Horn.] CYPHINI. 93 



On examining the anterior tibiae with rather high power, minute den- 

 ticulations may be detected. This species resembles one from Cuba (sent 

 by Professor Poey, without name) which has the elytral intervals more 

 convex, the punctures of the strke, larger, more regular and closer and the 

 thorax more densely punctured. 



Several specimens from Key "West, Florida. 



ARAMIG-US n. g. 



Rostrum slightly narrower than the head, very little longer and some- 

 what narrowed in front, tip triangularly emarginate, gense deeply notched, 

 base of mandibles exposed, above finely grooved. Scrobes lateral, narrow 

 in front, sides slightly divergent behind, arcuate and directed beneath the 

 eyes. Eyes oval, longitudinal and prominent. Antennae sub-median, 

 long, slender ; scape long, slender, rather suddenly clavate, attaining the 

 thorax ; funicle 7-jointed, longer than the scape, joints 1-2 longer, the sec- 

 ond much longer than the first, joints 3-7 moderately long, sub -equal ; 

 club elongate oval. Thorax cylindrical, sides feebly arcuate. Scutellum 

 either small or indistinct. Elytra oval, not wider than the thorax and 

 truncate at base. Metasternum moderate. Intercoxal process of abdomen 

 broad, truncate ; second segment of abdomen longer than the two follow- 

 ing united, separated from the first by an arcuate suture. Anterior femora 

 stouter than the others, their tibise denticulate within and mucronate at tip. 

 Hind tibiae with the posterior edge at tip acute, margined with densely 

 placed spinulose hairs. Articular cavities not or extremely feebly cavern- 

 ous and ascending the tibiae. Claws moderate, free. Body densely scaly. 



This genus would probably belong to Lacordaire's Brachyderides and its 

 position near Eurymetopus. The resemblance of the species to Strophoso- 

 mus has already been noticed, and it may be remarked that Eurymetopus 

 has also been so compared. I find, however, differences of sufficient im- 

 portance in the descriptions to convince me that our species cannot be re- 

 ferred to any known genus. 



Two species are known in our fauna : 

 Denticulation of anterior tibiae indistinct ; surface densely 



scaly tesselatus. 



Denticulation very distinct ; surface not densely covered... Fuller!. 



The humeri of the first species are rectangular and slightly prominent 

 anteriorly and in the latter obliterated. The articular surfaces of the mid- 

 dle tibiae ascend nearly as much as in the hind tibiae in tesselatus, and are 

 not at all ascendent in Fuller i. 



A. tesselatus Say, (Liparus) Journ. Acad. 1824, p. 318 ; Strophoso- 

 musf id. Mels. Cat. p. 97 ; Ophryastes id. Catalogus. Gernm. and Harold, 

 p. 2317. 



Form oblong, oval, surface densely scaly, of variable color. Head and 

 rostrum as long as the thorax, densely scaly, except at apex, sparsely 

 punctured. Thorax cylindrical, slightly narrowed in front, slightly 

 broader than long, sides feebly arcuate, apex and base truncate, disc mode 



