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Sides not at all deplanate; body very small in size II 



10 Form oblong-oval, moderately convex, piceous above and beneath, 

 the legs and the slender antennae testaceous; elytra black, with 

 greenish lustre, strongly shining (cf) or alutaceous (9); head with 

 well developed prominent eyes and fine foveae, the antennae not 

 quite half as long as the body; prothorax about one-half wider than 

 long, the sides nearly parallel and feebly arcuate to beyond the 

 middle, then rounding to the apex, which is sinuato-truncate and 

 much narrower than the transverse base, the basal angles nearly 

 right but distinctly though narrowly rounded; surface wholly devoid 

 of sculpture, rather coarsely concavo-explanate at the sides, rapidly 

 more broadly and flatly posteriorly, curving inward nearly to the 

 feeble and very vague foveae, diaphanously pale throughout; an- 

 terior angulate transverse impression rather distinct, the stria thence 

 nearly to the base very fine; elytra more than one-half longer than 

 wide and three times as long as the prothorax, a third wider than 

 the latter, obtusely ogival at apex, the sides arcuate; sinus feeble 

 but evident; striae fine but distinct, the scutellar long; intervals 

 nearly flat, feebly convex suturad, the discal puncture near apical 

 fourth to fifth; basal joint of the hind tarsi as long as the next two 

 and longer than the fifth. Length (cf 9 ) 7.8-9.0 mm.; width 2.9- 

 3.8 mm. New York to North Carolina and westward to Iowa and 

 Missouri. Very abundant terminatus Say 



Form more elongate, larger in size, black, with diaphanous thoracic edges, 

 the elytra rather more obscure greenish-metallic, the lustre in both 

 sexes as in the preceding; under surface piceous-black, the legs and 

 antennae bright testaceous; head nearly as in terminatus, the antennae 

 relatively not so long though rather slender, the median line of the 

 flattened sides of the joints blackish; prothorax one-half wider than 

 long to a little less (cf), the sides moderately arcuate and subevenly 

 so from base to apex, the latter distinctly sinuate and three-fourths 

 as wide as the base, the basal angles but little more than right, nar- 

 rowly though distinctly rounded; surface impunctate but somewhat 

 alutaceous basally, the deplanate margin much less abruptly defined 

 than in terminatus, narrower and becoming extinct near basal third, 

 the foveae rather large but extremely feeble and vague; stria exces- 

 sively fine; elytra three-fifths longer than wide and more than three 

 times as long as the prothorax, fully a fourth wider than the latter, 

 parallel, with distinctly arcuate sides, the apex, striae and intervals 

 somewhat as in terminatus, the puncture about at apical fifth; hind 

 tarsi nearly similar. Length (cf 9 ) 8.8-10.0 mm.; width 3.5-4.0 

 mm. Texas (Austin). Twelve examples, taken by the writer. 



subvirens n. sp. 



Form more oblong, much smaller in size, moderately convex, black, the 

 thoracic bead diaphanous; elytra (c?) shining and with distinct 

 metallic green lustre; under surface piceous-black, the legs pale 

 testaceous, the antennae as in the preceding; head with moderately 

 large and prominent eyes and very small indistinct foveae; prothorax 

 fully one-half wider than long, the sides broadly rounded, rather 

 more so and converging apically, the apex distinctly sinuate, much 



