SYNOPSIS OF TIIK LAMIIN.K. 145 



Elytra snlcato-striate AlMiiiii. 



Elytra with narrowly separated rows of close set jmnctures. 



Elytra without denuded spots Miifl'iiMii. 



Elytra with denuded si)ots Mlit iii'aIi!S. 



Elytra with close, almost confused punctuation IC\Ril>i. 



S. fli||iiiii Duval, 1857 {Euthuorm), Kaniond de la Sajjra, Hist, de Cuba, p. :i7tj. 

 pi. X, fig. 13; Chev., An. France, ser. 4, Tome ii, 256; sfolata % N. A. collec- 

 tions; stolafa X Casey, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci. vi. .51. 

 Lenfrth 5-15 mm. = .20-. GO inch, llnhitnl. — Southern Florida, Bahama Islands, 



Cuba. 

 Filiform, parallel, head, thorax and elytra equal in width, piceous brown. 

 Head from vertex equal in length to the thorax, closely i)unctate, grayish brown, 

 with three obsolete gray lines; the antenniE in both sexes nearly of one length, 

 a little longer than the body, hispid with long flying hairs, scape cylindrical and 

 as long as the head from vertex and thorax united ; third joint shorter, one-third 

 longer than fourth ; joints 5-9 subequal. Thorax cylindrical, much longer than 

 wide, closely i)unctate, brownish gray, with an inconspicuous median pale stripe 

 and one on each side; elytra brown, variegated with maculations, especially near 

 the suture, apices flattened obliquely and produced on the external side, conjointly 

 producing a deep apical emargination. longitudinally furrowed, the sulcations 

 fre(|uently not very evident, and the elevation of the interstices often feel)le, the 

 sulci closely and strongly punctate: underside rather closely, not coarsely punc- 

 tate, densely grayish pubescent. 



This .species aj)pear.s in American collections as stolafa Newrn. 

 The correct identification of Imimi is due to Mr. E. A, Schwarz ; 

 more recently I have compared American with Cuban examples. 

 It varies greatly in size and considerably in the sculpture of the 

 elytra. I took it abundantly at Lake Worth, Florida, where it 

 breeds in Melothrla petidula.~\ "Ham." 



[S. »»iifrii!!ia Newm., 1840, Ent. p. 305. 



Length 5.5-6 mm. = .22-.24 inch. i/«6i<rt<.— Florida. 



Filiform, elytra a little inflated behind middle, piceous brown. Head behind 

 the antenmu and the thorax suluMiual in length, brown, obscurely trilineate with 

 white; antennie shorter than the body, ciliate on the underside from the second 

 joint with long flying hairs, scupe cylindrical attaining the hind margin of tlie 

 thorax, third joint one-third shorter, fourth joint two-thirds the length of third, 

 outer joints gradually shorter; thorax nmch longer than wide, brown, obscurely 

 trilineate with white; scutellum small, wider than long, white; elytra brown, 

 with exceedingly short, narrow, obscure whitish lines; punctures round, small, 

 placed very closely in rows separated by very narrow intervals, a little widened 

 from base to apical third and then roundly narrowed to ai)ex, which is emar- 

 ginate; apit^es a little flattened and prolonged.] "Ham." 



[Yi, siituralis n. sp. 



Length .5 mm. -^^ .20 inch. Habitat. — Southern Florida, Punta Gorda. 

 Very slender, piceous, pubescence cinereous, elytra variegated. Head behind 

 the antennae mostly shorter than the thorax, piceous, pubescence s})arse. not 



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