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apical half, very broadly truncate at apex, the apico-lateral serrules acute, about 
three in number ; sculpture nearly as in pubescens , except that the disk is finely, 
sparsely punctulate toward base, without trace of imbricate sculpture. Elytra 
smooth, conspicuously pubescent; apical tubercles small and rather feeble, 
Length 5.0 mm.; width 2.0 mm. Island of Jamaica.sublaevis, sp. nov. 
It is probable that pubescens is the species identified as sencans by 
Gorham in the “Biologia.” 
Amphicerus Lee. 
This is a rather large and important genus among our bostrichids, 
not at all closely allied to Apate as is said to be the case by Mr. Gor¬ 
ham in the “Biologia,” the two differing radically in the form of the 
antennal club among other characters. The species known to me are 
as follows : — 
Elytra deeply margined at apex._. 2 
Elytra not strongly margined at apex, smaller species, brown or testaceous in color, 
with the sculpture toward the base of the pronotum less broadly granulose and 
more nearly strigose....... 7 
2_Elytra 4-tuberculate at the summit of the apical declivity, less distinctly so in the 
female; body generally black throughout. 3 
Elytra bituberculate at the summit of the apical declivity, rudimentarily so in the fe¬ 
male; color dark brown, the elytra less coarsely punctate.6 
2_Pubescence of the elytra wanting or not distinguishable under low power. 4 
1’ubescence of the elytra conspicuous but decumbent.. 5 
4_Elytra of the female more elongate, distinctly more than twice as long as wide, 
with coarse and close-set punctures. Southern Texas to Honduras. 
punctipennis Lee. 
Elytra of the female distinctly shorter, about twice as long as wide, with smaller and 
sparser punctures. Female .—Body cylindrical, black, polished and glabious. 
Head two-thirds as wide as the prothorax, with the eyes rather large, very con¬ 
vex and prominent; vertex transversely tumid and pubescent; sculpture 
coarsely granulato-rugase ; antennae as long as the width of the head, dark rufo- 
piceous. Prothorax as long as wide, parallel and broadly arcuate at the sides, 
narrowed and serrate at the sides anteriorly, the apex sinuato-truncate, with the 
apical teeth small; surface coarsely asperato-granose anteriorly, smooth with 
flattened contiguous tubercles posteriorly. Elytra more than twice as long as the 
prothorax and a little wider, the punctures coarser and closer toward the sides 
and strongly and coarsely confluent on the apical declivity; tubercles rudiment¬ 
ary. Abdomen with whitish pubescence, minutely and densely punctulate, with 
coarse punctures interspersed. Length 12.0 mm.; width 4.0 mm. lexas (Gal¬ 
veston) . maritimus, sp. nov. 
2_ Female .—Body very slender, cylindrical, shining, black with a feeble piceous 
tinge. Head three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, the eyes very convex and 
prominent; vertex moderately tumid, the surface granulato rugose with a smooth 
