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15. Brachyacantha querceti, n. sp. —Rounded, convex, shining, 
black ; head and thorax finely not densely, elytra somewhat more strongly 
punctured. Each elytron with a large, transverse humeral spot, which is 
obliquely truncate inside and leaves a very narrow basal margin black and 
with a smaller, rounded-oval spot at the outer apical angle not touching 
the margin, orange-red. Side pieces of metasternum and sides of abdo- 
men densely punctured, propleuree and legs yellow, femora infuscate at 
base. Length 2-2.75 mm. ; .08-.11 inch. 
3 Head, front margin of thorax narrowly, anterior angles and side 
margins more broadly, epimera of mesosternum entirely whitish-yellow, 
@ Head black, or piceous in front, thorax black or with the front mar- 
gin and front angles narrowly piceous-testaceous, epimera black or piceous. 
var. g Humeral spot small and narrow. 
car. 3 Humeral spot interrupted at middle. 
Widely distributed in Florida ; abundant on oak shrubs. 
16. Hyperaspis paludicola, n. sp.—Oblong-oval, less convex, 
black ; head subopaque, finely alutaceous, obsoletely sparsely punctulate; 
thorax opaque, sides yellow, sculptured as the head. Elytra shining, dis- 
tinctly moderately densely punctate, an oval discoidal spot, the side mar- 
gin and the apex yellow. The yellow side margin is throughout of equal 
width, following the undulation of the side margin of the elytra ; at the apex 
it turns inwards and becomes broader, but does not reach the suture. 
Mouth, antenne, epipleure, legs, sides and apex of abdomen, yellow. 
Length 1.35-2.25 mm. ; .07-.09 inch. 
3 Head and front margin of thorax yellow. 
Very common in Florida on swampy meadows in the 
Pine lands. Resembles in coloration certain varieties of #7. 
undulata, but it is longer, less convex and also a little 
smaller, with the thorax opaque and less distinctly punctu- 
late; the yellow side margin is always of equal width and 
never broken into spots. 
17. Strigoderma exigua, n. sp.—Oblong-oval, convex, shining, 
above glabrous and only at the sides fringed with a row of longer hairs. 
Head piceous with greenish reflection, transversely convex behind, flat- 
tened in front, moderately sparsely punctate and not rugose, vertex more 
remotely punctulate ; clypeus parabolical, not separated from the front, 
broadly rounded at apex and strongly reflexed ; antenne piceous. Thorax 
transversely convex, emarginate at apex, at the sides strongly rounded and 
narrowed in front of middle, not angulated in the middle, slightly nar- 
rowed towards the base, which is straight and not produced in the middle; 
hind angles obtuse, rounded; surface piceous with greenish reflexion, apex 
and sides pile ochreous, sparsely punctured without impressions. Elytra 
fusco-testaceous, punctate-striate, alternate intervals more elevated, con- 
