ts liinjt-r, Very 

 ill slin|)(i, liiit 



l«tll J.!l IIIMI. 



iliirict (iC Dr. 

 Texas. The 

 i'l". uiiitjUf ill 



11 oirciiliir oiil- 

 itcr tint ; logs 

 iiiiic;nlur, oyes 

 I : sidos vei'v 

 tlie liwiil 1111(1 

 il- Antennae 

 i*.'<t. liisl tlireo 



>liiciriix iniich 

 nts smlilctilv 



>rv. 



"I somewhat 

 itlier lisjljily 

 <-ll ii.iii-kt'<l. 

 1 striae well 

 to twice the 

 I' liirhtor tint 

 the exterior 

 j><)8teriorly ; 

 li [>i'otlioriix 

 I liattened. 



irax imieh 

 last three 

 ' ^le. 



In.soly ox- 

 iiiiteiinuo 



ce liglitly 

 •rax equal 

 ratoly ar- 

 ong again 

 ■, strongly 



i 



NoaTll AMKIIICAN fOLEOPTERA. 



86 



niaru'iiieil, striate, ami ohiii-ely ruiMilcij lichiiul; siiii'i- iiaraili'l. Antenna |iim1 



in li .gth to elytra; ! .st three Joints iiiiicli longer ami hroader; llalt'Miecl. 

 Leii'.;th 2.0 nini. 



Plate V, l-'io'. 1(1. ■ 



May lie (listiiiLnii.xlicil iiiimciliatcly l»y its eom))arativoly small wizi*, iin- 

 iiiiiciilati' surface ami antennae. 1 have iiiil'urtiiiiafely niiiy une .sjiecitnen 

 liei'cire me. wliieli. Imwever, is a intile. Tie e.\iiet locality i.>! nut L'iveii. 



J. li. fll»ri<lllllllN n. -p. Mn/c.-Viirwi nioderately elonti.iled. -trnm.'ly de- 

 ])ressed: sides |iarailid. Ito<ly nearly glahroiis, aiiil soiiK'what shining. I'lmelurcs 

 of head and jirothorax rather fine an<l sparse; elytra .striate. Color reddisli testa- 

 eeous, heail and antennae a little darker. Head strongly transverse, broad; 

 epLstotna tr'-sinnate; lahrnni entire; eyes .small, convex; transverse groove want- 

 ing; tried II line taint ; maridildes larr;e and arcuate. I'rothorax transverse, nar- 

 rower tlian head, narrowe<l soniewlial strongly hehind ; sides sinuate; anterior 

 and posterior angles acute; lateral striae rather ohseure. Scutellum triant^";!r.r. 

 Elytra aliout one-fourth as long again as head (iniduiling mandihles^ .iiid pr:ptho- 

 nix together, narrower ;t the hase than the latter. (Uitirc, and ev( nly rounded 

 behind: sides parallel and arcuate, margined. Ahdoininal sst'inen s siih-e([ual. 

 Antennae as long astdylra ; first ji int as long as eyc'.roliust and ciliiMed with long 

 hairs on the anterior surface; second small, third elongated, fourth to eighth suh- 

 equal, and nearly moniliform, ninth to eleventh enlarged and strongly (lattened, 

 forming a loosi' cluh, last joint strongly cannaled, all coarsely puhes<'ent 

 Length .'i.a nun. 



Plate V, Fijr. 11, and Plato VT, F\^. 1. 



This species ajijiears to he very similar to lin'ttir! (Iroiiv. ('nun Bnizil. 

 [t however (lifters I'rom that species in the antennae and knoth (>!' the 

 elytra. Oni; s])ecimeii. Tan)|)a Biiy, Florida (Sehwarz). 



The five species descrilied thus tar form a very tlistinct otoid, the dis- 

 tinirnishiiiir feattires of which are tlii! <rreat dift'erences whicii t'xist he- 

 tweeii the iiiiile and female. ;ind the remarkiilile and V(<ry het( root'ncoiis 

 antennae. Th,' eyes in all are .situated iit the posterior ano-les of the 

 liciid. ;md the elytni cover the entire alidomeii. Althoiiirh formino; l>y 

 themselve?. :i weli-'inarked division, they po.ssess no (lifferenti;il characters 

 of such importaiict^ as to lie consideriMl ucneric, and if we coidd septinite 

 them too-ether !us a ^'eims, wo mijrht with etpial propriety constniet three 

 f^enera from these five species from antennal characters alone. 



li. Ti. clianiieropiH Sz. — Form rather idongated, depressed. Entire surface 

 ghihrous. Head and prothorax lightly, niiiiuttdy and spar.s(dy punctured; elytra 

 not j>unctured, striate. Head and prothorax dark testaceous, iiiteg!!!!:cnts thick ; 

 elytra pale te.staceoiis, thin and transparent; legs and antennae darker. Head 

 suh-triangular ; eyes rather prominent and finely granulated ; transverse groove 

 very feebly developed. I'rothorax equal in width to liead, rather broader than 

 long, slightlv narrowed posteriorly; sides arcuate; anterior angles rounded, pos- 

 terior W(dl developed; lateral striae prominent. Elytra % of rather greater length 



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