. The Canadian entomologist. Entomology. TIITC CANADIAN 33 not clusc'ly punctate. l'*Jyti-a conjointly oval, (jnc-fonrth wider at base than thorax, unibone prominent; disk evenly, closely and rather finely punctate, the tnnbone and three or four elongate calloused spaces near middle of each elytron smooth. Under surface very finely and sparsely punctate; prosternum forming a large flat quadrate plate between the front coxae. Length }^ mm. Described from three specimens from the Isle of Pines received, anions other material for naming, from Prof. J. R. \\ atson, of the Flori
. The Canadian entomologist. Entomology. TIITC CANADIAN 33 not clusc'ly punctate. l'*Jyti-a conjointly oval, (jnc-fonrth wider at base than thorax, unibone prominent; disk evenly, closely and rather finely punctate, the tnnbone and three or four elongate calloused spaces near middle of each elytron smooth. Under surface very finely and sparsely punctate; prosternum forming a large flat quadrate plate between the front coxae. Length }^ mm. Described from three specimens from the Isle of Pines received, anions other material for naming, from Prof. J. R. \\ atson, of the Florida Agricultural Experiment »Station. They were labelled "on citrus/' and Prof. Watson writes that he has considerable correspondence with citrus growers on the Isle of Pines, who are unable to get satisfaction from the Cuban,station. Four species of Colaspidca have hitherto been described from North America, all from Southern California or adjacent islands. According to Horn,^^ others are known "from Southern Europe and the circiun-Mediterranean region ; Since Leng and Mutchler mention no species of the genus in their list of West India Coleoptera, insularis is apparently the first one to be known from the Atlantic region of North America. Haltica schivarzi P)latch.—Described-"* from the east shore of Lake Okeecho- !;ce. Two specimens were secured on March 4 while sweeping low huckleberry near the edge of a brackish water marsh just east of Ft. Myers. T\\'0 FAMILIES OF INSECTS NEW TO BRITISH TERTIARY STRATA BY T. D. A. COCKERELL. University of Colorado. When recently examining some hitherto overlooked fossil insects in the British Museum. I found two specimens collected by Mr. a'Court Smith in the Isle of Wight, representing families not yet recorded from the British Tertiary rocks. They come from the Bembridge series, at the famous Gurnet Bay Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digi
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