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slender. Length (c? 9 ) 5.6-6.0 mm.; width 2.3-2.65 mm. Vir- 

 .ginia (Fortress Monroe). Four examples virginica n. sp. 



Form much shorter and relatively broader than in either of the two pre- 

 ceding, polished, piceous-black, the pronotum with a wide and rap- 

 idly basally broader testaceous lateral margin, due to diaphaneity; 

 under surface rufo-piceous, the legs rather obscure rufous; head mod- 

 erate, evidently more than half as wide as the prothorax and dis- 

 tinctly larger than in musculus, with rather large prominent eyes 

 and moderate oblique strioles; antennae long and slender, pale fer- 

 ruginous, extending very far behind the thoracic base in the female; 

 prothorax shorter, two-thirds wider than long, the sides subevenly 

 arcuate, a little more converging anteriorly; basal angles rounded; 

 apex scarcely three-fourths as wide as the base, feebly sinuate, with 

 rounded angles; impressions subobsolete, the stria fine, subentire; 

 punctures and foveae nearly as in musculus; sides without any sug- 

 gestion of posterior flattening; elytra much shorter, barely more 

 than a third longer than wide and scarcely wider than the pro- 

 thorax, arcuately narrowing behind the middle; striae moderately 

 fine, evidently impressed and having very fine punctures, the 

 scutellar moderately long, free, entire and almost punctureless, the 

 lateral series as in the two preceding; hind tarsi differing from those 

 of either musculus or virginica, being distinctly shorter. Length 

 (9) 5-6 mm.; width 2.5 mm. North Carolina (Southern Pines). 



limbalis n. sp. 



27 Basal thoracic angles right; hind tarsi long, very slender and fili- 

 form as usual 28 



Basal angles broadly obtuse; hind tarsi notably short and gradually 

 tapering 29 



28 Body smaller and narrower than in musculus and with relatively 

 much larger head, piceous, the anterior parts and under surface 

 more rufous, the legs flavo-rufous; head fully three-fifths as wide as 

 the prothorax, the eyes moderate in size and prominence, the strioles 

 short, oblique, impressed ; antennae ferruginous, long but rather stout, 

 extending far behind the thoracic base; prothorax scarcely more than 

 a third wider than long, the sides broadly, feebly arcuate, more 

 rounded apically; apex three-fourths as wide as the base, feebly sin- 

 uate, with broadly rounded angles; basal angles slightly blunt; im- 

 pressions feeble, the stria very fine; punctures near the foveae very 

 few in number and moderate, the foveae very feebly impressed, the 

 inner rather long, irregularly sublinear; elytra nearly one-half longer 

 than wide, very slightly wider than the prothorax, gradually round- 

 ing behind, the sides feebly arcuate; striae rather coarse, feebly im- 

 pressed, strongly and closely punctate, the scutellar very short, im- 

 perfect; lateral series very widely spaced medially; intervals dis- 

 tinctly convex. Length (d 71 ) 4.7 mm.; width 1.9 mm. New York 

 (Wading River, Long Island), Schott paulula n. sp. 



Body still smaller and narrower than in paulula, shining, black, the an- 

 terior parts piceous; under surface blackish-piceous, the legs bright 

 rufous; head nearly three-fifths as wide as the prothorax, with rather 

 T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. VIII, Oct. 1918. 



