Coleopferological Notices, VI. 783 



only slightly more than one-third of their width ; antennae slender, filiform, 

 not at all incrassate, one-half as long as the body, the last joint much thicker, 

 swollen at the middle, obliquely pointed and dif-tinctly longer than the two 

 preceding. Frothorax distinctly narrower than the head, only slightly wider 

 than long, parallel and straight at the sides, broadly arcuate at apex, faintly 

 impressed along the median line toward base and apex, strongly and rather 

 closely punctured. Scutellum large, broadly triangular, narrowly truncate at 

 tip. Elytra one-half longer than wide, about twice as wide as the prothorax, 

 parallel and feebly arcuate at the sides, gradually narrowed and not very 

 broadly rounded in apical third; disk broadly, very feebly impressed within 

 the humeri, the impression traceable obliquely for some distance from the 

 base; punctures strong but well separated. Length 2.1 mm.; width 0.8 mm. 



District of Columbia. Hubbard and Schwarz. 



The single type is a male having the slender apex of the cedeagus 

 protruded, but the sexual characters are not xery pronounced, the 

 fourth ventral being perfectly simple, unmodified on the disk and 

 only slightly longer than the third, the hind femora moderately 

 inflated. It is probable that the female has the last joint of the 

 antennfe less swollen and distorted. 



5. Z. scliwai'zi n. sp. — Resembles the preceding, but differs in its 

 broader form and shorter elytra. Head transverse, the eyes large; antennae 

 moderately thick and of the usual length. Prothorax transversely subquad- 

 rate, strongly punctate. Elytra scarcely' two-fifths longer than Avide, parallel 

 and just visibly arcuate at the sides, narrowed in apical third, the apex rather 

 narrowly rounded; intra-humeral impression extending obliquely and quite 

 distinctly almost to the middle; punctures somewhat coarse, moderately close, 

 becoming toward finer apex. Length 2.2 mm. ; width 0.9 mm. 



Florida ( Biscayne Bay ). Hubbard and Schwarz. 



The under surface is dark brownish-rufous throughout, the 

 elytra paler, rufo-testaceous, with a transverse median fascia of 

 black wdiicli is more than one-third as wide as the total length, 

 broadly produced posteriori}^ along the suture for a short dis- 

 tance ; each elytron also has a small black spot at the middle of 

 the base ; the legs are black, the femora picescent at base, the 

 tibise paler toward base and apex, and the tarsi pale. The pubes- 

 cence is long and distinct. 



This species is represented in my cabinet by a single male ex- 

 ample. 



6. Z. fasciatiis Melsh. — Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., Ill, p. 55; Lee: 

 1. c, 1855, p. 276 (Xylophilus); Hald.: Journ. Acad., Phila., 2, I, p. 97 



(Euglenes). 



