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sides strongly converging and strongly, evenly arcuate; base dis- 

 tinctly margined and lobed medially; scutellum slightly wider than 

 long, ogival; elytra somewhat longer than wide, the sides rapidly 

 rounding in posterior two-fifths and thence through the extremely 

 obtuse apex, becoming parallel basally, the strigilation not very 

 fine, not producing an opalescent effect; sterna as usual; post-coxal 

 plaques acutely triangular, with straight oblique sides; second joint 

 of the hind tarsi fully twice as long as the first and rather thick. 

 Length 1.6 mm.; width i.o mm. Washington State (Tacoma), 

 Wickham. A single female pugetanus n. sp. 



Lunules internally very broad and close-set in equal close-set series, the 

 lunules of the intermediate series being as broad as the others; 

 toward the sides they are not much broader but still more close-set 

 and confused. Body very short, oblong-oval, deep black, the elytra 

 suffusedly testaceous at tip; under surface pale as usual; head fully 

 half as wide as the prothorax; antennae slender, the fifth joint dis- 

 tinctly longer than the fourth, the club long and slender, its fir?t 

 and second joints subequal in length and together not quite as long 

 as the third; prothorax distinctly more than twice as wide as long, 

 the sides strongly converging and moderately arcuate; base finely 

 margined and distinctly lobed at the middle; surface feebly strigilate; 

 scutellum slightly wider than long, the sides straight, arcuate basally; 

 elytra as wide as long, distinctly more than twice as long as the 

 prothorax, the apex extremely broadly and obtusely rounded; 

 micro-reticulation not very fine, the lustre polished; sterna as usual; 

 post-coxal plaques rather short, broadly rounded behind; second 

 joint of the hind tarsi between three and four times as long as the 

 first and somewhat longer than the remainder. Length 1.7 mm.; 

 width 1.05 mm. North Carolina (Southern Pines), Manee. A 

 single male example digestus n. sp. 



9 Setae of the prosternal process about four in number, very stiff and 

 spiniform as in aciculatus and quadrispinosus, the body similarly of 

 large, broadly oval, very convex form. Outline broadly and very 

 evenly elliptic, shining, dark piceous in color, testaceous beneath, 

 the elytra barely perceptibly opalescent; head half as wide as the 

 prothorax, the punctures impressed and distinct; antennae slender, 

 the third joint very much shorter than the next two, the club not 

 quite as long as the funicle; prothorax only twice as wide as long, the 

 strongly converging sides evenly and moderately arcuate; surface 

 very feebly strigilate; base strongly margined and broadly lobed 

 medially; scutellum about as wide as long, ogival; elytra with rather 

 finely and closely strigilato-reticulate sculpture, not longer than wide 

 and only twice as long as the prothorax, very obtusely parabolic in 

 outline, the lunules almost semicircular, moderate in size, those of the 

 intermediate series almost as large; toward the sides they become 

 wide and somewhat anastomosing; prosternal process much ex- 

 panded at apex; metasternal process broad, truncate, the mesoster- 

 num short before it; second joint of the hind tarsi spongiose beneath 

 in the male, four or five times as long as the first and much longer 



