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but very fine and feeble; intervals flat or very nearly, very narrow 

 at apex; discal puncture behind two-thirds; hind tarsi with the first 

 and fifth joints subequal in length; anterior tarsi (cf ) rather strongly 

 dilated, the intermediate slender. Length (cf 9 ) 5.0-5.4 mm.; 

 width 1.8-1.9 rnrn- Arizona (probably southern)., .abstinens n. sp. 



10 Form oblong-oval, moderately convex, shining, black, the edges of 

 the pronotum diaphanously pale, the entire elytra pale piceo- 

 testaceous; entire under surface piceous-black, the epipleura pale; 

 legs pale, the femora in part and tip of the hind tibiae sometimes 

 blackish; head much smaller than in ochropezus, less than three-fifths 

 as wide as the prothorax, the eyes large but only moderately promi- 

 nent; antennae long, very slender, black, the basal joint rufous, with 

 a large black cloud, the second fusco-testaceous; prothorax fully 

 a third wider than long, parallel, with very evenly and moderately 

 rounded sides; apex distinctly sinuate, barely at all narrower than 

 the base, which is transverse and not beaded medially, the basal 

 angles very broadly rounded, their finely reflexed margin extending 

 evenly to the apical angles, which are rather prominent and narrowly 

 rounded; surface smooth, the stria fine, the foveae large, rounded, 

 rather deeply impressed and with a few small punctures at the bottom; 

 elytra a little less than one-half longer than wide, a third wider than 

 the prothorax, parallel, with feebly arcuate sides and obtuse apex, 

 the sinus feeble but evident; striae strong, somewhat impressed, the 

 scutellar shorter than in ochropezus; intervals feebly convex, the 

 discal puncture at two-thirds; hind tarsi long, the basal joint as 

 long as the next two together and distinctly longer than the fifth; 

 male with both anterior and middle tarsi rather strongly dilated. 

 Length (cf 9 ) 5.6-6.8 mm.; width 1.9-2.5 mm. Rhode Island, New 

 Jersey and Pennsylvania. Much less abundant than ochropezus. 

 [S. versicolor Kirby; S. fuscipennis Lee.] fuliginosus Dej. 



Form oblong-oval, moderately convex, shining, much larger in size than 

 any other species, black, the edges of the pronotum diaphanously 

 pale; elytra with a feeble greenish lustre, the sides nubilously pale, 

 the suture pale posteriorly; under surface black, the epipleura piceo- 

 testaceous, the legs pallid throughout; head moderate, two-thirds 

 as wide as the prothorax, with large and very prominent eyes; an- 

 tennae very slender, black, the two basal joints wholly pale: prothorax 

 two-fifths wider than long, widest somewhat before the middle, rather 

 more narrowed basally than apically, the sides almost evenly rounded ; 

 apex rather feebly sinuate, with obtuse and rounded angles and about 

 as wide as the base, which is transverse, unbeaded throughout and 

 with broadly rounded angles; surface rather finely reflexed at the 

 sides throughout the length, flattened and densely punctured latero- 

 basally, continuously with the foveae and to the side margins, the 

 foveae thus obliterated and forming part of the rather abrupt flatten- 

 ing; stria very fine; elytra nearly three-fifths longer than wide and 

 two-fifths wider than the prothorax, parallel, the apex obtusely ogival, 

 the sinus broad and very feeble though evident; striae strong, the 

 scutellar very long; intervals feebly convex, very narrow and convex 



T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. V, Oct. 1914. 



