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dark castaneous, with flavate apex; under surface obscure rufous, 

 the legs flavate; head nearly four-fifths as wide as the prothorax, 

 with very moderate but prominent eyes and feeble remote sulci; 

 antennae short, fusco-testaceous, paler basally, two-thirds as long 

 as the elytra, the medial joints barely twice as long as wide; prothorax 

 three-fifths wider than long, somewhat narrower at base than at 

 apex, the sides broadly rounded, becoming rapidly sinuate and par- 

 allel in basal fifth, the angles acute, not reflexed but prominent, the 

 seta distinctly before the angles; subbasal sulcus fine, feeble, sub- 

 punctate, the margin feebly tumid; elytra two-thirds longer than 

 wide, two-fifths wider than the prothorax, the parallel sides barely 

 visibly arcuate, the humeri sharply rounded; apex not obtuse; pedi- 

 cel two-fifths the basal width; first and second striae subequal and 

 distinct, the others barely glimpsible, the anterior fovea at three- 

 sevenths. Length 2.25 mm.; width 0.75 mm. New Jersey (At- 

 lantic City) litoralis Csy. 



Form stouter, rather convex, more shining, clearer rufous in color almost 

 throughout, the apex more flavate, with a piceous shading immedi- 

 ately adjoining the flavate area; under surface and legs testaceous; 

 head and pronotum much more feebly micro-reticulate; head rela- 

 tively smaller, fully two-thirds as wide as the prothorax, the eyes 

 nearly similar but not quite so prominent; sulci still feebler; antennae 

 longer, three-fourths as long as the elytra, fusco-testaceous, more 

 flavate basally, the sixth joint fully twice as long as wide or some- 

 what more; prothorax as in litoralis, but less abbreviated and with 

 the basal angles simply right, sharp but not prominent, the subbasal 

 sulcus still finer and with the surface between it and the base flat; 

 elytra broader, one-half longer than wide, nearly one-half wider 

 than the prothorax, more obtusely rounded behind but otherwise 

 almost similar in outline; first and second striae coarser, more deeply 

 impressed, the third and fourth fine and feeble but distinctly obser- 

 vable; the type specimen has no trace of the anterior fovea on either 

 elytron. Length 2.35 mm.; width 0.85 mm. Virginia (Fortress 

 Monroe) omissus n. sp. 



7 Form similar but a little more abbreviated, oblong, rather convex, 

 shining, the ground sculpture nearly as in the preceding, that of the 

 elytra stronger; color dark rufous, the elytra very slightly castan- 

 eous; under surface and legs dark, though pure, rufous; head as in 

 omissus but a little larger and with slightly more prominent eyes, 

 fully three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, the antennae similar, 

 the fifth joint fully twice as long as wide; prothorax shorter, fully 

 three-fifths wider than long and as wide at base as at apex, the sides 

 less inflated and more feebly rounded, becoming feebly sinuate only 

 at, and not well before, the sharp right angles; margins similarly 

 narrowly reflexed and also with very fine median stria, the subbasal 

 sulcus finer and still feebler; elytra still shorter, barely one-half 

 longer than wide, similar in the general outline and obtuse apex, the 

 parallel sides very feebly arcuate, the humeri narrowly rounded, 

 two-fifths wider than the prothorax; first and second striae broadly 

 and deeply impressed and subequal in depth, three to five barely 



