HARPALIISLE 109 



sides distinctly, subevenly arcuate and evidently converging nearly 

 from base to apex, the latter strongly sinuate, with broadly rounded 

 angles and much narrower than the base, which is transverse and 

 finely margined, the angles obtuse and broadly rounded; surface 

 steeply declivous anteriorly, the edge excessively finely re flexed, 

 the groove widening and curving inward, becoming very faint and 

 disappearing only near basal third; foveae almost completely obsolete, 

 except at their anterior ends, where there is a subpunctiform im- 

 pression, the area thence to the sides broadly convex and impunctate; 

 median stria rather strong but ending abruptly at the very faint 

 vestige of the anterior impression; elytra two-fifths longer than wide, 

 only very slightly wider than the prothorax, arcuately narrowing in 

 about apical two-fifths but with the apex very obtuse, the sinus 

 more distinct than usual but not otherwise peculiar; striae very fine, 

 not deep, the first a little stronger, the scutellar long, very fine, 

 the intervals perfectly flat, the puncture shallowly impressed, rather 

 before apical fourth; basal joint of the hind tarsi equal in length to 

 the fifth. Length (9) 7-6 mm.; width 3.2 mm. New Mexico 

 (Las Vegas), Meeske latebricola n. sp. 



Body small in size, oblong-oval, only feebly convex, polished and sculptur- 

 less throughout in both sexes, black above and beneath, the legs, 

 antennae and trophi pale testaceous, the epipleura rufescent; head 

 notably small, conspicuously constricted behind the prominent eyes, 

 the foveae small, the epistomal suture very fine and feeble; antennae 

 slender, only feebly compressed, extending rather behind the 

 thoracic base, the third joint subequal to the fourth and following 

 and much longer than the second; prothorax barely two-fifths 

 wider than long, the sides parallel and broadly, very moderately 

 arcuate, more rounding and converging anteriorly, the apex rather 

 deeply sinuate, much narrower than the base and with very narrowly 

 rounded angles; base transverse, not at all bisinuate, very finely 

 margined, the marginal line narrowly interrupted at the middle, the 

 angles nearly right but distinctly rounded; surface even, slightly 

 convex, extremely finely reflexed at the sides from apex to base, 

 the medial stria distinct, obsolete basally and apically, the foveae 

 obsolete, there being barely a trace by obliquely reflected light; 

 elytra two-fifths longer than wide, equal in width to the prothorax 

 and slightly more than twice as long, obtusely ogival at tip, the 

 sinus evident but short and feeble; striae rather strong, the scutellar 

 very short and feeble, the second with an adherent puncture near 

 apical third, the close-set marginal line of strong foveae abruptly 

 and clearly discontinuous medially; intervals not quite flat, polished, 

 basal punctures of the abdomen almost obsolete; legs short, the 

 two anterior tarsi (c?) distinctly dilated and biserially squamose, the 

 posterior rather long, very slender, with the first four joints decreas- 

 ing evenly and rapidly in length, the first fully as long as the fifth. 

 Length (c? 9 ) 5.8-7.2 mm.; width 2.1-2.7 mm - Virginia (Norfolk), 

 Ohio and Missouri nitidulus Chd. 



37 Pronotal foveae strong and deep, rather broadly linear but short, a 

 fourth the total length, rugose but not definitely punctured. Body 



