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the others, because of the sides of the prothorax being straight or 

 sinuate and rather notably convergent posteriorly in about basal 

 half, so that the base is not wider than the apex, as is invariably 

 the case throughout the viduus group, to which it is allied by the 

 pronotal features, glabrous upper surface of all the tarsi and absence 

 of accessory abdominal seta?. In spadiceus the mentum has a small 

 but distinct tooth and the ligula is narrow, subparallel and not 

 dilated at apex. The species are as follows: 



Form rather narrowly elongate-suboval, moderately convex, shining in 

 both sexes, the elytra not at all alutaceous in the female; color black 

 above, the under surface rufo-piceous, the legs dark rufous, the 

 slender antennae and the palpi testaceous; head nearly three-fourths 

 as wide as the prothorax, with very moderate and rather prominent 

 eyes and small perforato-punctiform fovese; antennae extending well 

 behind the thoracic base; prothorax relatively moderate in size, 

 longer than usual, not quite a third wider than long, the sides rounded 

 anteriorly, converging and straight posteriorly, the angles obtuse, 

 with their tips narrowly rounded; apex feebly sinuate, with rather 

 narrowly rounded angles and fully equal in width to the base, which 

 is transverse and finely, strongly margined; surface steeply declivous 

 at the sides to the rather fine reflexed edge, which is virtually even 

 throughout the length, the foveae sublinear but extremely feeble and 

 broadly subimpressed, finely and sparsely punctured, the minute 

 punctules scattered also over the feebly convex surface thence to 

 the sides, the stria very fine but subentire; elytra about one-half 

 longer than wide and a fifth wider than the prothorax, obtusely 

 ogival at apex, with parallel, distinctly arcuate sides, the sinus feeble 

 though distinct, the sutural angles obtuse; striae fine but deeply 

 impressed, the scutellar moderate, the intervals distinctly convex, 

 the puncture large and deep, near apical third; hind tarsi not very 

 slender, the first three joints decreasing rather rapidly, the first as 

 long as the fifth. Length (9) 9-5 mm.; width 3.6 mm. A single 

 example unlabeled in the Levette collection, probably from Indiana. 



spadiceus Dej. 



Form and size as in spadiceus, with similar prothorax, except that the 

 sides before the hind angles are sinuate, the angles rather rectangular 

 and not rounded, the basal impressions of the prothorax deeper and 

 more elongate; femora and tibiae blackish, the tarsi, antennae and 

 palpi rufo-testaceoin. Otherwise as in spadiceus. Length 9-9.5 

 mm. North Carolina (Black Mts.) carolinae Schf. 



Carolina seems to be distinct from spadiceus, though we have 







only the very brief resume of differences given above to rely upon ; 

 it is probably very local in habitat; spadiceus is rather widely dif- 

 fused in the Atlantic regions but is not at all common. 



There are several species described as Harpahis, which I am 

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



