Coleopterological Notices, IV. 455 



wide as the base; disk smooth, finely but deeply, remotely and 

 evenly punctate. Elytra at base very slightly wider than the pro- 

 thorax, fully two and three-fourths times as long, evenly gradually 

 and acutely ogival, the sides becoming straight and parallel in some- 

 what less than basal half; humeri feebly, obliquely rounded ex- 

 ternally, very narrowly exposed at base ; disk with almost unim- 

 pressed series of small remote punctures, becoming nearly obsolete 

 toward apex; intervals with a single uneven series of extremely 

 minute feeble punctures. Length 3.8-4.2 mm. ; width 1.65-1.8 mm. 

 Texas and Florida. Easily distinguishable by the oval, poste- 

 riorly pointed form and feebly exposed humeri. 



9 T. Slifopufoescens n. sp. — Narrowly elongate-oval, strongly convex, 

 nearly smooth, slightly alutaceous in lustre, piceous-blaek with a feeble bronzy 

 lustre, the upper surface with extremely sparse slender recumbent white hairs, 

 only distinct on the pronotum laterally and along the lateral parts of the basal 

 margin ; on the elytra they are just perceptibly more numerous in an oblique 

 area on each at basal third. Head convex, dull, minutely, sparsely but dis- 

 tinctly punctate, with a small vertical and larger frontal fovea ; beak slightly 

 rugulose. Prothorax about as long as wide, parallel and broadly arcuate at 

 the sides to slightly beyond the middle, then gradually convergent, broadly 

 and very feebly sinuate to the apex, the latter strongly arcuate and not more 

 than three-fifths as wide as the base ; disk very finely, feebly, rather evenly 

 and not very sparsely punctate throughout, the punctures becoming larger 

 but not denser on the flanks. Elytra at base barely one-fourth wider than 

 the prothorax, but little more than twice as long, very gradually ogival, the 

 sides becoming nearly parallel toward base ; humeri rounded to the base of 

 the prothorax ; disk with very feebly impressed series of small, moderately 

 distant punctures, which are rather deep and distinct toward base ; the punc- 

 tures disappear completely toward apex but the strise remain feebly impressed. 

 Legs rufous. Length 2.9 mm. ; width 1.2 mm. 



Texas (Austin). 



The single specimen represents a distinct species, somewhat inter- 

 mediate between the fragarise and serea groups ; it very closely 

 resembles serea, but is relatively narrower and may be readily dis- 

 tinguished by the long sparse hairs of the elytra. 



10 T. nigra Casey.— Cont. Desc. Syst. Col. N. A., I, p. 56. 



Broadly oval and robust, black with strong bronzy metallic lustre, 

 polished. Head and beak dull, the former sparsely, finely punctate, 

 with an elongate impression at the middle of the vertex ; beak very 

 densely punctate. Prothorax slightly wider than long, the sides 

 in basal half subparallel and nearly straight, strongly convergent 



