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WILLIAM G. DIETZ, M. D. 
the fonrtli. Legs sleucler, thighs feebly clavate, all armed with a small tooth, 
which is almost obsolete on the hind pair ; tibiae almost equal in width ; tarsi mod- 
erately slender, claws armed with a very small, but distinct, basal tooth. Long. 
•2.3— 2.8 mm.; .09— .11 inch. 
Hub . — District of' Columbia, Florida, Michigan. 
The jirothorax is darker, even piceous, in some specimens. 
. 4 . floi*ali>4 n. sp. — •Smaller and narrower than the preceding, ferruginous 
to piceous and clothed with white, coarse pubescence. The beak is slender and 
nearly equal in both sexes, finely and remotely punctured and striolate, feebly 
curved : scrobes commencing about two-fifths ( 'J, ) or one-half ( 9 ) the length 
from the bu<;cal opening; scape of antennfe longer, second joint of funicle a 
little longer than the third. Eyes and head as in ungidaris, front with a few 
rows of fine, remote punctures, each one bearing a short white hair, a straight 
line of white imbescence along the inner margin of the eyes. Prothorax less 
narrowed in front and not constiicted at the apex ; sides more strongly rounded ; 
surface coarsely, but not densely punctured, pubescence more concentrated along 
the median line and on the sides. Elytra one-third wider at base than the pro- 
thorax ; strife wider, more deeply impressed ; punctures larger, rounded; inter- 
spaces slightly convex, rugose; under surface as in ungidaris. Legs stouter, 
femora more strongly clavate, all toothed; tibife shorter and stouter; the tai'si 
are broader and shorter, and the claws armed with a somewhat longer and acute 
tooth, than in that species. Long. 2. — 2.r> mm ; .08 — .10 inch. 
Hab . — Florida, North Carolina. Coll. E. A. Schwarz and H. 
Ulke. 
A specimen in Mr. Ulke’s collection, from North Carolina, is 
larger (2.5 mm.) than the average, more coarsely sculptured and of 
a pitchy black color with the pubescence very conspicuous ; it does 
not ajfpear to be distinct. 
. 4 . iiiibiliis Lee. — Elongate elliptic, ferruginous to rufo-piceous and clothed 
with small, yellowish while scales intermixed with a fine, suberect pubescence. 
B'-ak short, robust and imperceptibly tapering from base to apex, more strongly 
curved near the base, finel.y punctured and obscurely striate; scrobes curved 
with the concavity upward, approximate underneath. Antennae robust, rufo- 
testaceous, club dusky, inserted one-third ( % ) or one-half ( 9 ) from the apex, 
second joint of funicle scarcely longer than the third ; joitifs 3-6 rounded. Eyes 
moderately convex, posterior margin free. Head remotely punctulate with a 
few hairs; front Hattened, fovea variable, an obscure transverse impression above 
the eyes. Prothorax wider than long, moderately narrowed anteriorl 3 ', sides 
broadly rounded, scarcely constricted at the a[)ex ; surface coarsel.v, but not ver.v 
clo.sel.v punctured. Elytra wider at base than the j)rothorax, sides feebly rounded, 
gradually narrowed to and conjointl,y rounded at the tip; strife wdde, moder- 
atel.v impressed ; punctures coarse, interspaces convex, rugulose; a broad, oblique 
stripe and declivity more densely S(;al.v, suture darker; underside moderatelj’ 
punctured, thorax densel.y, AbdomeTi sparsep' imbe.scent ; last ventral segment 
longer than the preceding in Ifolh sexes and the jfv’gidium l)ut little expo-ed in 
the male and not at all in the female. Legs and tarsi moderatel.v stout, thighs 
