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Virginia, has been in my collection for many years under the name 

 Bradycellus nigriceps Lee., but just how determined I do not 

 remember; if the identification is correct the announced synonymy 

 is true beyond question, but I cannot exactly reconcile the state- 

 ment in regard to nigriceps, that the hind angles of the prothorax 

 are "very slightly prominent"; in all the species of this genus they 

 are obtuse and rounded. The original description of nigriceps is 

 as follows: 



Bradycellus nigriceps Lee. Less elongate than the others of this 

 group rupestris, parallclus, tantillus black; prothorax, elytra and feet 

 testaceous; antennae brown, with the first two joints pale; prothorax 

 wider than long, more narrowed behind, sides scarcely sinuate near the 

 base; hind angles obtuse, very slightly prominent; basal impressions 

 feeble, with a few punctures; eyes smaller and less prominent than usual. 

 Length 3.75 mm. New Jersey and Virginia, two specimens. 



It will be observed that nearly all the characters given suit the 

 present genus better than Stenocellus and I have but little doubt 

 that nigriceps is, at any rate, generically different from rupestris 

 and tantillus. The measurement of length can be disregarded, as 

 it is almost certainly excessive. 



I am somewhat in doubt concerning the identification of humilis 

 Dej.; LeConte states, on the authority of Zimmermann, that it 

 may be the same as indistinctus Dej., but the large head is specially 

 alluded to by Dejean in his description of indistinctus though not 

 mentioned under humilis. It is probable, therefore, that the two 

 are not identical and that humilis is more nearly allied to pau- 

 perculus. 



Agonoderus Dej. 



The species of this genus are much larger than those of Tachistodes 

 but present many characters in common, such as the convex surface, 

 prominent eyes, stout antennae, rounded basal angles of the pro- 

 thorax and very feeble male sexual characters. There are also 

 some daptiform characteristics, as pointed out by Dejean, the 

 legs being stout and the tarsi short; the posterior differ from those 

 of Tachistodes in tapering from base to tip, somewhat as in the 

 Daptid genus Geopinus. The body is oblong-oval, convex, gener- 

 ally pallid in color, the head short, the eyes large and prominent, 

 the oblique frontal foveae prolonged by a fine line which attains the 

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



