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3 Body narrower and more elongate than in dubius but with the elytra 

 similarly very obtusely rounded at apex; head similar but with the 

 antennae more slender; prothorax nearly similar and about as wide 

 as the elytra, though with the base not broadly sinuate medially 

 but transverse and perfectly rectilinear throughout, the coarsely 

 punctate basal foveae more pronounced; elytra nearly one-half 

 longer than wide, the striae less deeply impressed and sometimes 

 closely and obscurely punctulate, the intervals flatter; apex in 

 posterior third circularly rounded; abdomen partially punctured and 

 setulose as usual. Length (cT 9 ) 7.0-10.7 mm.; width 3.0-4.0 mm. 

 Iowa to Texas and Arizona. Eleven examples texanus Csy. 



Body rather stout and more oval, strongly convex, larger in size, deep 

 shining black, the under surface, legs and cephalic parts colored as 

 in dubius; head nearly as in the preceding, the antennae stouter; 

 prothorax nearly similar in form but distinctly narrower than the 

 elytra, the base transverse and rectilinear, feebly sinuate at lateral 

 fourth and thence transverse and straight to the angles, which are 

 right and not at all everted; surface almost as in the preceding; 

 elytra more oval, widest near the middle, the apex more gradually 

 ogival from slightly behind the middle; sides broadly arcuate; 

 striae rather coarse, abrupt, the intervals but feebly convex. Length 

 (cf 9 ?) 9.9-11.0 mm.; width 4.0-4.4 mm. Southern Atlantic 

 seaboard subovalis n. sp. 



4 Form very stout, subparallel, convex, moderately shining, deep black 

 above, piceo-rufous beneath, the legs and antennae paler; head fully 

 four-fifths as wide as the prothorax, the eyes a little larger than usual, 

 the antennae stout; prothorax somewhat more than one-half wider 

 than long, throughout nearly as in dubius, the base broadly, feebly 

 sinuate, becoming somewhat posteriorly oblique laterally; elytra 

 oblong, scarcely wider than the prothorax and only one-fourth longer 

 than wide, parallel and straight at the sides, the apex rather abruptly 

 and very broadly arcuate; striae coarse and deep, rather abrupt, the 

 intervals virtually flat. Length (c?) 10.0 mm.; width 4.4 mm. 

 Missouri (St. Louis) cephalotes n. sp. 



The example of dubius having the greatest width in the measure- 

 ments given above, is an exceptionally broad male from El Paso, 

 Texas; the next broadest examples of a large series measure barely 

 3.8 mm. in width. 



The names bisectus and litoreus were applied by the writer (Cont. 

 Descr. and Syst. Col. N. A., Pt. II, p. 74) to very small and odd 

 looking examples of the two sexes; not having others to corroborate 

 them, even as subspecies, the best course is to suppress them as 

 slight abnormalities. 



