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convex, the third with a distinct puncture at three-fifths on the 

 second stria, no others visible in the type, except the very short 

 medial series on 3-5-7 at apex; basal joint of the hind tarsi as long 

 as the next three. Length (cf 9 ) 12.0-13.0 mm. ; width 4.9-5.6 mm. 

 Missouri (St. Louis) and Kansas (Salina) ovularis n. sp. 



II Basal foveae of the pronotum short, oblong, rather shallow but dis- 

 tinct, wholly impunctate, the sides rather abruptly deplanate, 

 gradually so in basal third or fourth and not punctate. Body rather 

 narrowly oblong, moderately convex, very shining throughout (cf ), 

 or with the elytra slightly alutaceous (9), deep black throughout, 

 the male tarsi not paler; antennae slender, black, with the basal 

 joint alone testaceous; palpi black, the apex pale; head but little 

 more than half as wide as the prothorax, with the eyes very moderate 

 in size and prominence, the foveae not very small, deep; prothorax 

 transverse, one-half (cf) to three-fifths (9) wider than long, the 

 sides rounded and converging apically, straighter and more parallel 

 basally, the apex moderately sinuate and much narrower than the 

 base, which is very feebly sinuate from side to side, the angles right 

 and rather narrowly rounded, the stria very fine; elytra not quite 

 one-half longer than wide, not distinctly wider than the prothorax, 

 the sides rounding and converging posteriorly from behind the middle ; 

 not very acutely ogival at apex, the sinus extremely feeble; striae 

 fine, the scutellar long, the intervals flat, the third with a substrial 

 puncture just behind the middle and behind this about two others, 

 very erratically situated on the interval, at apex with the usual 

 short medial series on intervals 3-5-7; lateral foveae very coarse 

 basally and apically but fine medially; abdomen shining; hind tarsi 

 not so slender as in dulcicollis but otherwise similar and with the 

 basal joint subequal to the next three. Length (cf 9 ) 10.3-11.0 

 mm.; width 4.3 mm. Mexico (near the city). {Ilarpalus anthra- 

 cimts Dej.] *anthracinus Dej. 



Basal foveae long, narrow, linear, very feeble but finely punctate; sides 

 of the pronotum declivous but rather gradually, not abruptly de- 

 planate at any point 12 



12 Body oblong-oval, rather convex, black and strongly shining, the 

 pronotum laterally and the elytral suture sometimes feebly rufo- 

 picescent, the elytra not evidently (cf) or rather distinctly (9) 

 alutaceous; under surface and legs blackish-piceous; antennas 

 slender, piceous, with the two basal joints pale; palpi pale throughout; 

 head half as wide as the prothorax, the eyes moderate but prominent, 

 the foveae obliquely sublineiform, small and deep; prothorax one- 

 half wider than long or very nearly, the sides evenly and rather 

 strongly arcuate from base to apex, the latter moderately sinuate, 

 with broadly rounded angles and scarcely three-fourths as wide as 

 the base, which is feebly sinuate throughout, with the angles very 

 broadly rounded; surface slightly alutaceous on the sloping sides, 

 though not distinctly so in the male, impunctate, excepting in the 

 narrow linear foveee, the stria very fine, impinged upon by numerous 

 fine wavy transverse lines; basal bead strong laterally, around the 



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



