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4 Eyes far advanced on the sides of the head; mandibles prominent. 



Parandrita Lee. 



Eyes subbasal; mandibles variable in prominence 5 



5 Body broad in outline, sometimes rather convex though generally 



depressed Lsemophloeus Cast. 



Body narrow, parallel, very depressed and usually feebly sculptured, the 



elytra shorter, leaving a portion of the abdomen exposed; pro- 



stomal suture always evident Silvanophlceus Shp. 



6 Body more or less narrow and parallel, depressed, usually closely, 



feebly sculptured and more or less pubescent; epistomal suture 



obsolete. [TypeLcem. ferrugineus Steph.] Cryptolestes Gangl. 



7 Antennal funicle inserted axially at the tip of the basal joint as usual 



in the tribe; prothorax elongate; upper surface rather convex. 



[Type Lccm. angustulus Lee.] Leptophloeus n. gen. 



Antennal funicle inserted at the side of the basal joint in both sexes, this 



joint enlarged and of peculiar obliquely suboval form in the male; 



body not very depressed, the prothorax quadrate. . Dysmerus Csy. 



Excepting Parandrita, which is Californian, and Dysmerus of the 

 Atlantic regions of North America, all of these genera are widely 

 distributed, that is, if some of the European species of slender 

 subcylindric form and short antennae can be admitted to Leptophloeus 

 as denned above, which seems likely; perrisi Grouv., is almost 

 certainly assignable to Leptophlceus. In Dysmerus the anterior 

 acetabula seem to be narrowly open and the tarsi are 4-jointed. 



Lathropus Erichs. 



The following species of this genus seem to be hitherto unde- 

 scribed, so far as can be discovered, although the Californian 

 pubescens Csy., is not now at hand; the type is presumably in 

 the collection of LeConte. As the genus is well represented 

 in North America and rather poorly so in Europe, it is possible 

 that sepicola Mull., may simply be a migrant to Europe from 

 America, in which case this would be the proper name for the species 

 that we call vernalis; but this is merely a suggestion. 



Lathropus striatus n. sp. Oblong, subparallel, moderately convex, 

 opaculate, the elytra less so, uniformly dark brown in color throughout, 

 the pubescence short but rather abundant; head three-fourths as wide as 

 the prothorax, wider than long, with fine elongate close-set tubercles 

 throughout, the surface even, the epistomal suture angulate by oblique 

 light; eyes rather small, prominent, at a little less than their length from 

 the base, minutely setulose, the facets notably convex; tempora parallel; 

 antennae a third longer than the head, slender, the second joint a little 

 narrower and longer than the first, three to eight forming a slender funicle, 



