AMERICAN COMPONENTS OF THE TENTYRIIN^ 399 



lustre above and beneath, the pale pubescence long, not concealing 

 the surface but very conspicuous ; head coarsely, rather closely 

 punctate, more finely and densely on the large angulate epistoma, 

 with an impunctate spot at the middle of the occiput ; prothorax 

 {(^) large, not a third wider than long, the apex two-thirds as 

 wide as the base, with the angles acute and produced but not very 

 slender and not everted, the sides perfectly straight, excepting for 

 a space from the middle nearly to the apex where they are feebly 

 arcuate, the basal angles acute but not everted, the surface percep- 

 tibly tumid at each side of the middle anteriorly, strongly, somewhat 

 coarsely, rather sparsely punctate, more coarsely and closely so 

 laterally, with an impunctate median line ; elytra oval, obtusely 

 rounded behind, at the middle nearly one-half wider than the pro- 

 thorax, the sides arcuate, more strongly rounding at base to the 

 thoracic angles, rather finely but strongly, sparsely punctate, 

 scarcely inore coai^sely but more closely laterally, with very feebly 

 impressed longitudinal lines throughout ; abdomen strongly, closely 

 punctured. Length 13.0 mm.; width 6.0 mm. Florida (Key 

 West) fortis n. sp. 



Pronotum (,^) at most only feebly impressed along the median line. 3 



3 — Supra-orbital carina obsolete or scarcely traceable 4 



Supra-orbital carina rather distinct though fine ; body only moderately 



large and unusually narrow 5 



4 — Form stout, oblong-oval, convex, rather strongly shining, dark 



bronzed in lustre, the pubescence shorter than in fortis^ conspic- 

 uous but not at all concealing the integument ; head moderately 

 coarsely and closely punctate, the epistomal lobe rounded ; pro- 

 thorax ( (5^ ) two-fifths wider than long, with the apex four-fifths 

 as wide as the base, the angles acute, prominent, prolonged and 

 everted, the sides feebly arcuate, the basal angles slightly everted 

 but not very sharp, the surface almost even, rather coarsely, closely 

 punctvired laterally, more finely and sparsely medially ; prothorax 

 ( 9 ) smaller, more transverse, trapezoidal, with the sides nearly 

 straight and with the greatly thickened margin dilated in the mid- 

 dle, the apical angles more acute but not everted, the ridges very 

 strong, the surface more finely and sparsely punctate, with a 

 fine carina along the middle in the concavity between the ridges ; 

 elytra nearly three-fifths longer than wide, the sides parallel and 

 feebly arcuate, rounded at base, almost smooth and with scarcely 

 visible impressed lines suturally, not coarsely but strongly, rather 

 closely punctate, somewhat more coarsely, closely and with the 

 surface more chagrined laterally ; abdomen finely, closely punc- 

 tate and with short pale pubescence. Length 12. 4-12. S mm.; 

 width 5.8-6. 1 mm. Texas (Columbus andLuling). [= Epitra- 

 gus acutus Lee] acutus Lee. 



Form stout, nearly as in acutus but with much coarser and rougher 

 sculpture, strongly bronzed, rather dull, the pubescence somewhat 

 longer, more plentiful and more shaggy ; head closely, moderately 



