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elytra almos"- one-half wider than the prothorax, large, parallel, with 

 broadly arcuate sides and obtuse apex, nearly one-half longer than 

 wide, the smus very feeble though evident; striae rather fine, coarse 

 and deep at apex, the scutellar long; intervals very feebly convex, 

 the discal puncture coarse, at four-sevenths; hind tarsi very long and 

 slender, almost as long as the tibiae, the first joint longer than the 

 next two and one-half longer than the last; abdomen ( 9 ) not punctate 

 medially. Length (9 ) 7.0 mm.; width 2.9 mm. A single example, 

 without indication of locality but probably from the south Atlantic 

 region. [Ilarpalus carbonarius Dej.]. I do not understand the 

 reference of this species to Brulle by LeConte. . . .carbonarius Dej. 



Form less broadly oblong-suboval and rather more convex, much more 

 shining, black, the thoracic edges diaphanously paler, the elytra 

 with feeble greenish lustre; legs pale piceo-testaceous; head larger, 

 fully three-fifths as wide as the prothorax, with large and very prom- 

 inent eyes; antennae long and very slender, filiform, blackish, with 

 paler basal joint; prothorax nearly one-half wider than long, parallel, 

 widest at the middle, the sides broadly and evenly arcuate; apex 

 moderately sinuate, slightly narrower than the base, the basal angles 

 very broadly rounded and obliterated; surface finely but strongly 

 reflexed at the sides anteriorly, the gutter deeply concave, gradually 

 widening posteriorly, becoming, about the reflexed basal angles, a 

 distinct concavity, which communicates with the rounded and deeply 

 impressed foveae, the punctulation of this region extremely fine, sparse 

 and obsolescent; anterior and posterior transverse impressions very 

 feeble though evident, the stria excessively fine; elytra not quite one- 

 half longer than wide, a third wider than the prothorax, parallel, with 

 feebly arcuace sides and obtusely ogival apex, the sinus obsolescent; 

 striae rather fine, the scutellar notably short; intervals flat; discal 

 puncture very coarse, behind three-fifths; hind carsi four-fifths as 

 long as the tibiae, the first joint equal to the next two and much 

 longer than the fifth. Length (cf) 5.6-5.8 mm.; width 2.2 mm. 

 Texas (Galveston). Two examples spretus Dej. 



3 Species larger in size, seldom at all under 4 mm. in length 4 



Species very small in size, always well under 4 mm. in length, with very 

 broadly rounded basal thoracic angles, the anterior and middle tarsi 

 (cf) more or less unequally dilated and biser'ately squamulose 

 beneath; elytral striae not coarser and deeper on the declivity, the 

 intervals there not or scarcely more convex 25 



4 Eyes large or moderate in size; elytra similar in lustre in the sexes 

 and more or less convex; elytral striae coarse and approximate on the 

 posterior declivity 5 



Eyes very small; elytra alutaceous in the female and almost flat, rather 

 short and obliquely truncate; body very pale testaceous in color; 

 discal puncture of the elytra more posterior in position than in any 

 other species; striae on the declivity not coarse or approximate, the 

 intervals remaining flat throughout 24 



5 Scutellar stria more or less long and parallel 6 



Scutellar stria short and oblique, sometimes obsolete 21 



