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long as the prothorax, the fourth joint very oblique, hfth larger than any of 

 the following, six to ten equal, compact, more pubescent and distinctly trans- 

 verse, eleventh moderate in size, obtuse. Prothorax one-half vs^ider than long, 

 the sides rounded toward base, strongly serrulate, the apex and base subequal, 

 broadly arcuate; basal angles obtuse but not obliterated; disk opaque and 

 coarsely, polygonally relate, not explanate at the sides. Elytra short, scarcely 

 more than one-third longer than wide, the sides nearly straight and gradually 

 divergent from the base, at apical third about two-fifths wider than the pro- 

 thorax; apex very obtuse; disk with very large, perforate and close-set fovese, 

 the bottoms of which are smooth, thin and perfectly transparent. Under sur- 

 face shining and scarcely at all pubescent, the legs rather short. Lenglh 1.75- 

 1.8 mm. ; width 0.85-0.9 mm. 



Florida (Key West). Mr. Schwarz. 



The male, serving as the t3'pe, has the fifth ventral verj^ short, 

 not deflexed and broadly truncate at apex, with a rounded shallow 

 sinuation at the middle, the genital segment large and wide, feebly 

 areuato-truncate throughout at apex and with a transverse ab- 

 rupt and flat-topped elevation on the surface at apex, the anterior 

 margin of which is arcuate and coincident in size and curvature 

 with the median sinus of the fifth segment, these characters be- 

 ing quite different from those of the two preceding species. In 

 the female the bod3^ is still more strongh' cuneiform, the el^^tra 

 longer, paler and more oval, the head and prothorax smaller, and 

 the fifth ventral short, flat and broadly rounded. Two specimens. 



EIRELYMIS n. gen. 



The representatives of this genus differ very radically from 

 Alj'meris in several particulars. The epipleurse ai'e very narrow 

 and graduall}' become extinct far before the apex of the elytra; 

 the tarsi are long, filiform and very slender, with the basal joint 

 onl}- slighth' shorter than the second and the latter fully as long 

 as the fifth. The antennte are better developed and are strongly- 

 serrate toward apex, and, finally-, the fourth joint of the maxillary 

 palpi is obliquely truncate at apex, thus leading feebly toward the 

 next subfamily. The ej^es are large, prominent and basal, rounded 

 and with a small feeble anterior sinuation, but are glabrous and 

 not distinctly less finel}- faceted than usual. The sculpture of the 

 body is much finer and sparser than in the preceding genus, but 

 the lateral edges of the prothorax are (piite as distinctl3- serrulate, 

 the edges of the el3'tra, however, being almost perfectl}' even 

 throughout. In one of the sexes there is, in all the species, an el- 



