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base to apex; surface with two transverse discal bands of very loose pale 

 hairs, the punctures sparse and very minute, much smaller than those of 

 the head; elytra very slightly wider than the prothorax and between 

 three and four times as long, parallel, rounded at apex, the punctures 

 small, rather close-set and deep, having four or five times the diameter of 

 the pronotal punctures; under surface shining; sterna finely punctate, 

 the metasternum rather sparsely, the side-pieces more closely; abdominal 

 sculpture rugulose but not dense; legs small and slender, rufous, the thighs 

 blackish. Length (9) 2.75 mm.; width 1.3 mm. New York (Willets 

 Point, Long Island). 



A distinct species near serrigera Csy., but still more elongate and 

 with much more minute and sparser punctures of the pronotum 

 and under surface. The name serrigera was changed to serrifera 

 in the Torre catalogue, because of the earlier serrigera of Sharp. 



Trogoderma parvula n. sp.- Small in size, rather narrowly oblong-oval, 

 shining black, the elytra with sparse rufous maculation, more noticeable 

 suturally in anterior half; head three-sevenths as wide as the prothorax, 

 somewhat finely but deeply and closely punctate, the ocellus large and 

 pale as in the preceding; antennae (cf) nearly as in serrigera, rufous, the 

 basal joint fuscous, second but slightly smaller, three to five small, short 

 and transverse, five to seven increasing rapidly, similar in form and very 

 transverse; pedicels of the joints much exposed in the type, eccentric; 

 prothorax very short, much more than twice as wide as long, the sides 

 strongly converging but only very feebly arcuate from base to apex; 

 surface with loose coarse gray hairs, sparser transversely in the middle, the 

 punctures minute and well separated; elytra subparallel, broadly rounded 

 behind, as wide as the prothorax and more than three times as long, 

 having the usual mixture of whitish to fulvous or more obscure hairs, 

 the punctures fine, deep and close, having about three times the diameter 

 of the pronotal punctures; under surface strongly and densely punctate 

 throughout. Length (cf) 1.7 mm.; width 0.95 mm. Virginia (Norfolk). 



This species also belongs near serrifera but is very much smaller; 

 it may be considered to be identical with the Massachusetts species 

 that I formerly identified as tarsalis Mels. On reading the descrip- 

 tion of the latter, I find that it is not Melsheimer's species, but one 

 very much smaller in size. A study of the descriptions of tarsalis 

 Mels. (Proc. Ac. Phila., 1844, p. 116) and of pallipes Zieg. (1. c., 

 p. 269), indicates that both these species are the same as ornata 

 Say, and I would therefore propose that synonymy, in lieu of that 

 given by Jayne, which is entirely wrong. If the latter synonymy 

 were true, the name of inclusa Lee., would be tarsalis Mels., that 

 being much the older name; but both descriptions quoted fit 

 ornata Say, very much better; tarsalis is described as having the 

 male antennae pectinate, which is not true of inclusa. 



