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15. Brachyacantha querceti, n. sp.—Rounded, convex, shining, 
black ; head and thorax finely not densely, elytra somewhat more strongly 
punctured. Each elytron with a large, transverse humeral spot, which is 
obliquely truncate inside and leaves a very narrow basal margin black and 
with a smaller, rounded-oval spot at the outer apicalangle not touching 
the margin, orange-red. Side pieces of metasternum and sides of abdo- 
men densely punctured, propleure and legs yellow, femora infuscate at 
base. Length 2-2.75 mm. و‎ .08-,11 inch. 
c? Head, front margin of thorax narrowly, anterior angles and side 
margins more broadly, epimera of mesosternum entirely whitish-yellow. 
O Head black, or piceous in front, thorax black or with the front mar- 
gin and front angles narrowly piceous-testaceous, epimera black or piceous. 
var. «a Humeral spot small and narrow. 
var. 3 Humeral spot interrupted at middle. 
Widely distributed in Florida ; abundant on oak shrubs. 
16. Hyperaspis paludicola, n. sp.—Oblong-oval, less convex, 
black ; head subopaque, finely alutaceous, obsoletely sparsely punctulate; 
thorax opaque, sides yellow, sculptured as the head. Elytra shining, dis- 
tinctly moderately densely punctate, an ‘oval discoidal spot, the side mar- 
gin and the apex yellow. The yellow side margin is throughout of equal 
width, following the undulation of the side margin of the elytra ; at the apex 
it turns inwards and becomes broader, but does not reach the suture. 
Mouth, antenne, epipleuree, legs, sides and apex of abdomen, yellow 
Length 1.35-2.25 mm. ; .07-.09 inch. 
cf Head and front margin of thorax yellow. 
Very common in Florida on swampy meadows in the 
Pine lands. Resembles in coloration certain varieties of H. 
undulata, but it is longer, less convex and also a little 
smaller, with the thorax opaque and less distinctly punctu- 
late; the yellow side margin is always of equal width and 
never broken into spots. 
17. Strigoderma exigua, n. sp.—Oblong-oval, convex, shining, 
above glabrous and only at the sides fringed with a row of longer hairs. 
Head piceous with greenish reflection, transversely convex behind, flat- 
tened in front, moderately sparsely punctate and not rugose, vertex more 
remotely punctulate; clypeus parabolical, not separated from the front, 
broadly rounded at apex and strongly reflexed ; antenn& piceous. Thorax 
transversely convex, emarginate at apex, at the sides strongly rounded and 
narrowed in front of middle, not angulated in the middle, slightly nar- 
rowed towards the base, which is straight and not produced in the middle: 
hind angles obtuse, rounded; surface piceous with greenish reflexion, apex 
and sides pale ochreous, sparsely punctured without impressions. Elytra 
fusco-testaceous, punctate-striate, alternate intervals more elevated, con- 
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vex, smooth, pale ochreous-yellow. Beneath piceous, with sparse long 
pubescence, legs testaceous, femora infuscate ; front tibie not dentate, the 
apical tooth being a mere prolongation of the outer apical angle in the axis 
of the tibie, upper edge therefore almost straight, only very slightly sinu- 
ate at the base of the apical process, outer side neither carinate nor sulcate, 
smooth with exception of a row of punctures along the upper edge ; first 
four tarsal joints short, claws strongly incurved at base Length 4-4.5 
mm.; .16-.18 inch. 
Three specimens are before me which I found on oak 
shrubs on the sand hills east of Lake Altapopka in May. 
Easily distinguished from our two other species by its 
smaller size, more regularly oval, convex form, by the glab- 
rous upper surface, by the sculpture of head, thorax and 
elytra and by the formation of the front tibie. 
18. Taphrocerus puncticollis, n. sp.—Elongate, above black- 
ish-blue, or black with faint seneous tinge, shining. Head less strongly 
excavate, very finely alutaceous, distinctly, moderately sparsely punctate, 
punctures deeper than in 7. gracilis. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front 
when viewed from above, sides sinuate before the hind angles, which are 
rectangular, base strongly lobed in the middle, lobe broadly emarginate; 
surface uneven with a distinct carina in front of the hind angles, very 
finely alutaceous, coarsely unequally punctured, each puncture bearing a 
very short scale-like hair. Scutellum transverse, shining. Elytra im- 
pressed at base, impressions on the dise not obvious, serrate at the outer 
apical angle; anteriorly moderately strongly striate-punctate, punctures 
obsolete towards the apex, each with a very fine, short hair, interstices on 
the disc unequal ; the stri® therefore appear subgeminate ; humeral carina 
broadly interrupted at middle. Beneath bluish-black or black, metasternum 
coarsely punctured ; abdomen with sparse shallow punctures, last segment 
with a deep, semicircular marginal sulcus. Length 5 mm.; .20 inch. 
Enterprise and Cedar Keys; two specimens. More elon- 
cate than T. gracilis and distinguished by the deeper punc- 
tuation of head, thorax and metasternum and by the elytra 
less even, without patches of pubescence; from T. 5 
it differs chiefly by the form of the thorax, which in the lat- 
ter species is not narrowed in front when viewed from above. 
19. Brachys fascifera, n. sp.—Similar to B. ovata, but shorter, 
broader in front and more attenuate behind, and easily distinguished by 
the broad white fascia on the elytra and by the formation of the prosternum 
Head and thorax as in B. ovata, the former less strongly excavated. Ely- 
tra striate-punctate, punctures finer and obsolete towards the apex, ante- 
riorly with irregular lines and patches of fulvous and whitish pubescence 

