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narrower than the base, the basal angles evidently more than right, 

 with their tips finely blunt; surface smooth and impunctate, finely 

 subdeplanate laterad anteriorly, gradually somewhat more broadly 

 posteriorly, the slope disappearing, curving inward, near basal third, 

 everywhere feebly defined and not flat, the region near the angles 

 rather flattened as usual; foveae large, somewhat elongate, more 

 deeply impressed than usual though not well defined, the stria almost 

 obsolete; elytra one-half longer than wide, gradually arcuately 

 narrowing and ogival behind about the middle, only about a sixth 

 wider than the prothorax, with feebly arcuate sides, the sinus feeble 

 though distinct; striae fine, the intervals feebly convex, notably so 

 suturad, the puncture near apical fifth; hind tarsi with the first 

 joint longer than the fifth. Length (cf) 7.8-8.0 mm. ; width 3.2 mm. 

 Florida. . floridanus n. sp. 



ii Body narrowly oblong-oval, moderately convex, black, shining, the 

 thoracic bead diaphanous; elytra somewhat obscure metallic-green 

 (cT), not distinctly so (9); under surface black, the legs pale tes- 

 taceous; head with very moderate and not very prominent eyes, the 

 foveae almost completely obsolete; antennae slender and testaceous, 

 moderate in length; prothorax not quite one-half wider than long, 

 the sides broadly rounded, a little less so posteriorly; apex distinctly 

 sinuate, evidently narrower than the base, which is transverse, with 

 the angles somewhat obtuse and with their tips narrowly rounded; 

 surface almost evenly and rather feebly convex from one finely 

 reflexed lateral edge to the other, impunctate, the foveae small but 

 sublinear, very feeble though evident; stria very fine from the sub- 

 obsolete angulate anterior impression to the base; elytra not quite 

 one-half longer than wide, less than a fourth wider than the prothorax, 

 parallel, with broadly arcuate sides and rapidly obtusely ogival 

 apex, the sinus broad and feeble though very distinct; striae very 

 fine but distinct, the scutellar oblique and very moderate in length; 

 intervals flat externally, feebly convex and with deeper striae suturad, 

 the puncture near apical fourth; tibiae and hind tarsi unusually 

 slender, the latter rather short, the basal joint distinctly shorter 

 than the next two and equal to the fifth; claws slender, not very 

 arcuate. Length (cf 9 ) 6.0-7.7 mm.; width 2.25-2.95 mm. North 

 Carolina (Asheville). Six examples, taken by the writer. 



delicatus n. sp. 



12 Form elongate-suboval, moderately convex, very shining, black, the 

 thoracic edge and elytral suture paler, the lustre bright greenish- 

 metallic, a little brighter on the elytra, the under surface blackish- 

 piceous; legs and moderately slender antennae testaceous; head 

 smooth, the foveae excessively minute, lineiform, the eyes very 

 moderate in size and prominence; prothorax fully one-half wider than 

 long, the sides rounded anteriorly, slightly oblique and nearly straight 

 in about basal half; apex evidently sinuate and but little narrower 

 than the base, which is transverse, minutely beaded as usual, the 

 angles notably obtuse but very distinct, their apices only finely 

 blunt; surface subevenly and very feebly convex from side to side 

 and everywhere with excessively minute sparse punctulation, 



