Coleopterological Notices, IV. 585 



The species described hy Gyllenhal is said to be covered densely 

 with narrow scales, agreeing* with the present form, but in jjerscillus 

 Lee. the scales are especially noted as being "not linear but oval." 



11 Centriniis finitimiis n. sp. — Ehomboid-oval, convex, slightly 

 shining, black, the tibiie feebly rufescent ; vestiture yellowish, pale, consist- 

 ing, on the upper surface, of long, slender but rather large squaniules, which 

 are rather dense and uniformly distributed, and, beneath, of larger and very 

 dense scales. Head dull but smooth, minutely, sparsely punctate, the impi'es- 

 sion almost obsolete, with a small median fovea ; beak long, polished, slender, 

 evenly, rather strongly arcuate and fully one-half as long as the body, but 

 veiy feebly thickened toward base, strongly flattened toward apex, where it 

 is distinctly dilated, scarcely noticeably enlarged at the point of antennal 

 insertion , rather coarsely, rugosely and densely punctate, the punctures forming 

 series and grooves ; antennse inserted at the middle, black, somewhat slender, 

 and with the basal joint of the funicle barely as long as the second, the latter 

 as long as the next two combined. P)-othorax about three-fifths wider than 

 long, the sides broadly, evenly and strongly arcuate, becoming parallel toward 

 base and broadlj'^ sinuate near the apex, the latter much less than one-half as 

 wide as the base ; disk coarsely, deeply, very densely punctate, the punctures 

 tending to coalesce longitudinally ; impunctate line narrow but almost entire. 

 Scutellum small, quadrate, enlarged and broadly emarginate at apex, impressed 

 along the middle, setose at the sides. Elytra but slightly wider and three- 

 fourths longer than the prothorax, the sides strongly convergent, evenly, feebly 

 arcuate, the apex narrowly, evenly rounded, not very coarsely but deeply 

 striate, the intervals flat, moderate in width, rather sparsely, confusedly and 

 rugulosely punctured, polished. Abdomen broadly, rather strongly impressed 

 and more sparsely sqnamose in the middle toward base. Presternum with a 

 very large and deep impression, and two rather short, erect and stout processes 

 before the cox£e, the latter separated by fully three-fourths of their own width. 

 Length 2.9-3.3 mm.; width 1.4-1.7 ram. 



Texas (Dallas) — Mr. Wickham ; Missouri. 



This species differs from perscillus in its smaller size, broader 

 form, more transverse prothorax, structure and vestiture of the 

 scutellum, and generally silaceous squamules of the upper surface. 

 Seven specimens. 



12 Centrinus liospes n. sp. — Rhomboidal, convex, black, the antennse 

 piceous, the club pale ; vestiture white, consisting of long, slender, rather 

 dense and uniformly distributed squamules on the upper surface, and large, 

 broad, very dense scales beneath. Head finely, strongly, somewhat sparsely 

 punctate, with a few squamules toward the eyes, the transverse impression 

 distinct and somewhat angular ; beak in the female one half as long as the 

 body, evenly, rather strongly arcuate, the portion beyond the anteiinse very 

 slender, smooth, nude and almost completely impunctate, the portion behind 



