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Mr. Matheson, he answers that after careful examination he de- 

 termines it as undoubtedly turnidiis. 



It is hard to tell from Mr. Matheson's vague descriptions what 

 he has before him, but from the cut on Plate V. I am inclined to 

 think that his mimeticus may be concolor. 



Haliplus confluentus new species. 



Oval, polished, dark ferruginous. 



Size : length 3 mm., width i ^ mm. 



Head evenly punctured with small, rather deep, not closely placed punc- 

 tures ; narrow between the eyes, which are very large and oblong oval ; 

 antennae color of head. 



Pronotum finely, evenly punctured, those of the apex being as fine as 

 those of the head and closely placed, while those of the basal portion are a 

 little coarser and not so closely placed ; lightly impressed at base and with a 

 piceous patch extending from apex to base, broadening on base ; sides 

 ferruginous. 



Elytra highly polished, broadest just behind the humeri, gradually nar- 

 rowing to the apices, which -are not strongly oblique, feebly sinuate, with the 

 sutural angle almost rectangular ; punctures of the striae much coarser than 

 those of the pronotum, shallow, well separated, finer apically but with the 

 rows distinct and punctures not confused ; intervals, except the sutural, with 

 very fine punctures widely separated and lightly impressed ; base and suture 

 broadly piceous and with patches of the same color placed subhumerally, 

 medianly, submedianly, anteapically and laterally, all more or less confluent, 

 leaving small spots only of the ferruginous ground color showing; surface 

 highly polished. 



Under surface dark ferruginous and the punctuation, considering the size 

 of the species, is very coarse and deep throughout. 



Prosternal process with the sides parallel for nearly their entire length, 

 slightly wider in front and strongly margined, especially towards the apex, 

 with the apical margin evident ; convex laterally with a few very fine punc- 

 tures upon the convexity. 



Mid-metasternum strongly margined ; margins continuing in line with the 

 prosternal ones, divergent apically, slightly thicker basally and nearly reaching 

 the suture of antecoxal piece, with a few very fine punctures between them. 



Hind coxal plates broadly rounded, slightly incurved interiorly, with the 

 sutural angle sharp. 



Abdominal segments with the usual rows of punctures deeply impressed. 



Male front and middle tarsi with the joints thickened, not pedunculate. 



In the female type the dark markings are not quite so much extended as 

 in the male, more of the ground color appearing ; but the markings are 

 equally confluent, not reduced to spots. 



Male and female types from Taylor Co., Fla. (Mr. W. S. Genung), 



