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peculiarly thin and pallid. The ligula has the same narrow form 

 as in Rhombonalia, and the labrum is small but is more distinctly 

 medially sinuate, the reflexed clypeus adjoining it above much 

 more abbreviated and, though deeply concave, has a radically 

 different form, being briefly trapezoidal. The middle coxae are 

 very narrowly separated, the anterior tibiae bidentate, the corre- 

 sponding tarsi slender, without the distinct tooth on the under 

 surface of the claw joint seen in the preceding genus, but with 

 nearly similar claws, except that they are relatively still smaller, 

 the inner claw feebly arcuate, not very thick, constricted at base, 

 the under edge behind the middle arcuately and feebly swollen; 

 they are similar in the sexes and indeed the only sexual difference 

 that I can observe, in any part of the body, is in the antennal club; 

 this is shorter and more oval than in Rhombonalia and in the male 

 is evidently longer than the six joints of the stem combined, while 

 in the female it is a trifle shorter than the latter; the second joint 

 is globular and thicker than the succeeding joints, which are slender; 

 the hind tibiae are slender, scarcely at all surate and much shorter 

 than the tarsi. There are two distinctly defined species at hand, 

 which may be described as follows: 



Body oblong, parallel, moderately convex, shining, pale flavo-testaceous, 

 the head black; clypeus more piceous, the pronotum with a large 

 piceous area medially and biramose at base, the lateral irregular spot 

 blackish; head rather small, though half as wide as the prothorax, 

 the front finely punctato-rugulose medially, the clypeus deeply con- 

 cave, very shining and sparsely punctulate, its entire external peri- 

 phery strongly and subequally reflexed; eyes small, widely separated; 

 antennae pale; prothorax not quite twice as wide as long, the sides 

 parallel, feebly arcuate, rounding anteriorly, the apex sinuate; base 

 broadly lobed, with extremely fine but entire bead, the angles right 

 and not rounded but not at all prominent; surface minutely and 

 remotely punctate throughout; scutellum rather narrow, remotely 

 punctulate; elytra about a third longer than wide, parallel, obtusely 

 rounded in less than apical third, the striae fine, very feebly impressed, 

 finely and very obsoletely punctulate, the intervals -flat, 3-5-7 

 slightly convex, 2-4-6 with scattered feeble punctures; pygidium 

 convex, rather strongly but sparsely punctate; sterna picescent, 

 finely, closely punctate and with rather abundant long pale hair; 

 legs slender. Length (cf 9 ) 6.0-6.2 mm.; width 3.4 mm. Florida 

 (Tampa), Schwarz. [Anomala semilivida Lee.]. . .semilivida Lee. 



Body shorter, more broadly oval, similar in coloration and lustre, except 

 that the clypeus is almost entirely pale yellow and the thoracic 

 piceous area attains the lateral parts of the base and basal angles; 



