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though only very feebly shining, extensively opaculate basally and 

 with the fovere obsolete; elytra oblong-oval, gradually rounding 

 behind, more than two-fifths longer than wide (cf ), a little shorter 

 (9), the sinus extremely feeble, obsolete in the female as a rule; 

 striae very fine, the scutellai still finer but rather long, the intervals 

 flat, with sericeo-opaque lustre; hind tarsi (cf ) evidently longer than 

 the tibiae, or ( 9 ) equal in length to the latter, the setae along the 

 external edge of the tibiae few in number but veiy thick and subspini- 

 form. Length (cf 9 ) 5.9-6.1 mm.; width 2.35-2.5 mm. New 

 Jersey (Atlantic City). Five examples opaculus n. sp. 



Upper surface shining and feebly alutaceous in the male, sericeo-opaque 

 in the female 4 



4 Sides of the prothorax very moderately arcuate, parallel at base, thence 

 converging to the apex as in the preceding 5 



Sides of the prothorax more strongly arcuate, perceptibly converging 

 toward the basal angles 6 



5 Body oblong-oval, shorter and relatively broader than in opaculus; 

 coloration throughout similar but rather less intense black, the two 

 basal joints of the antennae paler; head and antennae similar; eyes 

 very moderate in size and prominence; prothorax similar in general 

 character but shorter, the apex rather less deeply sinuate and with 

 somewhat less advanced angles, a little wider, being three-fourths 

 as wide as the base, the latter rectilinear throughout, not posteri- 

 orly oblique at the sides; surface nearly similar, the fovese obsolete; 

 elytra much shorter, a third to fourth longer than wide, the sinus 

 very feeble though somewhat evident in both sexes, the elytra less 

 opaque and with more bronzy lustre as a rule, the striae very fine, 

 the scutellar very fine and extremely short as a rule, never as long 

 as in the preceding; hind tarsi (cf ) very slender, about as long as 

 the tibiae, or (9) a little shorter. Length (cf 9 ) 5.2-5.7 mm.; 

 width 2.1-2.6 mm. New York City to Illinois and southward to 

 Texas and northern Mexico. [Selenophorus ellipticus Dej. (cf); 

 pitlicarius Dej. (9) and granarins Dej.] ellipticus Dej. 



Body slightly narrower and more elongate-oval; coloration and lustre 

 nearly as in ellipticus, the very slender antennae, however, with the 

 three basal joints paler; head similarly small and only half as wide 

 as the prothorax, but less transverse and with notably larger eyes, 

 these being separated by not more than three times their own length; 

 prothorax similar in general form and sculpture but slightly more 

 narrowed apically, the apex deeply sinuate and only two- thirds as 

 wide as the base, the foveae similarly obsolete; elytra more elongate, 

 two-fifths longer than wide, shining (cf ) though similarly with very 

 faint alutaceous lustre, the striae slightly less fine and notably coarser 

 on the posterior declivity than in ellipticus, the scutellar deeper and 

 longer; hind tarsi extremely slender, as long as the tibia?. Length 

 (cf ) 5.1-5.7 mm.; width 2.0-2.3 mm. New York (Catskill Mts.) 

 and Rhode Island currens n. sp. 



Body stout but very small in size, elliptic, moderately convex, shining, 

 feebly alutaceous, piceous-black above and beneath, the latero-basal 

 parts of the prothorax somewhat pallescent diaphanously; elytra 



