56 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. v. 
rounded at apex; striae narrow but abrupt; intervals broad, flat, sparsely, confusedly 
and subrugosely punctate; vestiture sparse, of brown narrow scales and broader yel¬ 
lowish ones; the latter forming a spot at the base of the third interval and a large W- 
shaped mark across the suture at middle; ventral surface rather sparsely punctate, 
each puncture bearing a narrow white scale; prosternum separating the coxae by 
one-half their width, broadly sulcate, the sulcus deeper in front and with two deep 
punctiform fovese at the constriction; legs sparsely punctulate, each puncture with a 
narrow white scale, the femora exteriorly towards apex with brown scales; tarsi very 
short, fringed with white hairs; claws parallel, connate at base. Length, 2 mm. 
Four examples collected at Key West, Fla., by Mr. E. A. Schwarz, 
two of which are presented to the National Museum by Messrs. Hubbard 
and Schwarz. Type No. 1407, U. S. N. M. 
Catapastus albonotatus, sp. nov. 
Rhomboidal, convex, piceous black, very sparsely clothed with scattered white 
scales, very narrow and small on the ventral surface and larger but still sparser on 
the thorax and elytra, collected into small spots on the base of the second interval,, 
on the base of thorax opposite the humeral umbone and on the base and apex of 
the episterna of metathorax; beak thick, not flattened at apex, strongly curvate and 
abruptly bent at middle, coarsely striato-punctate, with a few minute scales towards 
the base; basal constriction obsolete, the upper margin of the eye with a white scale; 
antennae inserted beyond the middle of the beak, piceous, the scape not reaching the 
eye ; funicle with first joint obconical, second scarcely longer than third ; club large, 
oval; head sparsely punctulate; thorax as long as wide, slightly rounded at the 
sides, feebly constricted at apex, only moderately coarsely punctate, the punctures 
separated by about their own diameter; smaller scales wanting, the large white 
scales about a dozen outside of the basal spot; scutellum glabrous; elytra at base 
wider than thorax; sides behind the humeri strongly convergent; striae narrow, re¬ 
motely not conspicuously punctate ; intervals flat, each with a series of small re¬ 
mote punctures and fine transverse stngae; the white scales mostly on the third, sev¬ 
enth and ninth intervals ; ventral surface sparsely punctate; prosternum separating 
the coxae by nearly their own width, broadly impressed, with two punctiform foveae 
at the constriction; legs piceous, sparsely punctulate; tarsi short, ferruginous, fringed 
with white hairs. Length, 1.7 mm. 
Type No. 1408, U. S. N. M. One specimen in the National Mu¬ 
seum from Lake Worth, Fla., presented by Mr. Ottomar Dietz, of New 
York ; another one exactly similar in the collection of Messrs. Hubbard 
and Schwarz from Key West, Fla. In the latter collection is a third 
specimen also from Key West, which has more numerous scales above, 
condensed into three vittae on the thorax; the spots are diffused and the 
beak and legs ferruginous, but there is no difference in sculpture. The 
glabrous scutellum with a spot each side at once distinguishes this spe¬ 
cies from C. conspersus and C. diffusus. 
