Sijiinpsix of the Colroptiroii.'i Fdiiiilij ('isiihic {('ioidar) 2.5 



9 — Clypeus only moderately ivHoxod; its apex Ijioadly truncate. Pro- 

 tlioraoic process al)ruptly lurnu'd, rather .short, hunelliforin, with 

 a trianguhir incisure at middle. Elytra sub.slriate. Florida and 



Alabama pullulum 



10 — Very small. Punctures cxces.sively minute. Male, with clyix-al 

 process very lonji' and naiMow, with its ai)ex r()unde(i. lu-y West, 

 Fla unicorne 



tlioracicontc, piccion and ohlotigiis are very clo.se, and 

 perliap.s but one speeie.s, as the characters given to separate 

 them vary. I include the Cuban annuJainm as it will perhaps 

 be found in Florida. Several of the California species are very 

 close to each other and may prove to be the same. Tables 

 founded on male secondary sexual characters are bad, but with 

 so many closely allied species where characters are so feeble, it 

 .seems impossible to do otherwise. 



CERACIS Mellie 



Ceracis schaefferi, n. sj). 



Piceo castaneous in color. Allied to sallei, but is smaller 

 and does not have the elytra pale and blackish towards base. 

 Prothoracic punctures .sparser than in sallel. Elytral punctures 

 dual and much coarser and deeper than in that species. Length 

 1.50 mm. Brownsville, Texas. Four .specimens. Two males 

 and two females received from Charles Schaeffer, Brooklyn, N. 

 Y. The color of sallei when mature is characteristic in the 

 male, and most females also have the apical half of elytra pale, 

 which is not the case in any of the specimens of schaefferi I 

 have .seen. 



Ceracis niinufa, n. sj). 



Very sliining, black, with legs and antennae paler. Pro- 

 thorax wider than elytra, with punctures s|)arse and finer than 

 tho.se of elytra. Proces.ses of apex strongly developed. Elytral 

 punctures clo.ser and larger than tho.se of prothorax, otherwise 

 the species is like Ceracis puuchiJafa Csy., but it is much smaller. 

 1-01 mm. in length. 1 took fifteen .specimens of this minute 

 species at Palm Beach, Florida, June, 1913. The first ventral 

 .segment has a round fovea at middle. This is the smallest 

 Ciside I have .seen, except the Florida unicorne Ca.sey. 



