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prothorax short, more than two and one-half times as wide as long, 

 the converging sides evenly arcuate; base finely margined medially; 

 scutellum equilatero-triangular, with slightly arcuate sides, the disk 

 unevenly reticulate; elytra slightly longer than wide, not quite three 

 times as long as the prothorax, broadly parabolic, the sides becoming 

 less flaring basally; surface with distinct and not very minute micro- 

 reticulation in wavy transverse lines, the two inner series composed 

 of rather distinct semicircular punctures medially, the stria strongly 

 developed, coarsely impressed; prosternal process with seven close-set 

 and very thick, long and subspiniform porrect setae at apex; meta- 

 sternum nearly smooth, the mesosternum moderately large before it 

 and with a transverse series of very small stiff setae; hind tibiae 

 rather long, the tarsi normal. Length 1.8 mm.; width 1.15 mm. 

 California (locality unrecorded). [S. aqi.iatilis Csy. nee Lee., olim]. 



ochraceus.n. sp. 



Body much smaller, more convex, polished and dark rufous or brownish- 

 rufous in color throughout 26 



26 Form broadly oval, subglobularly convex. Head slightly more than 

 half as wide as the prothorax, smooth, the punctulation obsolete; 

 antennae moderate, the third joint as long as the next two, the fourth 

 somewhat shorter than the fifth, the club shorter than the funicle; 

 prothorax distinctly more than twice as wide as long, rather more 

 than two-fifths as long as the elytra, the strongly converging sides 

 strongly arcuate; basal stria very fine and feeble and at some dis- 

 tance from the margin; scutellum ogival, slightly transverse; elytra 

 as wide as long, evenly and very obtusely parabolic in outline, the 

 micro-reticulation not very minute but extremely feeble; punctures 

 of the two or three inner series medially, and on the anterior part of 

 the coarsely impressed stria, distinct and semicircular; prosternal 

 process with about six stiff setae at tip, apparently of moderate 

 length; mesosternum well developed before the metasternal process; 

 hind tibiae not very long, obliquely narrowed basally, the tarsi long 

 and very slender though proportioned as usual, much shorter than 

 the tibiae. Length 1.2 mm.; width 0.85 mm. Central Texas. One 

 example belfragei n. sp. 



Form more elongate, more narrowly oval 27 



27 Punctures of the two or three inner series medially, and of the sub- 

 sutural stria, notably large, semicircular and conspicuous as in 

 belfragei. Form elongate-elliptic; head but slightly more than half 

 as wide as the prothorax, the punctulation sparse and feeble; an- 

 tennae rather long and slender, the club but little shorter than the 

 funicle; prothorax much more than twice as wide as long, formed as 

 in the preceding, the basal stria medially very fine and feeble, not so 

 far from the edge; scutellum nearly similar, moderately transverse, 

 ogival; elytra distinctly longer than wide, two and one-half times as 

 long as the prothorax, obtuse at tip, the micro-reticulation rather 

 coarse, everywhere distinct; prosternal process with six porrect setae, 

 which are notably long; mesosternum moderately developed before 

 the metasternal process and bearing a few short setae; plaque behind 

 the middle coxae not definitely outlined; hind tibiae as in the pre- 



