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  Wickham 
  — 
  Fossil 
  Beetles 
  from 
  Florida. 
  

  

  Family 
  Carabidce. 
  

  

  Diplochila 
  laticollis 
  Lee. 
  Bepresented 
  by 
  a 
  left 
  elytron, 
  

   complete 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  slightly 
  twisted 
  and 
  

   broken. 
  In 
  some 
  lights 
  the 
  discal 
  striae 
  are 
  barely 
  visi- 
  

   bly 
  punctate. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  characters 
  to 
  differentiate 
  

   this 
  from 
  a 
  recent 
  Iowa 
  specimen. 
  The 
  species 
  still 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  Florida. 
  Found 
  in 
  stratum 
  3. 
  

  

  Diplochila 
  major 
  Lee. 
  Approximately 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  

   of 
  a 
  right 
  elytron 
  is 
  present. 
  It 
  shows 
  no 
  particular 
  

   deviation 
  from 
  modern 
  examples 
  taken 
  in 
  Iowa, 
  Indiana 
  

   and 
  Louisiana. 
  Still 
  occurs 
  in 
  Florida. 
  Found 
  in 
  stra- 
  

   tum 
  3. 
  

  

  Chlcenius 
  cestivus 
  Say. 
  A 
  right 
  elytron 
  is 
  before 
  me, 
  

   lacking 
  a 
  small 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  scutellar 
  region 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   tip. 
  Part 
  of 
  the 
  pubescence 
  is 
  still 
  preserved 
  near 
  the 
  

   side. 
  Compared 
  with 
  recent 
  specimens 
  from 
  Lake 
  City, 
  

   Florida, 
  the 
  fossil 
  is 
  darker, 
  perhaps 
  from 
  discoloration, 
  

   and 
  the 
  interstitial 
  punctuation 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  scabrous 
  

   or 
  mucronate. 
  It 
  is 
  still 
  a 
  rather 
  abundant 
  Florida 
  

   insect. 
  Found 
  in 
  stratum 
  3. 
  

  

  Chlcenius 
  tricolor 
  Dej. 
  A 
  left 
  elytron, 
  lacking 
  the 
  tip, 
  

   seems 
  to 
  go 
  here 
  very 
  well. 
  An 
  abundant 
  insect 
  in 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  United 
  States, 
  including 
  Florida. 
  From 
  stra- 
  

   tum 
  3. 
  

  

  Chlcenius 
  sp. 
  A 
  pronotum, 
  simply 
  labelled 
  Vero, 
  

   Florida, 
  is 
  different 
  in 
  some 
  respects 
  from 
  any 
  modern 
  

   Chlaenius 
  known 
  to 
  me. 
  It 
  may, 
  however, 
  belong 
  to 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  southern 
  species 
  with 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  unacquainted. 
  

  

  Oodes 
  amaroides 
  Dej. 
  An 
  entire 
  right 
  elytron, 
  labelled 
  

   like 
  the 
  preceding, 
  is 
  apparently 
  just 
  like 
  a 
  modern 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  from 
  Indiana. 
  It 
  still 
  occurs 
  in 
  Florida. 
  

  

  Family 
  Scarahceidce. 
  

  

  Copris 
  inemar 
  ginatus 
  Blatch. 
  Eepresented 
  by 
  some- 
  

   what 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  a 
  left 
  elytron 
  and 
  a 
  

   smaller 
  curled 
  fragment, 
  taken 
  from 
  stratum 
  2, 
  north 
  

   bank, 
  370 
  feet 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  bridge. 
  Compared 
  with 
  a 
  

   recent 
  Iowa 
  specimen 
  of 
  C. 
  anaglypticus 
  Say, 
  the 
  fossil 
  

   has 
  narrower 
  and 
  sharper 
  striae 
  with 
  deeper 
  crenate 
  punc- 
  

   tures, 
  giving 
  the 
  sculpture 
  a 
  rougher 
  appearance. 
  The 
  

   interstrial 
  ridges 
  in 
  the 
  fossil 
  are 
  barely 
  visibly 
  punc- 
  

   tulate 
  (under 
  a 
  9x 
  lens) 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  Iowa 
  example 
  this 
  

   punctuation 
  is 
  very 
  distinct, 
  though 
  fine 
  and 
  sparse. 
  

  

  