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Lixus leptosomus sp. nov. 



Elongate, cylindrical, very slender. Black, shining, very 

 sparsely clothed with fine gray pubescence except along the sides 

 of the thorax and elytra, where it forms a narrow but conspicuous 

 stripe; antennae and tarsi reddish brown. Beak short, stout, 

 cylindrical, densely and finely reticulate-punctate, feebly carinate. 

 Antennae inserted at middle of beak, the first joint of funiculus 

 stouter but subequal in length to second which is one-half longer 

 than third. Thorax cylindrical, one-fourth longer than wide, 

 base and apex truncate, disc without smooth median line or basal 

 impression, coarsely and sparsely punctate, the intervals with very 

 fine sparse punctures. Elytra at base not wider than thorax, two 

 and one-third times as long, sides parallel for four-fifths their 

 length, thence gradually converging to a subacute apex; disc with 

 rows of small distant punctures, the intervals very finely and 

 sparsely punctate. Abdomen densely pubescent, finely and 

 sparsely punctate. Length 7 mm.; width 2 mm. 



One specimen swept from low herbage along the border of a 

 cypress swamp. Sanford, April 9. The only other described 

 species to which it appears to be closely allied is L. tenellus Casey, 

 from which it differs in the relative length of antennal joints, in 

 the beak being densely instead of "extremely sparsely" punctate 

 and in the relatively longer thorax and greater length of body. 



11,029. — Neomastix punctulatus Dietz. Quite frequent on 

 the flowers of the Ericad, Andromeda nitida Bart., at Dunedin, 

 Sanford and Ormond. January 19 — April 15. 



8684. — Prionomerus calceatus Say. One example of this 

 common northern weevil was taken at Lake Istokpoga February 29. 

 I do not find it mentioned in any Florida list. 



8719. — Conotrachelus aratus Germ. Two specimens were 

 beaten from oak, one at Dunedin, March 28; the other at Sanford, 

 April 4. 



8724. — Conotrachelus belfragei Lee. Of this, the most 

 handsome of the genus, a single example was beaten from pine at 

 Eustis, April 6th. It was described from one specimen taken in 

 Texas by Belfrage. 



