LeConte. | 432 {Feb. 1, 
the 3d and 4th ventral segments are nearly smooth. Prosternum with a 
wide, shallow, pectoral groove ; tarsi brownish. Length 5 mm.; .20 inch. 
Georgia and Northern Florida. For a specimen of this 
very handsome species, [ am indebted to Dr. Horn. 
143. Sphenophorus apicalis, n. sp. — Elongate, black, not 
shining. Prothorax with a narrow dorsal elevated line extending to 
the apex, where there is a large, oblong fovea on each side of it ; discoidal 
elevations not apparent ; punctures very large, shallow, irregularly scat- 
tered. Elytra with fine strive, upon which are placed large, distant, 
rounded punctures ; alternate interspaces slightly more convex near the 
base, which is deeply bifoveate, or trifoveate each side. Length 7 mm.; 
-23 inch. 
Enterprise; May, one specimen. Belongs to Dr. Horn’s 
Group V,(Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1878, 421), and may be 
placed in the table after S. Sayi, to which it is not allied. 
The proximal third of the beak is deeply and broadly exea- 
vated. The 3d joint of all the tarsi is narrow, and not 
spongy beneath. 
144. Mesites rufipennmis, n. sp.—Elongate, cylindrical, shining 
black, glabrous, antennz and legs brown, elytra ferruginous. Head and 
dilated base of beak sparsely punctured, the former with a large, vertical 
fovea, the latter with a short, deep channel. Prothorax longer than wide, 
oblong, a little narrower in front, sides broadly rounded, more so at base 
and apex ; surface strongly but not densely punctured. Elytra with striz 
composed of approximate square punctures, interspaces not wider than the 
striz, sparsely punctulate, the small punctures generally forming an 
irregular series on each interspace. Beneath coarsely punctured, ventral 
segments 1-4 sparsely and less coarsely punctured. Length 5.38 mm.; .21 
inch. 
2 Beak slender, smooth ; antennze inserted just in front of the eyes. © 
unknown. 
New Smyrna; one specimen found on the ocean beach. 
This species is quite congeneric with I. subcylindricus, but 
differs by the red elytra, and more finely punctulate inter- 
spaces. The funiculus of the antennz is stout, 7-jointed, 
and the 2d joint is not elongated. I therefore infer that 
they belong to the genus Mesites as restricted by Mr. Wollas- 
ton, and heretofore known only from Europe. 
145. Pityophthorus obliquus, n. sp.—Cylindrical, not slender, 
dark-brown, shining, thinly clothed with fine, long, erect pubescence ; an- 
tenn and legs ferruginous. Head flat, opaque, indistinctly punctulate. 
