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than long, the sides parallel and feebly arcuate, more so and con- 

 verging apically; apex fully three-fourths as wide as the base, feebly 

 but evidently sinuate, with blunt angles; basal angles right and not 

 rounded; impressions subobsolete; punctures of the foveal region 

 numerous and close-set; inner fovea feeble, sublinear, the outer oval 

 and feeble, but with the exterior surface rather elevated; elytra fully 

 one-half longer than wide, parallel and slightly wider than the pro- 

 thorax, very abruptly and obliquely rounded in apical third, the 

 sutural angle well marked; striae fine, slightly impressed (cf ), not 

 coarsely but strongly, rather distinctly punctate, crenating the in- 

 tervals, especially in the female, the scutellar rather long, punctate; 

 lateral series slightly interrupted; intervals broadly convex (cf), 

 nearly flat (9). Length (cf 9 ) 6.0-6.5 mm.; width 2.7-2.9 mm. 

 New Mexico (Sta. Fe), Mary \Y. Greene. [Celia acntangula Putz. 



(Horn)] harpalina Lee. 



Form elongate, more oval than in the preceding, nearly similar in color- 

 ation and lustre, except that the head and prothorax are more rufes- 

 cent; head large, fully three-fifths as wide as the prothorax, with 

 prominent though moderate eyes and feeble, rather punctiform 

 strides ; antennae ferruginous, slender, with less than the usual com- 

 pression, extending slightly behind the thoracic base; prothorax 

 one-half wider than long, the sides broadly, feebly arcuate, gradu- 

 ally a little more so and very moderately converging anteriorly; 

 apex sinuato-truncate, nearly four-fifths as wide as the base, the 

 angles obtusely rounded; basal angles right, not definitely blunt; 

 transverse impressions evident, the anterior feeble, the posterior 

 very distinct; punctures of the foveal region numerous, coarser than 

 in harpalina; inner fovea feeble, short, irregularly sublinear, the 

 outer small, obliquely sublinear, with rather convex and prominent 

 external surface; elytra not quite one-half longer than wide, evi- 

 dently wider than the prothorax, with arcuate sides, very gradually 

 arcuately ogival behind, the sutural angle not pronounced; striae 

 only moderately fine, groove-like, with not very coarse but deep, 

 well separated punctures crenating the intervals, which are perfectly 

 flat in the female; scutellar stria rather long, broadly free at tip; 

 lateral series rather widely interrupted. Length (9) 6.0 mm.; 

 width 2.5 mm. Colorado (Akron), H. L. Shantz. ...shantzi n. sp. 



19 Species of the average size in the present group 20 



Species notably small 27 



20 Form elongate, parallel, the head rather well developed 21 



Form shorter, oblong-oval, the head always notable small in size 22 



21 Color piceous-black, the head, pronotum and under surface piceo- 

 rufous, the legs paler; head much more than half as wide as the pro- 

 thorax, with moderate, rather prominent eyes and short strioles; 

 antennae ferruginous, rather slender, largely missing in the type; 

 prothorax less than one-half wider than long, the sides broadly, 

 subevenly arcuate, barely more so apically than basally; apex nearly 

 three-fourths as wide as the base, feebly sinuate, with very broadly 

 rounded angles; basal angles more than right, slightly blunt; basal 

 impression evident, the apical obsolete; stria fine but broadly im- 



