/une, 1920.] XlCOLAY AND W'eISS : ThE GrOUP TrACHES. 149 



are fresh and not ruhhed. but the lack of bronze and more slender and 

 more tapering I)ody should make it easy to separate from gracilis, 

 w^ich also occurs in I'lorida. 



Taphroceius texanus Kerrcmans, 96-312. 



(Translation of original description.) 



Elongate, subparallel. cylindrical, attenuated before and behind, entirely 

 black, very lightly bronzed. 



Head punctate, convex, slightly grooved on anterior part of front. Pro- 

 notum almost square, slightly narrower in front than behind, slightly convex, 

 covered by an irregularly spaced punctuation like that of the head ; the anterior 

 margin straight, the sides nearly straight, obliquely truncate anteriorly, the 

 posterior angle straight, the base weakly bisinuate with the median lobe pro- 

 jecting and sharp. Shield very small. Elytra wider than pronotum at base, 

 rugose and covered with a series of longitudinal dots, scarcely sinuate on the 

 sides, as high as the posterior hips, very slightly widened toward the middle, 

 attenuated afterward following a slightly pronounced arc as far as the summit 

 which is separately rounded and finely toothed. Ventral surface very finely 

 granulated. Length, 3.5 mm. Width. 0.8 mm. Texas. 



Mr. Gilbert Arrow of the British ^Museum writes: "We have only 

 the single type specimen of T. tcxomis so that it is not possiI)le to 

 send it, but it seems to me to l)e different from botli T. gracilis and 

 T. agriloidcs. It is like the former in size and shape but has con- 

 spicuous punctures thinly scattered over the pronotum. It is an old 

 specimen from which the original labels have been removed so that 

 of course there is a possibility that the locality may be incorrect." 



BiBLIOGR.XPHV. 



Blatchley, 1919, Can. Ent., vol. 51, No. 2. 



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 Kerremans, 1892, Mem. Soc. Ent. Belg., vol. I. ^ 



1S93, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., vol. 37. 



1896, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., vol. 40. 



