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One example from Burnett Co., Texas. 

 Type in the collection of Messrs. Hubbard and Schwarz. 

 This species is easily distinguishable by the densely punctate thorax, 

 the uniformly distributed scales and the elongate form, tapering behind. 



Zygobaris coelestina, sp. nov. 



Robust, subrhomboidal, convex, glabrous, strongly alutaceous, opaque, intensely 

 dark blue ; beak separated from the front by a shallow depression, short, arcuate, cy- 

 lindrical slightly flattened at apex, shining, sparsely punctate, basal half bluish green, 

 apical half piceous ; mandibles short, decussate, strongly bifid at apex ; scrobes deep, 

 directed inferiorly; antennae inserted a little beyond the middle of the beak, ferrugi- 

 nous, the scape not quite reaching the eye ; funicle stout, the first joint as long as the 

 three following comhined, the second and third subequal, the outer joints gradually 

 wider; club oval, pointed, finely tomentose; eyes large, flat, widely separated above; 

 frontal fovea small, punctiform ; head globose, sparsely and finely punctulate ; thorax 

 scarcely wider than long, conical; sides somewhat rounded; apical constriction broad 

 and feeble ; disc sparsely and finely punctate, more coarsely at the sides, without 

 trace of median line ; scutellum small, smooth, shining green ; elytra at base slightly 

 wider than thorax, gradually, moderately narrowed behind, broadly rounded at apex ; 

 humeral callus at base of seventh interval conspicuously elevated ; strise linear, dis- 

 tinctly impressed.with remote fine punctures, much larger at base between the scutellum 

 and humeral callus; intervals flat, each with a single series of remote, small, submuri- 

 cate punctures ; thoracic segments beneath coarsely and deeply but not very densely 

 punctate, each puncture at the bottom with a small narrow white scale ; prosternum 

 flat, separating the coxae by their own width, with a small shallow depression near 

 the apical margin enclosing two large deep punctures; ventral segments finely, very 

 sparsely, apical half of the fifth very densely, punctate ; legs bluish green, alutaceous 

 as the body, sparsely finely punctate, each puncture with a short white hair; tarsi 

 short, ferruginous, fringed with grayish hairs ; third joint moderately broad, bilobed ; 

 claws small, distinctly connate at base. Length, 4 mm. 



Type in the collection of Messrs. Hubbard and Schwarz, taken at 

 Cocoanut Grove, Fla. (April 25). Mr. Schwarz informs me that another 

 specimen is in the collection of Dr. Horn. 



Catapastus signatipennis, sp. nov. 



Robust, rhomboidal, convex, black, somewhat shining ; antennce and legs pice- 

 ous ; beak as long as thorax, strongly curvate, piceous ; base thickened, coarsely ru- 

 gose and squamulate, the basal constriction distinct ; apex glabrous, punctato striate ; 

 antennae inserted beyond the middle of the beak ; scape not reaching the eye ; first 

 joint of funicle as long as the next four combined, second equal to third ; club oval, 

 large ; head nearly glabrous, alutaceous, obsoletely punctulate ; thorax wider than 

 long, conical, distinctly constricted at apex, coarsely and densely punctate, densely 

 covered with rounded scales, forming a broad brown band along the middle and yel- 

 lowish white on the sides ; a denuded spot on each side of the basal lobe ; elytra dis- 

 tinctly wider than thorax, broadly rounded and feebly convergent on the sides, 



