Dec , 1904.1 SCHAEFFER : NeW CoLEOPTERA. 201 



front legs long, tarsi broadly dilated and the femora and tibiae inside 

 serrate. 



This species is quite common and occurs especially on Cfiiats 

 virginianus. 



I have used Mr. Schwarz' MSS. name under which specimens are 

 distributed in collections. 



Type. — No. 8157, U. S. National Museum. 



Rhinomalus texanus, new species. 



Piceous shining, beak reddish, elytra on each side one third from base with a 

 flavate fascia not attaining the suture nor side margin. Head prolonged into a beak, 

 between the eyes, longitudinally impressed, sparsely punctured ; beak depressed, 

 margined at sides and slightly carinate at middle, dilated at apex. Antennsewith the 

 first joint as long as the next three, joints 2, 4 and 5 subequal, third a little longer than 

 either the second or fourth, joints 6-1 1 broader forming a distinct club, eleventh 

 longer than any of the preceding, which are equal among themselves. Thorax dis- 

 tinctly and somewhat sparsely punctured, as long as broad, arcuate in front, gradu- 

 ally narrowing to base, becoming abruptly narrower a little in advance of basal angles, 

 on each side of disk a deeply impressed longitudinal line. Elytra, broader at base 

 than the thorax, arcuate at sides, rotundate truncate at apex, striae faintly impressed, 

 intervals flat, very finely and sparsely punctate, a flavate fascia one third from base, 

 not attaining side margin nor suture. Underside piceous sparcely punctate. Length, 

 including the beak 2-4 mm. 



Brownsville, Texas (Lia Tolusa and Esp. Ranch). Four specimens 

 in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. Rhinomalus differs from 

 Lcp.inophlmis, to which it is nearly allied, by the head being pro- 

 longed into a beak, by the front coxee more approximate and the 

 prosternum slightly bent upwards behind the coxae. 



A number of specimens were taken in May at Tolusa at light and 

 three specimens at Esperanza Ranch, July i, by beating dead 

 branches of Acacia flexicaulis. 



Loberus ornatus, new species 



Elongate, testaceous, more convex than impressus, disk of thorax, two large 

 spots at base and a broad median fascia extending along the sides nearly to the humeri 

 of elytra, blackish. Head sparsely punctured, denser in front of the eyes, which are 

 convex and slightly prominent. Antennae a little longer than the head and thorax, 

 last three joints black. Thorax strongly transverse, apex truncate, front angles 

 rounded, sides slightly arcuate, sparsely serrulate, basal angles rectangular, acute, 

 base slightly lobed ; disk convex rather coarsely sparsely punctured, finer at sides, 

 basal transverse impression more acute than in impressus. Elytra more convex than 

 impressus, arcuate at sides and slightly narrowing to apex, which is rounded, side 

 margin below the humeri rather broadly explanate, disk with rows of not coarse nor 

 very closely placed punctures, internals flat with a row of very widely placed smaller 



