694 Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



Florida (Biscayne Bay and Cape Jupiter). Mr. Schwarz. 

 I have dedicated this species to the memory of the distinguished 

 navigator Cristoforo Colombo. 



CARPHONOTUS n. gen. 



A single species, boreal in habitat and partially pubescent, pos- 

 sesses several peculiarities of structure which appear to prevent its 

 assignment to any of the described genera. 



Body moderately stout, somewhat depressed above, the elytra parallel, much 

 wider than the prothorax ; scutellum distinct, flat, ogival. Head short, the 

 beak straight, moderately short, parallel, not separated from the head by a 

 transverse impression. Antennae inserted a little beyond the middle, the 

 scrobes deep, obliquely descending beneath the eye ; scape moderate ; funicle 

 7-jointed, the basal joint stout, as long as the next two ; second to seventh 

 equal in length, but slightly wider than long, gradually a little thicker ; 

 club abrupt, moderate in size, the basal joint large, polished, sparsely setose. 

 Eyes on the sides of the head at their own length from the prothorax, not very 

 finely faceted, somewhat convex and prominent, transversely oval. Prosternum 

 separating the large anterior coxae by one-half of their own width ; interme- 

 diate coxae rather more than twice as widely separated as the anterior. Meta- 

 sternum long. Legs stout ; tibiae parallel, the external uncus well developed 

 but without trace of internal spur at apex ; tarsi rather stout, the third joint 

 distinctly dilated and bilobed. 



This genus is somewhat allied to Stenancylus, but differs in its 

 broader form, relatively narrower prothorax, less prominent, more 

 finely faceted eyes situated much nearer to the anterior margin of 

 the prothorax, shorter head, longer beak with the antennae inserted 

 beyond the middle, relatively less widely separated anterior coxa?, 

 absence of internal tibial spur, and in the hairy vestiture. 



C. testaceilS n. sp. — Oblong-oval, feebly depressed above, pale rufo tes- 

 taceous throughout, smooth and polished, the upper surface with short coarse 

 and very sparse, subrecumbent pubescence, becoming erect toward the elytral 

 apices and somewhat bristling on the beak. Head and beak minutely but 

 strongly, not very densely punctate, the beak twice as long as the head and 

 three-fifths as long as the prothorax, viewed anteriorly nearly twice as long 

 as wide. Prothorax about as long as wide, feebly constricted near the apex-; 

 sides subparallel and very slightly arcuate ; apex broadly, feebly arcuate and 

 but slightly narrower than the base ; punctures rather fine but deep, perfo- 

 rate, somewhat sparse ; median line obsolete. Elytra one-half wider than the 

 prothorax and two and one-half times as long, twice as long as wide, parallel 

 and straight at the sides, obtusely ogival in scarcely more than apical fourth ; 

 humeri right, blunt ; disk with entirely unimpressed series of large oblong- 



