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acutely triangular; second joint of the hind tarsi very long and 

 slender. Length 1.6-1.9 rnm.; width 0.85-1.15 mm. Texas 

 (Brownsville),- Wickham. Three females eximius n. sp. 



13 Size larger, the outline broadly, evenly elliptic, strongly shining, pale 

 brownish-testaceous throughout above and still paler beneath, the 

 elytra barely visibly opalescent; head scarcely half as wide as the 

 prothorax, very minutely, sparsely punctulate, smooth; antennae 

 slender, the third joint much shorter than the next two, equal to the 

 last two funicular joints combined, the fourth much shorter than the 

 fifth; club scarcely at all shorter than the funicle; prothorax short, 

 very much more than twice as wide as long, the sides very strongly 

 converging and but feebly arcuate; surface feebly strigilate. obsoletely 

 so anteriorly, the basal margin and lobe as in the preceding; scutel- 

 lum equilateral; elytra very slightly longer than wide, two and one- 

 half times as long as the prothorax, evenly and not very obtusely 

 parabolic in outline, the stria coarsely and deeply impressed; lunulate 

 scratches moderate, those of the intermediate series nearly as large; 

 toward the sides they become broader but are still in regular series; 

 prosternal process with about four short setae, the sterna as usual; 

 second joint of the hind tarsi between two and three times as long 

 as the first. Length 2.0 mm.; width 1.2 mm. Mexico (Guadalupe, 

 Federal District), Wickham. A single female. . *micaceus n. sp. 



Size very small, the elytra short and very obtuse 14 



14 Body broadly oblong-oval in form, parallel, very broadly obtuse at 

 apex, shining, the elytra very faintly opalescent, pale brownish- 

 testaceous, the head and pronotum darker, piceous; head half as 

 wide as the prothorax, with very fine and feebly impressed sparse 

 punctules; antennae of the usual type, the club moderately slender, 

 with its last joint scarcely as long as the first two combined; pro- 

 thorax short, much more than twice as wide as long though rather 

 more than two-fifths as long as the elytra, the somewhat strongly 

 converging sides distinctly arcuate; basal bead and lobe distinct; 

 scutellum ogival, subequilateral; elytra as wide as long, the feebly 

 arcuate sides rapidly rounding posteriorly, surface minutely, closely 

 strigilate, the lunate scratches moderate, those of the intermediate 

 series extremely small; toward the sides they are all wider but ex- 

 tremely feeble and there the reticulation becomes less fine; proster- 

 num with three or four minute hairs, the sterna as usual; post-coxal 

 plaques short, broadly rounded; second joint of the hind tarsi, in 

 what appears to be the male because of the apically broader hind 

 tibiae, slender, nearly three times as long as the first and longer than 

 the remainder but merely coarsely pubescent beneath. Length 1.25 

 mm.; width 0.75 mm. Texas (Austin). A single example. 



abjectus n. sp. 



Body broad but evenly elliptic in outline, pale brownish-testaceous, the 

 head and pronotum darker; under surface testaceous as usual; head 

 rather more than half as wide as the prothorax, very smooth and 

 polished; antennae as usual, the club about as long as the funicle; 

 prothorax nearly as in the preceding throughout and over two-fifths 

 T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. VII, Oct. 1916, 



