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their margins k-ehU' curxctl, surhue lineU' aiul \L'r\ siiallowly puncLaLc. Kl>tra 

 conjointly elongate-oval, widest at middle, three times as long as wide, not 

 wider at base than thorax, humeri and unihones wholly absent, disk with line 

 s^hallow substriatc, close-set punctures. Abdomen smooth. Length I .S mm. 



\'ery distinei in its elongate subcylindrical form, being widest at middle 

 of ebtra and tapering gradually but \ery feebly both wa\s. The surface is 

 not alutaceous but appears subopatiue, due to the numerous shallow punctures. 

 It is probal)ly apterous. Known from a single specimen taken by beating in 

 Skinner's Hammock near Dunedin, March 27. Not in either the Leconte or 

 Horn collections, and unknown to Fall. 



Coptocycla repudiata Sufifr. Twenty or more specimens of this tortoise 

 beetle were taken at Cape Sable from among the bases of the tufts of a coarse 

 grass growing on the open prairie. It was described from Cuba and is recorded 

 b\' Barber'^ from Haw Creek, Crescent City and C\)coanut Grove, V\i\. 



Metriona orniondcnsis, sp. nov. 



Broadly oxate or subcylindrical. Above dull yellow; elytra with a broad, 

 purplish-red stripe, extending oblicjuely from humerus to middle of lateral 

 declivity of each strongly conxex elytral disk, thence curving outward to margin 

 near apical fourth; thorax and broadly flattened crescentic middle third of each 

 elytral margin translucent yellow; eyes and under surface deep black; legs and 

 joints 1—8 of antenUcC pale yellow; joints 9—11 of antennae fuscous. Thorax 

 transviersely elliptical, nearly twice as wide as long, its front margin very broadly 

 curved, front angles narrowly rounded, surface reticulate and with a few scat- 

 tered punctures near middle and at base. Elytra strongly elevated at middle 

 with sides of elevation almost perpendicular; margins strongly explanate; disk 

 with rows of round, shallow punctures, separated by about their own diameters, 

 those on basal third and near humeri somewhat confused. Abdominal seg- 

 ments finely and sparsely punctate. Length 6 mm.; breadth 5 mm. 



Described from two specimens taken from wild morning-glory at Ormond, 

 Fla., April 13, 1913. Much larger than M. purpurat-a (Boh.), with flattened 

 margins of elytra much wider, thora.x wider and proportionally shorter and colour 

 \ery distinctive. It is probably the same as the specimen referred to by Barber 

 (loc. cit., p. 125) as being in the Schseffer collection from Florida. Barber con- 

 sidered that to be only a geographic race of purpurata. 



Chelymorpha geniculata Boh. This large Chrysomelid was common and 

 mating along the beach at Long Key, Feb. 27 on the foliage of the creeping 

 goat's-foot morning-glory, Ipomcea pes-caprce Sweet. It was taken on the 

 same vine at Cape Sable, Key West and Dunedin, and I believe that to be its 

 true, perhaps only, food plant in Florida. In my opinion this species should be 

 placed as distinct from our northern C cassidca Fabr. {argus Herbst.). In 

 addition to the very different hue and much smaller black spots it is always 

 narrower and more oblong in form. 



Branchus floridanus Lee. A single specimen of this large, oval, gray, 



scaly Tenebrionid was found lying on its back in a roadway, but alive and kicking, 



at Key West. It was described^^ from Florida without definite locality and 



Schwarz lists it as "On Atlantic seashore, very rare." 



 13. Proc. Entom. Soc. Wash., XVII I, 1916, 123^ 



14. Smiths. Misc. Coll, No, 167, 1S66, 11], 



