leConte] BAUmi. 299 



thorax, s'ruE narrow, deep, iraiiunctured; interspaces flat, each with a row 

 of extremely small puucLUies; third interspace clolhed for one-fifth the 

 lengtli with white scales. Beneath strongly punctured; sides of the last 

 three ventral segments clothed wiJi white scales. Length 2-3 mm.; .08 

 -.12 inch. 



Enterprise, Florida; Messrs. Hubbard and Schwarz. The specimens are 

 somewhat abraded, but in one of them I observe scattered whiie scales re- 

 maining on the pi'othorax and elytra. It is quite probable, therefore, that 

 well preserved individuals are marked as in the next species, from which 

 it differs chiefly by the larger size, brown color, smooth dorsal stripe on the 

 prothorax, and fine punctures of the interspaces of the elytra. 



a. p. T-signum (Boh.\ Sell. Cure, viii, 1st, 154, (Baridius). 



Sou;h Carolhia, Zinimermann; Florida, Hubbard and Schwarz. Much 

 smaller and still narrower than P. nigrina. ' Head finely punctulate, beak 

 stout, strongly curved, as long as the prothorax, punctured, frontal con- 

 striction feeble. Prothorax scarcely longer than wide, subquadrate, sides 

 not oblique, feebly rounded for three-fourths the length, then more suddenly 

 rounded and narrowed to the tip, densely and strongly punctured, without 

 dorsal line. Elytra wider than the prothorax, humeri oblique, distinct; 

 striae deep, interspaces flat, each with a row of flne but distinct punctures; 

 a short line of while scales at the base of the third interspace, (and a small 

 spot behind the middle, probably rubbed off in the specimen before me), 

 metasternal side pieces and of the last ventral segments clothed with small 

 white scales. Prosternum not so wide between the coxa; as in the other 

 species, broadly and less deeply sulcate in front, club of the antennte rather 

 larger than usual. Length 2.2 mm.; .085 inch. 



In well preserved specimens the surface is clothed with scattered, small 

 white scales, which are more dense at the sides of the prothorax, at the 

 base of the third interspace of ihe elytra, and the side pieces of the meso- 

 and metathorax, and at the sides of last three ventral segments. These 

 scales are however easily abraded. 



AMPELOGLYPTER n. g. 



This genus contains species which depredate on the small stems of grape 

 vines and allied plants, producing excrescences. Two of them are readily 

 distinguished from the preceding genera by the smooth and shining surface 

 of the elytra, the interspaces of whleh are wide and not punctured; the 

 striae are fi.ne, the posterior callus promment, and the surface undulated by 

 broad transverse impressions. In these respects they resemble Madams, 

 but differ by the shorter and stouter beak, the stouter antennae, and the 

 broadly excavated prosternum, which is not suddenly declivous between 

 the coxae. The front thighs are not toothed, and the claws are connate at 

 base . 



The form is also quite different from Madams; the elytra are a little 

 wider than the prothorax, as in Darts. 



