Golcopterolo<jical Notices, VI. 791 



1. P. uotatus Lee— Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1855 p. 276 (Xylo- 

 philus). 



The unique t\'pe of this species is not before me at present, but 

 from a sketch made some years ago, the posterior pale spot of the 

 elytra is situated at about apical third ; this, in conjunction with 

 LeConte's statement " capite thoraeeque opacis, confertim pnnc- 

 tulatis," and the fact that the type was taken in Habersham 

 County, in the extreme northeastern and submountainous parts 

 of Georgia, a region zoologicall3' altogether distinct from the 

 tropical southern tip of Florida, leads me to believe that notatus 

 will prove to be quite distinct from amicus. The generic diagno- 

 sis is taken from the latter. The type of notatus is 1.4 mm. in 

 length ; width 0.65 mm. 



2. P. amicus n. sp. — Oval, convex, polished, rvifo-piceous, the legs and an- 

 tennie pale flavate; ehtra black, gradually pale toward apex, each with a 

 large irregular and transversely reniform spot at basal fourth, extending at the 

 sides to the humeri, and another large subquadrate spot at apical fourth, of 

 pale flavo-testaceous ; pubescence moderately long, rather close, coarse and 

 distinct. Head feebly convex, shining, subimpunctate; eyes separated by 

 about one-half more than their own width ; antennai barely two-fifths as long 

 as the body, gradiially incrassate through the six or seven outer joints, third 

 and fourth equal and ^ery slender, eleventh moderately large, compressed, 

 obUquely and abruptly pointed. Prothorax slightly narrower than the head, 

 transverse, fully one-third wider than long, the sides gradually and very 

 feebly convergent from near the apex to the base, the latter margined through- 

 oiit the width with an extremely fine elevated bead; apex broadly, feebly ar- 

 cuate; disk rather tinelj' but strongly, moderately closely punctate. Elytra 

 about one-third longer than wide, nearly twice as wide as the prothorax, par- 

 allel and broadly arcuate at the sides, semi-circularly rounded at apex; humeri 

 rounded but somewhat widely exposed at base ; disk not evidently impressed 

 near the humeri, convex, not coarsely but strongly, rather sparsely punctate, 

 the punctures becoming very fine and relatively remote toward apex. Abdo- 

 men convex, shining, the legs slender. Length 1.3 mm. ; width 0.G5 mm. 



Florida (Bisca3'ne Bay). Hubbard and Schwarz. 

 The type, which is one of two specimens, is a female and is 

 .somewhat mutilated. 



VAXOjVIJS n. gen. 



The body in Vanonus is moderatel}' elongate and subparallel, 

 clothed with very short decumbent pubescence, the head trans- 

 versely truncate and moderately elevated at base, with the ej'es vari- 

 -able but always semi-nude, the setfe being extremely minute; the}' 



