234 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii. 



Toxotropis submetallicus, new species. 



Blackish brown with a slight metallic tinge on elytra, clothed with brown, ful- 

 vous and white pubescence, the white forming a not clearly defined arcuate fascia 

 near base and irregular fascire at apex. Head densely punctured, densely clothed 

 with brown, fulvous and white hairs ; eyes rounded, not deeply emarginate ; antennee 

 short, black, nearly reaching to the basal carina. Thorax in its widest part broader 

 than long, sides slightly arcuately narrowing to apex, ante-basal ridge arcuate forming 

 a broad lobe at middle, surface densely punctured and clothed densely with white, 

 fulvous and brownish hairs. Elytra not broader than the thorax in its broadest part, 

 with rows of moderately coarse punctures, intervals flat, densely punctured, surface 

 clothed with thin brownish, fulvous and white hairs, the white hairs forming on each 

 side near base an arcuate fascia, one behind the middle and at apex not clearly defined. 

 Beneath black, densely punctured, pubescence white, not very dense. Femora, apex 

 of tibiae and tarsi black, claws deeply cleft, the inner portion convergent. Length, 

 2.25 mm.' 



Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch and San Tomas, May and 

 June). Four specimens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. 



This species is very close to the preceding but differs in the more 

 arcuate transverse carina of the thorax, the eyes slightly less deeply 

 emarginate and the pubescence much finer and sparser, which does 

 not conceal the surface sculpture, permitting always the metallic tinge 

 of the elytra to be visible ; the white hairs form also more distinct 

 fasciae as in irroratus but are not very clearly defined. It has the 

 same deeply bifid claws as irro?-aius. 



Gonops fissuDguis Lee. 



I have taken a few specimens at Brownsville which agree with Dr. 

 Leconte's description of this species as far as it goes. 



Phanosolena, new genus. 



Head as long as broad, beak emarginate in front, as long as the head. Antennse 

 longer than the body in the male, shorter in the female, inserted in cavities which are 

 sublateral and visible from above, situated close to the eyes. Eyes small, moderately 

 coarsely granulate, rounded. Prothorax nearly as long as broad, gradually narrowing 

 to apex, ante-basal carina obtusely flexed at sides. Scutellum small. Elytra slightly 

 wider than the thorax at base, convex, nearly twice as long as wide at base, apex 

 conjointly broadly, but feebly emarginate. Legs slender, tibi?e and tarsi subequal in 

 length, first joint of tarsi longer than the two following, second covering the third, 

 of which only the lobes are visible, last joint elongate, claws bifid. Pygidium ver- 

 tical, oval. Mesosternum short, metasternal episternum narrower at apex than at base. 



Type. — Phanosolena ?iigrotul>eiri/Iafa. 



The antennae are not strictly laterally inserted, the cavities ex- 

 tending on the surface of the beak close to the eyes and are plainly 

 visible from above. By the transverse carina being ante-basal this 



