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rounded at apex ; strice narrow but abrupt ; intervals broad, flat, sparsely, confusedly 

 and subrugosely punctate ; vestiture sparse, of brown narrow scales and broader yel- 

 lowish ones ; the latter forming a spot at the base of the third interval and a large \\' - 

 shaped mark across the suture at middle ; ventral surface rather sparsely punctate, 

 each puncture bearing a narrow white scale ; prosternum separating the coxse by 

 one-half their width, broadly sulcate, the sulcus deeper in front and with two deep 

 punctiform fovese at the constriction ; legs sparsely punctulate, each puncture with a 

 narrow white scale, the femora exteriorly towards apex with brown scales ; tarsi very 

 short, fringed with white hairs ; claws parallel, connate at base. Length, 2 mm. 



Four examples collected at Key West, Fla., by Mr. E, A. Schwarz, 

 two of which are presented to the National Museum by Messrs. Hubbard 

 and Schwarz. Type No. 1407, U. S. N. M. 



Catapastus albonotatus, sp. nov. 



Rhomboidal, convex, piceous black, very sparsely clothed with scattered white 

 scales, very narrow and small on the ventral surface and larger but still sparser on 

 the thorax and elytra, collected into small spots on the base of the second interval, 

 on the base of thorax opposite the humeral umbone and on the base and apex of 

 the episterna of metathorax ; beak thick, not flattened at apex, strongly curvate and 

 abruptly bent at middle, coarsely striato-punctate, with a few minute scales towards 

 the base ; basal constriction obsolete, the upper margin of the eye with a white scale; 

 antennae inserted beyond the middle of the beak, piceous, the scape not reaching the 

 eye ; funicle with first joint obconical, second scarcely longer than third ; club large, 

 oval ; head sparsely punctulate ; thorax as long as wide, slightly rounded at the 

 sides, feebly constricted at apex, only moderately coarsely punctate, the punctures 

 separated by about their own diameter ; smaller scales wanting, the large white 

 scales about a dozen outside of the basal spot ; scutellum glabrous ; elytni at base 

 wider than thorax; sides behind the humeri strongly convergent ; strire narrow, re- 

 motely not conspicuously punctate ; intervals flat, each with a series of small re- 

 mote punctures and fine transverse strigae; the white scales mostly on the third, sev- 

 enth and ninth intervals ; ventral surface sparsely punctate ; prosternum separating 

 the coxse by nearly their own width, broadly impressed, with two punctiform fovCcE 

 at the constriction ; legs piceous, sparsely punctulate ; tarsi short, ferruginous, fringed 

 with white hairs. Length, 1.7 mm. 



Type No. 1408, U. S. N. M. One specimen in the National Mu- 

 seum from Lake Worth, Fla., presented by Mr. Ottomar Dietz, of New 

 York ] another one exactly similar in the collection of Messrs. Hubbard 

 and Schwarz from Key West, Fla. In the latter collection is a third 

 specimen also from Key West, which has more numerous scales above, 

 condensed into three vitta^ on the thorax; the spots are diffused and the 

 beak and legs ferruginous, but there is no difference in sculpture. The 

 glabrous scutellum with a spot each side at once distinguishes this spe- 

 cies from C. cofispersi/s and C. diffitsus. 



