NORTH AMKlllCAN <"()I,K(>1'TKKA. 



101 



'11" II ml l.il(il(i".i ,• 

 ''ll^ ..viil.iirciiiilo 

 iii'l ^li,i;litl_v .'ii; 

 •'I ii'id Iniiri'.itcl 

 i'lli-' slinrf, nrcii- 



il.v Ifl'.'Ml siil.- 

 "'I'-niti' nl- liu-i;,.. 

 Ill' frcMil:i| iriiii- 



■I';lllv flll|lir;,|,.(|, 

 ll|ili'>-|.(|; tiliiii.' 



' 'lil'ilicd. H,„|v 



;iiii|><MiiijH. 



>li(lialniiiN. 



•I'i'l ilc;iif.-.~..,|. 

 .' iliiise iif |ic„. 



I'll ii|)|ii'iir;iiicc. 



■^iil>-i|iiii(lnite. 



i>s, 



• ii 'ioej. |,iiiic- 

 'lis liiiio.s i|i(> 

 •'• iiiid Willi a 

 ■' 'lie cMtii'i' 

 111' i'Xcc|iti..ii 

 TIT lliiiii the 

 ■*li'ri(.r liirsi 



S ill Cfllllllc. 



"IMcIl el, III- 



'•iiiiiiiil pro- 

 Ill. <,.,. 111. 



'"< iiiniiiic : 



•l'i"|- ilM,i,'l..s 



'■ lioad ami 



'it'liiml, ami 



li'il liy I wo 



imi larijosi, 



ii"iil joints 



"iiiiial sejf- 



•^iiluiiiiao 



aiiij vc'i-v 



ri>1)U!il. K<!('onil viTV Miiiull, till- reinaimler >;niiliiuily iiicroiiHinK in hIzo: liixt joint 

 terMiinalod tiy ii narrow procosn; nil lit'ii^cly and vi-ry fiiicly iMilicsccnt, with u few 

 lar){or hairs. Li>iit;tii 5,0 iiiiii. 



I'liitf VI rr. Fi-rs. (1 and (i(/. 



A rather aliuinlaiit sjiccics uiKlcr palmetto hark in the Sdiithern Stiiten 

 (Si'hwar/ '. 



2. II. lllicrO|»llllinllllilM Sit. — Form oxcnsslvi'ly i'loiigaled, ilo[ire8seil. 

 MimIv |iMiictiir(M| iiiiicli tlip jiainr as in the iiriM'edlnjf Hpecitm ; elytra obHcnrely iin- 

 [irc^siMl. |[cad nearly ir|al)roiis, prothorax ijlnhroiis, elytra clothtMl with rather 

 sparse and soiiiewluit coarse piiliesi'iMirc ; tarsias in the precediiii; speeies. Mead 

 siih-ipiadrale, coiislrieled l)eliin<l ; i^ye.s sniall, very coarsely granulated ; yeiiae dis- 

 tinct. I'rolhora.x as liroad as head across the eyes, leiu;th eiiual to hreadth. front 

 enmriflnate : sides sinuate ami olisciirely iindMlatecl. Klytra equal in width to 

 head, two and one-half limes as Ions; as the head and proihorux together, each 

 elytron evenly rounded liehimi, leavini; lip of last ventral segment exposed : sides 

 purallel and straight. 



^Vci/e. — .-Vnlennae somewhat longer than head and )>rolhorax together: same as 

 in fcimih', exi'cpl that the la:-t Ihrcf joints seem to lie a trille more ahrn|il ly en- 

 larged, and the last joint is liroiuler. with the lermimil pro<'ess well develii]»'d. 

 liength .'S.2 mm. 



Female. — Antennae as long as head and jirollmiax togethei ; first joint robust 

 and ovulate: second small, the other gradually increasing in size; terminal pro- 

 cess of last joint not so well developed : all densely and somewhat finely (uibes- 

 I'eiit. with a mixture of longer hairs. Length .'1.2 mm. 



I'late vrir. I'V 7. 



Tliree s|ieciiiieiis are hef'ure iiie, one each froiii Tampa. EnterprW, and 

 Hahhviii. l''la. (.">eh\varzi. I liave al.'^n seen three other .speeiineiis in the 

 eiil)inet of the Atrrieiihiiral Dejiartmeiit at Wa.shin^jtoii. Tliey (ht not 

 .seem to present any perceplililo variation, except a 'very sliijlit widening 

 of tlie protliorii.x in (uie specimen wliicii f liave taken a.s tlie nnile. Tlie 

 two punctures oi' tlie protiiorax are the siime as in Dinri/ini/tiiiiii'ii. 

 Found Hyinti iit nioht f'^rhwarzi. 



-NiiTK. — I h:td already come to the above conclusion re«pectin<; the .sex 

 ol' //i iiii/irji/iis hel'orc hearino- of ji discu.ssion which luid been carried on 

 between two of our most di.stin>ruished coleopterists .some years before on 

 this same subject. I'pon learning this, however. 1 souuht to revise my 

 decision, and rciieweil oliservation has only tended to confirm it. The 

 followiui;- :ire my rea-sons for this adherence; 



It has usuidly been acccpteil as a fact that IIi'tnijHjilii.'i belongs to the 

 ('iu;ujidae. and in the immediate neiuhborhood of liiinttm ; its affinities 

 must therefore be with the general cliiiractei.>< of the ('iicujidai' on the 

 one baud, and more particularly with those of DciulrnplKiijiis and 

 Jiiniifm on the other. We have also the following well known fact.s : 



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