79 4 
Schwarz.] 9 (4 [Feb, 1; 
indefinite impressions, with no distinct basal impression; color piceous, 
base and apex reddish. Elytra oblong, at base twice as wide as the thorax, 
parallel at the sides, somewhat shining, coarser and less densely punctured 
than the thorax ; near the base with a reddish, angulated, whitish, pubes- 
cent fascia, near the apex with several other whitish pubescent spots, which 
form two interrupted fasciæ. Beneath piceous ; sterna opaque, finely pubes- 
cent, densely punctulate ; abdomen glabrous, shining, at base coarsely, at 
tip finely punctulate. Front legs and all the tibie pale, intermediate 
femora infuscate at base, hind femora piceous. Length 1.5 mm.; .06 inch. 
Enterprise and New Smyrna, two specimens, in which I 
do not see sexual characters. This species has the appear- 
ance of a small Ptinus, and is distinguished at once from all 
species, except the X. ventricosus Lec., by the form of the head. 
The latter species has the head still more immersed in the 
thorax, the eyes touching the front margin of the thorax, 
but is otherwise quite distinct from X. ptinoides. 
3. Glipa hieroglyphica, n. sp.—Elongate, cuneiform, black, 
head anteriorly densely covered with yellowish cinereous pubescence, 
posteriorly more sparsely pubescent, hind margin fringed with cinereous 
pubescence ; antenne from the fourth joint broadly serrate ; maxillary 
palpi testaceous, upper edge black, last joint very broadly securiform, flat, 
apical edge not hollowed out. Thorax transverse, at apex produced in the 
middle, basal lobe rounded ; densely punctulate, cinereo-pubescent, with 
the usual black spots. Scutellum rounded triangular, densely whitish 
pubescent. Elytra opaque, densely punctured, grayish pubescent ; each 
with a narrowed angulated line, which begins at the scutellum and ends 
at the side margin a little before the middle, resembling rudely the figure 
9 on the left, and on the right elytron the same figure reversed, and with a 
narrow oblique fascia at the apical third, cinero-pubescent. Beneath 
densely cinereo-pubescent ; anterior femora pale testaceous, black at tip, 
anal style long, carinate above, at the tip emarginate, and densely cinereo- 
pubescent, fifth ventral segment longitudinally excavated. Length 10.5- 
11253 mm.; 42—45 inch. 
Enterprise, four specimens in May. In one specimen the 
penultimate joint of the maxillary palpi is fringed intern- 
ally with dense whitish pubescence; this is probably the df. 
I have not been able to compare this species with @. hilaris, 
which, according to the description given by Dr. LeConte 
(Proc. Ac. Nat. Se., Phil., 1862, p. 46), has the last joint of 
the maxillary palpi hollowed out, and which has different 
markings on the elytra.* 
* In four specimens of G. hilaris examined the 5th ventral segment is not lon. 
gitudinally impressed. LEC. 
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1878.] € | LeConte. 
Additional Descriptions of New Species. 
By Jouw L. LeECoNTE, M. D. 
1. Dyschirius falciger, n. sp. —Ratherslender, black, v ery shining, 
with a slight brown-metallic tinge ; palpi, antenns and legs ferruginous. 
Head smooth, convex, with the frontal and tranverse impressions deep ; 
front truncate, with small, acute lateral angles. Eyes convex, prom- 
inent, as usual. Prothorax about as wide as long, rounded on the sides, 
narrowed in front, lateral impressed line not continued to the base. Elytra 
with strie coarsely punctured at base, gradually becoming finer, obliter- 
ated at about three-fourths of the length ; tip with faint traces of striee, and 
a rather large, oblique impression, representing the end of the ‘7th stria. 
Front tibie with a small, acute tooth above the apical prolongation, which 
is straight and slender ; apical spur very long and strongly curved. Length 
9 mm.; .12 inch. 
Tampa and Lake Harney ; received also from Dr. Emil 
Brendel. This species is not as slender as D. terminatus, but 
is proportioned like D. analis, from which the characters 
given above easily distinguish it. D. curvispinus Putz., is 
described as having the apical spur of the front tibie curved, 
but itis otherwise quite distinet by the ferruginous color, 
and by the stris of the elytra not obliterated towards the 
tip. The prescutellar puncture in this species is large, and 
the dorsal punctures usually seen on the 3d interspace are 
not apparent. 
2. Onota trivittata, n. sp.—Elongate, depressed; bright rufo-tes- 
taceous, shining. Head narrowed and rounded behind the eyes, flat, with- 
out impressions ; edges larger and more prominent than usual. Prothorax 
not as wide as the head with the eyes, longer than wide, narrowed behind, 
sides rounded in front, then sinuate to the basal angles which are not 
rounded, and slightly divergent ; side margin reflexed, not very narrow, 
dorsal line fine, basal impressions small. Elytra wider than the prothorax, 
obleng, truncate at base, somewhat obliquely, broadly truncate at tip, flat, 
side margin reflexed, striee composed of very fine punctures ; ornamented 
with a common sutural black stripe, and a sub-marginal one, which ex- 
tends along the apical truncature to meet the sutural one ; the latter ex 
tends to the 2d stria, and behind the middle is slightly dilated for one- 
fourth the length to reach the 4th stria. Beneath uniform rufo-testaceous. 
Length 5 mm.; .20 inch. 
Florida, collected by Mr. A. Bolter, of Chicago, to whom 

