406 Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



rowly separated. Head scarcely shining, the frontal constriction very broad 

 and feeble ; beak slender, cylindrical, smooth and extremely minutely, feebly 

 punctulate in apical half, punctate and sparsely squamose toward base, dis- 

 tinctly longer than the head and prothorax and nearly three-fifths as long as 

 the elytra, evenly and distinctly arcuate ; antennae inserted at the middle, 

 rather short, the second funicular joint but slightly shorter than the next two. 

 Prothorax very nearly as long as wide, the sides broadly, evenly arcuate toward 

 base, becoming slightly more convergent and nearly straight anteriorly, the 

 constriction very feeble ; punctures small, shallow and not dense ; interspaces 

 shining. Elytra at base one-half wider than the prothorax, two and two-thirds 

 times as long, one-half longer tban wide ; sides nearly straight, and parallel 

 in basal half, then convergent, the apex acutely rounded ; striae fine but deep. 

 Length 1.6 mm. ; width 0.6 mm. 



Florida. 



The unique type is a female and the species is not closely allied 

 to any other known to me, being easily determinable by its small 

 size and white scales, the latter close-set but generally not quite 



34 S. defricans n. sp. — Narrowly oblong-oval, convex, black, the legs 

 dark rufous, the tarsi piceous ; upper surface clothed unevenly with moder- 

 ately large oval whitish scales, generally denser, or at least more persistent, 

 in a broad line from the humeri to the middle of each elytron ; stout recurved 

 bristles short. Head dull, densely granulose ; transverse impression rather 

 feeble ; beak opaque, shining and finely, deeply sulcate in apical half, sparsely 

 setulose toward base, densely so above the eyes, very feebly arcuate, stout, 

 tapering, as long as the head and prothorax ; antennae inserted at apical two- 

 fifths, the basal joint of the funicle rather robust, as long as the next three, 

 second nearly one-half longer than the third. Prothorax very nearly as long 

 as wide ; sides subparallel and broadly arcuate, convergent and very feebly 

 constricted near the apex, the latter three-fourths as wide as the base ; disk 

 subopaque, finely, rather feebly and moderately densely punctate, the inter- 

 spaces minutely, very densely, deeply punctulate. Elytra at base not quite 

 one-half wider than the prothorax, scarcely three times as long ; sides straight 

 and parallel in basal three-fifths, then parabolically rounded ; striae fine but 

 deep, the surface polished when denuded. Legs moderate, the tarsal claws 

 very small, connate in basal half. Length 1.4-1.8 mm. ; width 0.6-0.7 mm. 



California (Lake and Monterey Cos.). 



The three specimens in my cabinet exhibit but slight variability 

 and are of uncertain sex ; it is probable that the sexual differences 

 in the beak are, however, very slight. This species is not closely 

 allied to any other, and is easily distinguishable, among the Cali- 

 fornian forms, by its minute stature. 



