Sj/tiop.fis of the Coleopterous Faniihj Cixkhie (Cioidae) 13 



and slr(iii<;ly roflexed at sides, but not so at iniddle. Eyes 

 niodorate in si/e, but very convex and i)roniinent. Antennae 

 with ten joints. Third joint K)ng- and slender, fourtli not as 

 long as third, also slender. Fifth and sixth short, slightly 

 longer than wide. Seventh beadlike, not longer than wide. 

 The three joints comprising the club as long as wide. Pro- 

 thorax about as long as wide. Elytra two and one-half times as 

 long as wide. The Prothorax is subquadrate in form and as 

 wide at front angles, which are right angles, as at base. Sides 

 straight. Ligula narrow and strongly concave along middle. 

 Length 1-.06 to '2.08 mm. Five specimens. Peiuisylvania 

 and Florida. This species has the head flatter than Orthoci.s 

 punctata Csy., but the punctuation of the two species is about 

 the same. It varies much in size. OrtJwcis qmnctata CsJ^ 

 also .seems to vary much in size. Specimens from North 

 Georgia being very large. 3-02 mm. in length. New- Jersey 

 specimens are 2-5 mm., while one from iNIichigan is but 2-02 mm. 

 The strength of the sutural margin also varies. One from 

 Tybee Island, Ga., has it almost obsolete. I have not taken it 

 at Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Orthocis aterrifka, Csy. 



I have only seen the type of this species. There w^ere no 

 s])ecimens in any of the California collections examined. It 

 is from Alameda County, California. The five species of 

 Orthocis, which genus is described in Casey's paper, before 

 referred to, j). 84, tabulate themselves as follow\s: 



Elytra unicoloroiis 1 



Elytra bicoloicd 2 



l—Ligula broad and flat. Third ant(Minal joint nearly or quite as long 

 as the next two combined. Georgia, Michigan, New York, New 



Jersey and Massachusetts punctata Mellie 



Ligula narrow and strongly concave. Third antcnnal joint as long 

 i!s the next two, nearly as long as the next three combined. Penn- 



sjlvania and Florida longula Dury 



Ligula narrow and convex. Third antennal joint distinctly shorter 

 than the next two combined. Califoniia alerrima Casey 



