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bearing punctures. Under surface smooth, the margins of abdomen with a 

 few minute bristle-bearing punctures. Genital plate of male broadly scoop- 

 shaped, minutely punctate. Length, 6—7.5 mm.; width. 3.5 — 4 mm. 



Putnam Co., Ind., Aug. 26; two specimens from beneath 

 stones in woodland pastures. Ormond, Dunedin, Chokoloskee 

 and Long Key, Fla., Nov. 16 — June 1 (W. S. B.). Recorded also 

 by Uhler from St. John's River and Orange Springs, Fla., and 

 probably occurs along or near the coasts of the entire state. 

 One of my Dunedin specimens was taken from the axils of the 

 leaves of a thistle on Hog Island, the others from beneath the 

 debris of weeds on the bay beach or crawling along the con- 

 crete gutters or in excrement. Described from Cuba and known 

 heretofore in this country only from Florida and Texas. 



46 (51). ^thus indentatus (Uhler), 1877, 380. 



"Oval. Pale rufo-castaneous; antennae pale ocherous or ferrugi- 

 nous; legs ocherous or pale rufo-flavous, tarsi paler yellow. First joint 

 of antennae stout, reaching a little beyond margin of head ; second slen- 

 der, shorter, a little shorter than third; the third increasing toward the 

 tip, subequal to fourth; fourth and fifth fusiform, the latter longest. 

 Rostrum extending to the intermediate coxae. Pronotum highly polished, 

 subquadrate; anterior lobe a little convex, impunctate, excepting on 

 sides, the transverse line feeble, placed far behind the middle, set with 

 a few fine remote punctures and with a few fine punctures behind it. 

 Corium with fine scattered punctures around the sides and ends; costal 

 margins with one setigerous pit near the base. Length, 5.5 — 6.5 mm.; 

 width of base of pronotum, 2 — 2.5 mm." (Uhler). 



The above comprises the more important parts of the origi- 

 nal description. The species was described under the name 

 Rhytidophorus indentatus from Cuba and southern Florida. Bar- 

 ber (1914, 525) recorded specimens as in the Davis collection 

 taken at Lakeland and Key West, Fla., but an examination of 

 these shows them to be A. communis (Uhl.). McAtee (Ms.) 

 states that there is no specimen bearing Uhler's name in the 

 National Museum collection. 



VIII. Amnestus Dallas, 1851, 126. 



Very small, oblong or elongate-oval subdepressed species 

 having the head declivent, longer than wide ; tylus slightly 

 longer than cheeks, its front margin recurved and bearing four 

 short blunt, comb-like teeth, cheeks each with four or five simi- 

 lar teeth ; antennae slender, the second joint less than one-third 



