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interval and the apex rather distinct, the punctures of the series 

 fine but distinct; abdomen with very fine sparse punctulation. 

 Length (9) 5.3 mm.; width 2.0 mm. Texas (locality unrecorded). 



cupreolus n. sp. 



Basal joint of the hind tarsi much shorter than the next three combined 

 in both sexes 12 



12 Upper surface with green or aeneous-green metallic lustre, the pro- 

 thorax much less transverse than usual and only about two-fifths 

 wider than long. Body oblong-oval, more convex than usual, 

 shining, the under surface blackish, with paler epipleura and legs; 

 head well developed, about two-thirds as wide as the prothorax, 

 the eyes moderate and not very convex, the antennae piceous, paler 

 at base; prothorax with subevenly and broadly arcuate sides, the 

 apex feebly sinuate, narrower than the base, which is transverse 

 medially, feebly arcuate laterally, with the angles rather broadly 

 rounded; surface very convex, finely reflexed at the sides, with very 

 fine stria and usually numerous fine feeble longitudinal folds at apex 

 and base, the foveae diffuse and very vague but with numerous 

 punctures basally as a rule and with some also near the sides; elytra 

 unusually short, a third longer than wide, very obtuse at apex, the 

 striae fine but distinct, the intervals nearly flat, becoming narrow 

 and convex at apex, the marginal punctulation very fine and the 

 scutellar stria distinct; abdomen with numerous extremely fine and 

 feeble punctures. Length (d 71 ) 5.1-5.7 mm.; width 2.0-2.35 mm. 

 New Jersey troglodytes Dej. 



Upper surface with aeneous to very obscure greenish lustre, the pro- 

 thorax about one-half wider than long 13 



13 The upper surface with bright aeneo-cupreous lustre; under surface 

 as in the preceding; tibiae and tarsi sometimes a little more obscure 

 than the femora; head moderate, the eyes not large, only moderately 

 prominent; antennae piceous, paler at base, not very long or slender; 

 prothorax with parallel and feebly arcuate, rather finely reflexed 

 sides and broadly, very moderately sinuate apex, the base somewhat 

 as in the preceding and with rather broadly rounded angles; surface 

 less convex and smoother, the very feeble and vague foveae with only 

 very few fine punctures and with a few also at the sides; elytra longer, 

 more than two-fifths longer than wide, lather less obtuse at apex, 

 the striae fine but distinct, the scutellar rather well developed, the 

 intervals flat to feebly convex, narrow but not very convex at apex, 

 the series distinct, the marginal punctulation extremely fine, the 

 apical much more evident; abdomen with fine and sparse punctures 

 and usually rather distinct pubescence. Length (cf 9 ) 4.6-6.0 

 mm.; width 1.8-2.3 mm - Long Island, New Jersey and Virginia; 

 also one example without label from the Levette collection. [S. ccreus 

 Lee. and S. puellus Putz. fide Horn] pedicularius Dej. 



The upper surface with bronzy-greenish lustre, shining, the under surface 

 black, with pale epipleura and obscure rufous legs, the femora 

 clearer; head fully three-fifths as wide as the prothorax, with moder- 

 ate though rather prominent eyes; antennae not very long or slender, 

 nearly black, the basal joint pale; prothorax scarcely one-hall wider 



