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joints subseneous, about as long as the thoracic length; prothorax nearly 

 as in laurentica and fortis, the scutellum similarly minute but elongate- 

 oval, polished, black and very convex; elytra as in laurentica but more 

 strongly rugose and rather more elongate, the serrulation almost obsolete. 

 Length 25.0 mm.; width 8.8 mm. Kansas. 



Besides the smaller head and less convex eyes, this species differs 

 from both fortis and laurentica in the much narrower rugose sulcus 

 of the prosternum. 



Chalcophorella obsolescens n. sp. Slightly broader, more convex and 

 more posteriorly inflated than campestris, dull metallic green above, 

 greenish-cupreous beneath, rather shining; head barely more than half 

 as wide as the prothorax, deeply sulcate, coarsely, closely punctate, each 

 puncture with a short silvery hair; antennae rather short, stouter than in 

 campestris, the joints much more rapidly constricted at their bases; pro- 

 thorax trapezoidal, with moderately and very evenly arcuate sides, 

 three-fifths wider than long, very coarsely, confluently punctate laterally, 

 but less irregular than in campestris and not impressed near the hind 

 angles, the punctures sparser and more regular medially, the sulcus very 

 narrow, obsolete at apical third along a median line which becomes em- 

 bossed, flat and impunctate thence to the apex, ending at base in a deep 

 rounded puncture; scutellum subobsolete; elytra distinctly wider at 

 three-fifths than at base, the sides thence straight to the base and 

 arcuately oblique to the apex, which is smooth and obtuse, with the 

 sutural spines small; lateral serrulation very much feebler than in cam- 

 pestris and still more markedly so than in serriger; surface as in campes- 

 tris but with every feature much reduced, very much smoother; abdomen 

 similarly sculptured but not so sharply pointed at apex in the female; 

 prosternal groove broader and more coarsely sculptured. Length (9) 

 23.5 mm.: width 7.8 mm. Louisiana. 



At first I thought that this might be langeri Chev., as the pronotal 

 sulcus is obsolete anteriorly, but the sulcus in langeri is said to be 

 much broader even than in campestris; here it does not have a third 

 the width of the broad entire groove of that species; langeri is 

 placed as a synonym of campestris by Kerremans. 



Cinyra L.-G. 



The species belonging to the subgenus Spectralia Csy., a group of 

 the genus Cinyra L.-G., may be known by the following characters: 



Antennae black throughout 2 



Antennae black, becoming testaceous in about outer half, excepting the 



last joint, which is blackish 4 



2 Lateral impressed densely punctate line of the prothorax only present 

 in basal half, the lateral parts thence to the apex evenly convex and 

 sparsely punctate; body elongate-suboval, gradually pointed behind, 



