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olina and Florida. Throughout the northern three-fourths of the State. 
Abundant at Gainesville, Feb. 18-Mch. 8, on wild plum, cherry-laurel and 
wild cherry blossoms (Doz.). 
*58. (15475). M. auritus (Hald.).—Throughout the State. At hand 
from six different stations, Febr.-Apr. Beaten from oak and wax myrtle. 
Cerothamnus ceriferus L. 
X. Cryptocephalus Geoffroy. 
Small compact oblong subcylindrical species ‘(3-6.5 mm.), 
usually prettily striped or spotted, and found on foliage of trees 
or shrubs. Food habits of larvae unknown or unrecorded. The 
genus is a large one and needs revision badly, 44 species being 
recognized by Leng, 21 of which are known from Florida. 
59. (15479 a). C. notatus quadrimaculatus Say.—“Fla.” (Leng Coll.). 
No definite locality record can be found. Frequent in Indiana on flowers 
of Jersey tea. 
*59a. (15479b). C. notatus fulvipennis Hald.—Northern three-fourths 
of the State. At hand from Ocala and Dunedin, Oct.-Apr. Scarce at 
Dunedin on oak. Gainesville on wild cherry bloom, March 9; oak and wild 
buckeye foliage, Apr. 3-18 (Doz.). La Belle, Apr. (Kn.). 
EGOE( ). C. binominis Newn.—Northern three-fourths of the State. 
At hand from Ormond, Istopoga, L. Okeechobee and Dunedin, Mch.-Apr. 
On oak and low huckleberry. Leng erroneously places this as a synonym 
of Bassareus detritus (Oliv.) (See BI., 1923, 30.). The C. distinctus Hald. 
(Sz.) belongs here (Sz. Ms.). 
*61. (15483). C. guttulatus Oliv.—Recorded or reported from six sta- 
tions as far south as Sanford. Ormond, Apr. 1, on oak (BI., 1902). 
*62. (15486). C. bivius Newn.—Occurs as far south as Estero (Wic.). 
Searce at Ormond, Eustis, Sanford and Dunedin, Mch.-Apr., on oak and 
huckleberry. 
Oonm(lb49i) C. defectus Lec.—According to Schaeffer (Ms.) my 
C. sanfordi (1913, 23) is a synonym of defectus. The latter is recorded only 
from Texas. My specimens of sanfordi are from Sanford, Istokpoga and 
Dunedin, Mch. 25-31 ,and were beaten from willow. Schaeffer also suggests 
that defectus Lec. is probably a color variety of nanus Fabr., the two dif- 
fering only in color of elytra. 
64. (15493). C. confluens Say.—‘Florida” (Schaupp*). The only State 
record. 
65. (15495). C. venustus Fabr.—‘Common” (Sz.). No other printed 
record. St. Augustine (Ham.). Gainesville, Jan.-Aug.; Largo (Wat.). 
65a. (15495c). C. venustus ornatulus Clav., 1913, 1914. ‘‘Florida.” No 
other record. 
*66. (15496). C. obseletus Germ.—Throughout the State from Paradise 
Key and Estero northward. At hand from six stations, Dec.-Apr. Taken 
from flowers of golden-rod and other Compositae. The C. ornatus Fabr. of 
the Schwarz list is a synonym (Sz. Ms.). 
# Bull. Brook, Ent. Soc., I, 1878, 34. 
