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1878.] 363 (Schwarz. 
vex, smooth, pale ochreous-yellow. Beneath piceous, with sparse long 
pubescence, legs testaceous, femora infuscate ; front tibiee not dentate, the 
apical tooth being a mere prolongation of the outer apical angle in the axis 
of the tibiz, upper edge therefore almost straight, only very slightly sinu- 
ate at the base of the apical process, outer side neither carinate nor sulcate, 
smooth with exception of a row of punctures along the upper edge ; first 
four tarsal joints short, claws strongly incurved at base Length 4-4.5 
mm.; .16-.18 inch. 
Three specimens are before me which I found on oak 
shrubs on the sand hills east of Lake Altapopka in May. 
Easily distinguished from our two other species by its 
smaller size, more regularly oval, convex form, by the glab- 
rous upper surface, by the sculpture of head, thorax and 
elytra and by the formation of the front tibize. 
18. Taphrocerus puncticollis, n. sp.—Elongate, above black- 
ish-blue, or black with faint «neous tinge, shining. Head less strongly 
excavate, very finely alutaceous, distinctly, moderately sparsely punctate, 
punctures deeper than in 7. gracilis. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front 
when viewed from above, sides sinuate before the hind angles, which are 
rectangular, base strongly lobed in the middle, lobe broadly emarginate; 
surface uneven with a distinct carina in front of the hind angles, very 
finely alutaceous, coarsely unequally punctured, each puncture bearing a 
very short scale-like hair. Scutellum transverse, shining. Elytra im- 
pressed at base, impressions on the disc not obvious, serrate at the outer 
apical angle; anteriorly moderately strongly striate-punctate, punctures 
obsolete towards the apex, each with a very fine, short hair, interstices on 
the dise unequal ; the striz therefore appear subgeminate ; humeral carina 
broadly interrupted at middle. Beneath bluish-black or black, metasternum 
coarsely punctured ; abdomen with sparse shallow punctures, last segment 
with a deep, semicircular marginal sulcus. Length 5 mm.; .20 inch. 
Enterprise and Cedar Keys; two specimens. More elon- 
gate than J. gracilis and distinguished by the deeper punc- 
tuation of head, thorax and metasternum and by the elytra 
less even, without patches of pubescence; from ZT! agriloides 
it differs chiefly by the form of the thorax, which in the lat- 
ter species is not narrowed in front when viewed from above. 
19. Brachys fascifera, n. sp.—Similar to B. ovata, but shorter, 
broader in front and more attenuate behind, and easily distinguished by 
the broad white fascia on the elytra and by the formation of the prosternum. 
Head and thorax as in B. ovata, the former less strongly excavated. Ely- 
tra striate-punctate, punctures finer and obsolete towards the apex, ante- 
riorly with irregular lines and patches of fulvous and whitish pubescence. 
