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tibiae, and the hind tarsi beyond the middle of the first segment; 

 the abdomen except the saw-guides rufous beyond the basal plates; 

 the third segment of the antennae distinctly longer than the fourth ; 

 the head finely punctured; the wings slightly infuscated, the veins, 

 including the costa and stigma, brownish; the saw-guides bluntly 

 rounded at apex. Length 8 mm. 



Habitat. — Ithaca, New York. 



This species is related to nidonea from which it differs in the 

 colour of the abdomen. 



NOTES ON THE WINTER AND EARLY SPRING 

 COLEOPTERA OF FLORIDA, WITH DE- 

 ' SCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



BY W. S. BLATCHLEY, INDIANAPOLIS, TND. 



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6611. Bassareus croceipennis Lee. — Quite frequent at San- 

 ford and Ormond on oak in blossom. March 28-April 13. 



6621. Cryptocephalus bivius Newm. — Three examples of 

 this large and handsome species were beaten singly from oak at 

 Dunedin, Eustis and Sanford. March 21-April 7. 



Cryptocephalus sanfordi Bl. — Three additional specimens 

 were taken at Sanford and one at Dunedin. March 29-April 9. 



6638. Cryptocephalus incertus Oliv. — Quite frequent at 

 Dunedin and at various points along the Kissimmee River on 

 flowers of the Ericad — Andromeda nitada Bart. January 21- 

 March 21. 



6644. Cryptocephalus tinctus Lee. — One example from the 

 same Ericad. Istokpoga Creek, February 26. 



6645. Cryptocephalus lateritius Newm. — Three specimens 

 at Dunedin from the same shrub. January 15-March 19. 



6668. Pachybrachys limbatus Newm. — Six specimens beaten 

 from oak at Ormond. April 3-April 14. 



April, 1914 



