columbia, occurs also near Dunedin, 

 three specimens having been taken in March while sweeping huckleberry and 

 other low shrubs. 



Bruchus compressicornis Schajff. — Frequent at Dunedin; also taken at 

 Ormond and Sanford. Occurs on flowers of the frost-weed, Helianthemum 

 corymhosum Michx., in March and April. Described from Brownsville, Texas, 

 and not elsewhere recorded. 



Strongylium anthrax Sz.— Described from Enterprise, and noted by 



Schwarz (Ms.) as occurring at St. Augustine. One specimen taken at porch 



light at Dunedin, Aug. 6. 



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The family Cistelidse is especially well represented in western Florida. 

 Five species from there have been described by the writer in previous papers, 

 and at least half a dozen which cannot be placed by the literature extant are at 

 hand. Examples of all species taken were recently sent to Col. Casey, who 

 monographed the family some years ago.** He states that a number of them 

 are unknown to him. Notes on several of the species and descriptions of three 

 which are undoubtedly new are herewith given as follows: 



Hymenorus difficilis Casey.- — Two specimens, so pronounced by Casey, 

 are from Ormond and Dunedin. They were taken in April by beating. His 

 type was from New York. 



Hymenorus dichrous, sp. nov. — Elongate-oval, large for the genus. 

 Nearly uniform dark brown, shining; head and thorax often slightly darker; 

 elytra with 1)asal third more or less tinged with dull red; antenna^, palpi and legs 

 pale reddish brown. Head sriiall, coarsely and sparsely punctate between the 

 eyes which are very large, coarsely faceted, separated by about their own width 

 (female), almost contiguous (male); clypeus, and occiput behind the constric- 

 tion, coarsely and densely punctate. Antennae short, stout, the apex of eighth 

 joint reaching base of thorax, the third and following joints subequal in length, 

 the second only one-fourth the length of third. Thorax one-third wider than 



*Trans. Amcr. Ent. Soc, XVI, 1889, 261. 

 **Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. VI, 1891, 69-170, 



