Coleopterological Notices, VI. VDT 



Florida (Indian River), 



A minute and narrow species, witli globose and very coarsely 

 faceted eyes and opaque, pruinose integuments; it is readily dis- 

 tinguishable from huronicus by the characters of the table, and 

 by its entirely punctate head. 



7. V. floridaiiiis n. sp. — Oblong, moderately stout and convex, brown- 

 ish-black, the abdomen rufescent; legs testaceous, the hind femora slightly 

 darker andbrownisb; antenna- pale testaceous; integuments dull and pruinose, 

 the vestiture short and very dense, with sculpture as in the preceding two 

 species. Head transverse, finely, densely punctate throughout, but obsoletely 

 so toward the epistoma; vertex rather wide and flat between the eyes, which 

 are separated by about one-fourth more than their own width; antenn;\j short, 

 scarcely one-third as long as tbe body, rapidly and evenly incrassate from the 

 sixth joint, Joints eight to ten strongly transverse, the eleventh but slightly 

 longer than wide, simple and conically pointed. Proihorax distinctly nar- 

 rower than the head, transverse, nearly one-third wider than long, parallel 

 and rounded at the sides, narrowed and transversely arcuate at apex, finely, 

 very densely punctate; subbasal impressions large, feeble and widely separated. 

 Scutellum transversely trapezoidal, widely truncate at apex, the angles sub- 

 prominent as usual. Elytra three-fifths longer than wide, not quite twice as 

 wide as the prothorax, parallel and feebly arcuate at the sides, obtusely 

 rounded at apex, the humeri rounded to the prothorax and rather well ex- 

 posed at base; disk obliquely impressed from within the humeri, and also be- 

 hind the scutellum, somewhat finely but strongly, densely punctate, the omo- 

 plates rather small and somewhat prominent. Abdomen with fine, sparse and 

 elongate punctures, in addition to the minute punctulation, the legs slender. 

 Length 1.45 mm. ; width 0.6 mm. 



Florida (Crescent City). Hubbard and Schwarz. 

 This species differs greatly from the two preceding in its short, 

 gradually claviform antennae, and more widely separated e3'es. 



8. V. \%'icklianii n. sp. — Oblong, moderately convex, black; antennae 

 and legs black throughout, except the second and eleventh joints of the for- 

 mer, which are slightly paler; integuments somewhat shining, the pubescence 

 fine, even, moderately dense as in piceus. Head strongly transverse, finely, 

 densely punctate throughout, the vertex broad and convex, the eyes relatively 

 small, separated by twice their own width, the tempora behind them parallel, 

 three-fourths as long and nearly as prominent; antenna; long, slender, about 

 one-half as long as the body, the tenth joint nearly as long as wide, the 

 eleventh oval, pointed, about as long as the two preceding. Proihorax slightly 

 narrower than the head, distinctly wider than long, only slightly narrowed 

 and broadly arcuate at apex, the latter about four-fifths as wide as tlie base; 

 sides parallel, feebly arcuate; disk convex, finely, rather strongly and very 

 densely punctate, the snbbasal impression- large, deep and continuous, its pos- 



