Coleopterological Notices, VI. 793 



Eyes much less distant, separated by about one-half more than their 

 own width; vertex convex, more shining, very minutely and sparsiily 



punctate; body very small and narrow 4. vigilans 



Eyes large, convex and very coarsely faceted ; antennne much more approx- 

 imate in insertion ; elytra very densely clothed with extremely minute 

 appressed pubescence giving a strongly opaque or pruinose effect, the 

 punctures bearing each a longer stiffer hair, which is however still 

 minute and subdecumbent ; subbasal impressions of the pronotum 

 feelile and completely separated. ( III ) 

 Antennae filiform, just visibly and evenly incrassate throughout the 

 length. 

 Antennaj decidedly thick; basal impressions of the pronotum large and 



distinct 5. liuroniciis 



Antennaj slender; basal impressions almost completely obsolete. 



6. sagax 

 Antenna3 much shorter, rapidly and strongly incrassate toward apex, the 

 penultimate joints strongly transverse; basal impressions of the pro- 

 notum feeble 7. floridaiiiis 



Eyes smaller and only moderately coarsely faceted, the tempora relatively 

 long, parallel and distinct behind them; antennae longer, inserted at some 

 distance from the eyes and moderately separated at base; impressions of the 

 pronotum and vestiture nearly as in t\\e piceus group. (IV) 8. 'tvickliaiiii 



All but one of these species are represented before me by a 

 single specimen, and tlie extent of tlie genus will be greatl}^ in- 

 creased by future collecting. These species are, however, widely 

 distinct among themselves, and the limited number of examples 

 is, for this reason, a matter of but little consequence. 



1. V. calTesceiis n. sp. — Oblong-elongate, feebly convex, moderately 

 shining, blackish-castaueous throughout; vestiture extremely short, sparse 

 and rather coarse, closely decumbent. Head strongly transverse, finely retic- 

 ulate, more obsoletely toward the median line, finely, strongly, not densely 

 punctate, the eyes large, globular, separated bj' three-fourths more than their 

 own width ; antennae somewhat stout, feebly and gradually incrassate through- 

 out, about one-third as long as the body, the tenth joint slightly transverse, 

 the eleventh conoidal, not as long as the two preceding. Profhorax distinctly 

 narrower than the head, obliquely narrowed in apical third, about one-fourth 

 wider than long; apex arcuate and much narrower than the base; disk feebly 

 convex, polished, not reticulate, rather finely, deeply but not densely punc- 

 tate, broadly, feebly impressed transversely near the base, the impression con- 

 tinuous. Scutellum as wide as long, trapezoidal, rather tumid. Elytra fully 

 three-fourths longer than wide, twice as wide as the prothorax, parallel and 

 very feebly arcuate at the sides; apex broadly and obtusely rounded; humeri 

 broadly rounded to the prothorax: disk with a large impression at basal third, 

 extending obliquely within the humeri, also impressed on each side of the 

 suture behind the scutellum, and feebly at apical fifth, the oinoi)lates large; 



