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nowhere reticulate, very much more than twice as wide as long, the 

 strongly converging sides distinctly arcuate; basal margination 

 rather feeble, the lobe distinct; scutellum slightly wider than long, 

 ogival; elytra unusually elongate, a third or fourth longer than wide, 

 nearly three times as long as the prothorax, the sides very feebly 

 converging from the base, broadly parabolic in about apical two- 

 fifths, the impressed stria extending only to about the middle; 

 strigilation extremely fine, close and feeble, obsolescent basally, the 

 lunules feeble, semicircular, widely separated, those of the inter- 

 mediate series perceptibly smaller though evident; toward the sides 

 they become scarcely larger and are still in regular series, except very 

 near the edge; metasternum very smooth between the coxae, heavily 

 beaded, the fine prolongation of the post-coxal plaques short and 

 longitudinal; second joint of the hind tarsi fully twice as long as the 

 first and about as long as the remainder. Length 1.9-2.0 mm.; 

 width 1.15-1.25 mm. Texas (Columbus), Schwarz. Two females. 



texanus n. sp. 



18 Body broadly oblong-oval, rapidly and very broadly obtuse behind, 

 piceous-black, the head and pronotum rather more piceo-rufous; 

 under surface pale as usual; head half as wide as the prothorax, very 

 minutely punctulate; antennae slender, the club as long as the funicle; 

 prothorax much more than twice as wide as long, the strongly con- 

 verging sides strongly arcuate; strigilation very feeble, the basal 

 margination and lobe evident; scutellum ogival, as long as wide; 

 elytra barely as long as wide, twice as long as the prothorax, very 

 finely and closely, feebly strigilato-reticulate, with barely perceptible 

 opalescence, the lunules rather large, equal in the regular and inter- 

 mediate series, toward the sides only slightly broader but somewhat 

 more close-set; metasternum between the coxae nearly smooth, finely 

 beaded at the sides, the mesosternum forming a broad and gradually 

 sloping apical bead; post-coxal plaques broadly parabolic; hind 

 tibiae (cf 1 ) gradually broadened to the oblique apex, the unequal spurs 

 conspicuous; second joint of the hind tarsi three times as long as 

 the first and longer than the remainder but with simple coarse hairs 

 beneath. Length 1.3-1.7 mm.; width o.S-i.i mm. Texas (Gal- 

 veston type locality, Austin, Columbus, Brownsville and Lee Co.), 

 Arkansas and Mississippi (Vicksburg and Agricultural College). 

 Abundant. Thirty-three examples calcaratus Csy. 



19 Form narrowly ovoidal, blackish-piceous, testaceous beneath; head 

 rather large, more than half as wide as the prothorax, the punctures 

 impressed and somewhat evident; antennae well developed, the club 

 rather thick, fully as long as the funicle, the third joint unusually 

 short, scarcely more than twice as long as wide and only a little 

 longer than the fifth; prothorax much more than twice as wide as 

 long and barely two-fifths as long as the elytra, the sides strongly 

 converging and moderately arcuate; surface obsoletely reticulate 

 basally and with the usual margination and lobe medially; scutellum 

 ogival, slightly wider than long; elytra distinctly elongate and sub- 

 cuneiform, the sides evenly arcuate and converging from the base to 

 the rather narrowly obtuse apex; micro-reticulation not very fine or 



