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the basal angles not rounded, only slightly blunt at apex, the median 

 lobe moderate, the beveling of the edge not differentiated ; punctures 

 fine, sparse, a little larger and close-set toward the apical angles and, 

 as usual, larger laterad than medially, with a nearly impunctate 

 median line; scutellum narrow, longer than wide, obtusely ogival; 

 elytra but very slightly longer than wide, moderately inflated just 

 behind the middle, where they are more than two-fifths wider than 

 the prothorax, distinctly less than twice as long; series on the dorsal 

 part about ten in number, by reason of intermediate regular series not 

 present in any of the preceding species, the series impressed, the 

 intermediate less so as a rule, the punctures moderate, the two 

 series on the flanks distinct to the apex; pygidium rufous, nearly 

 as in the preceding but less convex and more transverse. Length 

 (9 ) 14.0 mm.; width 8.9 mm. Indiana modulatus n. sp. 



10 Sides of the prothorax at base projecting laterally a little further 

 than the ends of the elytral base as in some of the preceding species. 

 Body oblong, subparallel in form, dark castaneous, the elytra nearly 

 black in the female; head very small, scarcely more than a fourth as 

 wide as the prothorax, closely, confusedly rugose, smooth throughout 

 at base, the clypeus strongly and transversely rugose medio-basally, 

 concave and nearly smooth broadly toward the sides and apex, the 

 sides oblique anteriorly, becoming nearly parallel basally; subapical 

 carina bidentate, the median tooth obsolete, the teeth larger in 

 the female; transverse frontal ridge obsolete; prothorax nearly 

 three-fifths wider than long, trapezoidal, the oblique sides only 

 feebly arcuate and rounding in at base; basal lobe very broad; 

 punctures small throughout, moderately close-set apically, else- 

 where very remotely scattered; scutellum slightly elongate, very 

 obtusely ogival, feebly concave, smooth as usual; elytra oblong, 

 parallel or very faintly dilated apically, very broadly and obtusely 

 rounded at apex, slightly longer than wide, a sixth (cf ) to fourth 

 (9) wider than the prothorax; punctures rather small, well separ- 

 ated, impressed, with a very minute annulus at the bottom, the 

 three regular pairs of series rather impressed, the intermediate 

 series regular, nearly entire but not so impressed, the punctures 

 broadly confused on the flanks, obsolescent apically; pygidium bright 

 red, minutely, densely scabriculate throughout (cf), or less convex, 

 shorter and with the medio-apical part smooth and finely, sparsely 

 punctate ( 9 ), the lower beading equal, strong and distinct through- 

 out in both sexes; legs slender. Length (cf 9 ) 10.0-10.5 mm.; 

 width 6.7-6.8 mm. North Carolina (Southern Pines), Manee. 



trapezicollis n. sp. 



Sides of the thoracic base not laterally projecting, exactly as wide as the 

 elytral base 1 1 



n Prothorax notably large, the hind tarsi longer, though still distinctly 

 shorter than the tibia?. Body very stout, oblong-suboval, convex, 

 moderately shining, blackish-castaneous, the elytra black when 

 mature, the under surface paler, the abdomen and pygidium bright 

 rufous; head between a third and fourth as wide as the prothorax 

 strongly, confusedly rugose, the entire basal half smooth; clypeus 



