66. BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC. VOL. VI). August 1884 } 
Ancyronyx variegatus (Germ.). This rather rare species occurs 
somewhat abundantly, adhering to the under surface of pieces of drift- 
wood, in the small ice-ponds near Babylon, Long Island. 
CRYPTOCEPHALUS, eof. 
It is evident to-all who have approached the genus Cryp/ocephalus, 
that its species must be separated with great caution; nevertheless the 
present form seems worthy of specific recognition, not on account of 
coloration, as this should be almost entirely ignored, but because of the 
evenly ovoidal form, both anteriorly and posteriorly. wsertus, Hald. is 
apparently the only species with which it can be compared, and all the 
specimens which I have seen agree in being much more squarly truncate 
behind than the type under consideration. It seems to be very rare. 
(of ellipsoidalis, n,sp. Form elongate, oval; body regularly ellipsoidal; surface 
entirely glabrous, shining. Head immaculate. Prothorax dark, fuscous, immacu- 
late with the exception of two irregular, indefinite, paler, clouded spots, somewhat ap- 
proximate and situated near the base; surface not punctured. Scutellum moderate. 
Elytra punctato-striate, sixth row of punctures interrupted. A broad line of black 
originates at the base of each elytron and the two coalesce on the suture at the center, 
the united band becoming acute posteriorly. There are also a small detached humeral 
spot, one irregular spot at the middle attached to the exterior edge of the broad line, 
and a posterior and lounger outer apical detached spot on ea-h elytron, all of black; 
remainder of elytra rather pale yellow. Under surface fuscous. Legs fuscous, tarsi 
much darker, Length slightly less than that of insertus. 
Two specimens, one in the collection of Dr. Horn of Phila. from 
Mass., the other collected by myself on Long Island; they exhibit scarce- 
ly any perceptible variation. 
Anthicus californwus, Laf. I have found two specimens of this 
species in Delaware and two in New Jersey. According to Dr. Horn the 
lot from which Laferte described ca/ifornicus, did not in reality come 
from California, but from Texas, which accounts in a manner for the 
present localition. 
APION, Zobst. 
After looking carefully over the tables and descriptions in Mr, 
Smith’s paper on the genus Agzon, without being able to identify it, I 
am forced to the conclusion that the following species could not have 
been represented in the material from which the synopsis was prepared, 
and I therefore feel called upon to describe it, in order to make our list 
of described species as complete as possible. 
