78 [^p"i. 



2. — Symphora longicornis, n. sp. 



(J . Elongate, narrow, somewhat fusiform, moderately shining, finely 

 pubescent, obscure testaceous ; densely punctate, the piinctures on the head and 

 prothorax more or less confluent (their sculpture thus appearing granulate or 

 rugose). Head with distinct frontal sviture ; eyes deeply emarginate, separated 

 by a little less than their own width ; antennae very long, filiform, slender, joint 

 2 short, one-third the length of 3, 3-11 elongate, siib-equal in length. 

 Prothorax strongly transverse, convex, trapezoidal, slightly compressed 

 towards the sides, without trace of foveae, the hind angles rather sharp. Elytra 

 long, very gradually narrowed from the base, and there very little wider than 

 the prothorax. Legs long, slender ; tarsi with a small, narrow penultimate 

 joint, joint 1 of the posterior jjair longer than the others united, feebly curved. 

 Length 2|-3, breadth 1-lxo mm. 



Hah. : Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (Fry). 



Described from three males, a single imperfect, darker example, 

 with shorter and more slender antennae, smaller eyes, and a blackish 

 prothorax, doubtless belonging to the same species. The very long, 

 filiform, unicolorous antennae of the male, the coarser surface- sculp- 

 ture, and the pallid coloration, separate 8. longicornis from 8. infuscata. 

 The Guatemalan insect described by myself under the name Micro- 

 tonus gracilis is also very similar. 



3. — Symphora lanceolata, n. sp. 



9 . Elongate, narrow, convex, lanceolate, feebly shining; brown, the head 

 rufescent in front, the antennae and palpi testaceovis ; the entire upper surface 

 densely scabroso-pimctate, finely pubescent. Antennae very slender, sub-filiform, 

 moderately long, joints 3-10 gradually- decreasing in length, 3 twice as long as 

 2, 11 longer than 10. Eyes distant. Prothorax transverse, gi-adtially narrowing 

 from the base, and there as wide as the elytra, the sides forming a continuous 

 outline with those of the latter, unimpressed. Elyti-a very long, rapidly 

 narrowed from about the middle, the sculpture transversely reticulate. Legs 

 long ; tarsi with a small, narrow penultimate joint, joint 1 of the posterior pair 

 longer than the others united. Length 3:^, breadth 1 mm. 



Hah.: Mexico {Truqui, ex coll. Fry). 



One female, very diffei-ent from any of the Mexican forms 

 previously described, the elytra being unusually elongate, and at the 

 base of the same width as the prothorax. The resemblance to Anaspis 

 is intensified by the transverse reticulation of the elytra. 



MicROTONus Lee. 



This genus, type M. sericans Lee, was included by Leconte and 

 Horn in the Oedemeridae, and the same position was given it in the 

 " Biologia." Microtonus, it seems to me, would be better placed in 



