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Tenebroides foveatus, sp. nov. Elongate-oblong, subde- 

 pressed. Black, feebly shining, antennae, palpi and tarsi piceous. 

 Head finely and rather sparsely punctate, vertex with a large, 

 rounded median fovea. Thorax subquadrate, slightly wider than 

 long, sides almost straight, feebly diverging from base to apex; 

 disc sparsely and finely punctured, hind angles almost rectangular. 

 Elytra at base not wider than apex of thorax, sides paralle' to 

 apical third, thence broadly rounded to apex; striae with rows of 

 unimpressed, medium sized, close-set, round punctures; intervals 

 flat, smooth. Under surface finely and sparsely punctate. Length 

 10 mm. 



One specimen taken at light on porch of house, July 5. Its 

 large size, foveate head and flat, smooth intervals distinguish it 

 from our other described forms. 



Lacon curtus Lee. Taken in small numbers on several oc- 

 casions from beneath logs half buried in dry sand. From three 

 to a dozen are usually found together. Originally described from 

 Georgia, it is not given in Schwarz's "Coleoptera of Florida," 

 though he lists L. rectangularis Say as common. I have not seen 

 the latter species in Florida, and Dr. Schwarz may have been mis- 

 taken in his identification. 



Elater discoideus Fab. A single specimen of this handsome 

 Elaterid was beaten from the bay berry, Myrica cerifera L. on Feb. 

 23. Its range is given as Canada to Georgia, and no previous 

 Florida record can be found. 



Cebrio mandibularis Lee. Two specimens of this interest- 

 ing species were taken at light on June 15, as was also one of C. 

 hicolor Fab. The latter species is the only one listed by Schwarz, 

 though LeConte's species was described from Florida in 1865. 



Pyractomena lucifera angustata Lee. In 1851 LeConte 

 described* Pyractomena angustata from the "Southern States," 

 and stated that: "The thorax is usually longer than wide; in one 

 specimen (probably distorted) the reverse is the case." His species 

 was afterward, by himself and Henshaw, placed as a synonym of 

 P. lucifera Melsh. Among the specimens of Lampyrids taken at 

 Dunedin and Eustis, Fla., are three males having the thorax dis- 

 tinctly longer than wide and its sides perfectly straight and parallel 



*Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1851, 336. 



