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ing deeply sinuate and nearly parallel for an appreciable distance 

 in front of the very sharp right angles; margins broadly reflexed, 

 finely so anteriad; impressions very feeble, the stria short and fine; 

 foveae small, deep, linear, distant from the rather long strong car- 

 ina; elytra short, not one-half longer than wide, almost one-half 

 wider than the prothorax, gradually ogival in nearly apical two-fifths; 

 sides somewhat rapidly rounding at the humeri; striae and punctures 

 moderately fine; fovese near basal and apical third. Length (9) 

 4.0 mm.; width 1.45 mm. Texas (Brownsville), Wickham. 



vulpecula n. sp. 



Body narrower and more elongate, less convex, the apical part of the 

 elytra more feebly and gradually declivous as a rule, with the striae 

 there very fine but groove-like and unimpressed 66 



66 Elytra uniform in color and rather pale brown. Body narrow, 

 moderately convex, polished throughout, the head not alutaceous; 

 anterior parts blackish, with feeble subaeneous lustre; under surface 

 piceous, the legs pale; head rather small, two-thirds as wide as the 

 prothorax, with short and rather deep sulci and somewhat promin- 

 ent eyes; antennae fuscous, clearer basally, the medial joints barely 

 more than twice as long as wide: prothorax barely a third wider than 

 long, subtruncate at apex; base two-thirds the maximum width, 

 widest barely at all before the middle; sides subevenly rounded from 

 apex to the short gradual feeble sinus before the sharp right angles; 

 margins rather narrowly, subevenly reflexed; impressions subob- 

 solete, the stria fine; foveae very small, deep, linear, within a feeble 

 rugulose impression, the carina small and fine; elytra three-fifths 

 longer than wide, scarcely two-fifths wider than the prothorax, 

 gradually rounded behind; striae somewhat fine, groove-like, unim- 

 pressed; punctures rather small, traceable to about apical fourth; 

 foveae before basal and near apical third. Length (cf) 3.8-4.0 

 mm.; width 1.35-1.4 mm. Arizona (southern) dejectum Csy. 



Elytra with extremely faint and nubilous posterior pallidity. Body 

 narrow, very moderately convex, shining, slightly alutaceous ante- 

 riorly, black, with strong cupreo-aeneous lustre throughout above; 

 under surface and epipleura black; legs piceo-rufous, the femora 

 nearly black; head but little narrower than the prothorax, with very 

 prominent eyes, the sulci short, rather narrow and deep; antennae 

 slender, blackish, pale basally, the medial joints two and one-half 

 times as long as wide; prothorax two-fifths wider than long, dis- 

 tinctly narrower at base than apex, widest near anterior two-fifths, 

 the sides evenly and only moderately rounded from apex to the 

 barely visible sinus at the angles; anterior impression feeble, the 

 posterior evident, the stria fine; foveae long and sublinear but broadly 

 impressed and very shallow; carina moderate, fine; elytra two-thirds 

 longer than wide, very gradually narrowing and rounding in pos- 

 terior two-fifths, fully one-half wider than the prothorax; sides very 

 gradually rounding toward the humeri; striae fine, groove-like, un- 

 impressed, the small punctures rapidly more distinct basally; foveae 

 near basal and apical third. Length (9) 3-8 mm.; width 1.42 mm. 

 Arizona (probably southern) docile n. sp. 



