628 Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



characters. It is represented by a single male, having the abdomen 

 unusually deeply impressed in the middle near the base, the impres- 

 sion hirsute with thickened suberect hairs. The apex of the pygi- 

 dium is quite distinctly exposed. 



2 Limnolmris lim'bifer n. sp. — Oval, moderately convex, polished, 

 piceous-black, the antennse hardly paler, the beak and legs rufous ; vestiture 

 very uneven, nearly white, consisting of large broad and rather dense scales 

 in a broad marginal region of the pronotum and with scales of various sizes 

 very remotely scattered over the remainder of the disk, especially evident on 

 the basal lobe ; on the elytra the scales are of varying sizes and scattered re- 

 motely along the intervals in nearly single lines, with a more distinct spot at 

 the base of the third interval ; on the under surface they are also of different 

 sizes, rather sparse but dense toward the apex of the met-episterna. Head 

 extremely minutely feebly and sparsely punctate, the transverse impression 

 feeble but distinct, the beak cylindrical, rather stout, feebly flattened toward 

 apex, polished, smooth but sparsely and sublinearly punctate at the sides 

 toward base, evenly, rather strongly arcuate and about as long as the head 

 and prothorax ; antennse inserted distinctly beyond the middle, slender, the 

 first funicular joint as long as the next three, the second one-half as long as 

 the first and one-half longer than the third, the club abrupt, small, with the 

 basal joint composing nearly two-thirds of the mass, pubescent toward apex 

 but gradually nearly glabrous and polished toward base. Prothorax very 

 nearly as long as wide, the sides parallel and feebly arcuate to apical fourth, 

 then rounded convergent and quite distinctly constricted to the apex, which 

 is rather more than one-half as wide as the base, the latter transverse, the 

 median lobe small, slightly prominent, the mes-epimera strongly visible from 

 above ; disk very coarsely punctured, the punctures deep, somewhat uneven 

 and generally separated by nearly their own widths ; impunctate line rather 

 wide and conspicuous. Scutellum quadrate, flat, polished and glabrous. 

 Elytra a little wider and about three-fourths longer than the prothorax, hemi- 

 elliptical, acutely rounded behind, the humeri feebly tumid ; disk rather 

 coarsely, deeply striate, the intervals flat, one-half wider than the grooves, 

 each with a singe series of rather small but deep, distinct, rather remote 

 punctures. Under surface coarsely but not very densely punctured ; pro- 

 sternum flat, separating the large coxae by not quite their own width, the sub- 

 apical constriction distinct and coarse. Length 3.6 mm. ; width 1.5 mm. 



Florida. 



The single type is apparently a female. This species belongs in 

 the neighborhood of punctiger, but is not at all closely allied to it. 

 I have before me a specimen from Colorado which is possibly con- 

 specific; it has the interstitial punctures coarser, the squamose 

 border narrower and the elytra rufescent. 



3 Limnobaris blandita n. sp. — Oblong-oval, rather depressed above, 

 strongly shining, black, the elytra and legs more or less rufous ; vestiture 



