320 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Anthicus, Payk. 

 A. Jloridanus, n. sp. — -Moderately stout, notably depressed, pale 

 yellowish-brown, the head feebly clouded toward the middle ; elytra 

 blackish, each with two large pale spots, the anterior transversely and 

 unevenly oval at basal lifth, extending from the side margin to inner fifth 

 or sixth, the posterior rather behind apical fifth, somewhat elongate-oval, 

 extending from near the side margin to inner fourth or fifih ; legs pale ; 

 antennae dusky, jialer toward base ; pubescence pale, rather short, 

 moderately abundant and suberect on the elytra, inconspicuous elsewhere; 

 head rather wider than long, broadly, rectilinearly truncate at base ; eyes 

 well developed, moderately prominent, at much less than their own length 

 from the base, the tempora rounded, short and less prominent ; surface 

 moderately convex, shining, rather coarsely, moderately closely punctate 

 toward the sides, the median parts impunctate ; prothorax evidently 

 narrower than the head, barely as long as wide, the sides strongly and 

 rather narrowly rounded very near the apex, thence converging to the 

 base, sinuate for a short distance from the latter ; punctures anteriorly 

 moderate and not dense, gradually becoming densely scabrous in fully 

 basal half; surface feebly, iuipressed along the median line from the basal 

 border almost to the extreme apex ; elytra long, parallel, about twice as 

 long as wide, not quite twice as wide as the prothorax ; rather finely and 

 closely punctate, the sides nearly straight, obtusely rounded at tip ; legs 

 rather long and slender ; basal joint of the hind tarsi fully as long as the 

 remainder. Length, 2.8 mm.; width, o.g mm. 



Florida (Lake Worth). Mr. Kinzel. 



A fine species, readily distinguishable from most of the other pale- 

 spotted species by its more depressed form, peculiar sculpture of the 

 prothorax, larger eyes and many other characters ; the antennae are of the 

 usual type but rather slender, and the median line of the head toward base 

 is only very obsoletely impressed. 



A. plectrimis, n. sp. — Moderately stout and convex, rather dull in 

 lustre, somewhat dark red-brown, the legs and antennte concolorous, the 

 elytra black ; punctures rather small and very close-set throughout, the 

 vestiture short but abundant, whitish and conspicuous ; head wider than 

 long, broadly arcuato-truncate at base, the occiput very feebly impressed 

 at the middle ; eyes small, convex and prominent, at fully twice their own 

 length from the base; tempora slightly diverging behind them, so that just 

 before the moderately-rounded basal angles the width is about as great as 



