Described from one male taken at Estero. This large 

 species may readily be distinguished by its pinkish color. 

 It differs from the closely related Heidemanni Ball by its 

 narrow and deeply sunken vertex and front and the f ulvo- 

 testaceous elytra. It has a much more produced vertex 

 than Uhleri." 



Cenchrea mcateei, new species 



This species has long been confused with the descrip- 

 tion of Cenchrea fulva Van Duzee and this is what Metcalf 

 placed as that species and called Phasiocephalus fulvus. 

 As Van Duzee compared his fulva with heidemanni and 

 gave its length as 6.5 mm. this small species cannot be fulva 

 and must be described as new. 



Easily distinguished from C. fulva by its much smaller size and 

 less pinkish color. General color tawny fulvous. 



Vertex and frons narrow and deeply sunken, the frons dis- 

 tinguished from the vertex by only a slight angle the dividing line of 

 vhich is not at all carinate. Frons narrow, only slightly broader at 

 apex, the edges greatly elevated, the median carina very faint. The 

 lateral carinae of the vertex distinctly elevated. Antennae with the 

 second joint large and ovate, the seta short and dark colored. Pro- 

 notum distinctly shorter than the vertex, angularly emarginate 

 posteriorly. Mesonotum transverse, convex, slightly polished and 

 distinctly tricarinate on the disk. Elytra varying from testaceous 

 tawny to darker color, sometimes enfumed, long and narrow, the 

 T>uter claval vein distinctly granulate. The venation in light colored 

 specimens almost concolorous with the elytra, in darker specimens 

 the venation is more fuscous. 



Male genitalia with the claspers testaceous, their inner margins 

 towards base with strong spur-like tooth. 



Length of body 2 mm. ; length to tip of elytra 3.5-4 mm. 



Described from a mutilated female from Ellisville, Miss., 

 August 11, 1921, and four males collected at the following 

 localities in Mississippi: Vicksburg, July 14, 1921; Oko- 

 lona, June 28, 1921; Woodville, July 25, 1921; and Ocean 

 Springs, August 3, 1921. All specimens taken by the writer 

 by beating and sweeping in deciduous woods. 



The writer takes pleasure in dedicating the above species 

 to Mr. W. L. McAtee of the U. S. Biological Survey who 

 has contributed valuable work on this group and who 

 pointed out to the writer the fact that this species was 

 not fulva and must be considered as new. 



128 



