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and sparse, not dense, but feebly granuliform toward the scutellum, 

 nowhere conspicuous on the pronotum, the pubescence sparse, palish; 

 head somewhat wider than long, very slightly wider than the prothorax, 

 the eyes prominent, at much more than their own length from the base, 

 the latter broadly arcuato-truncate, with well marked rounded angles; 

 antennae dark piceous-brown, the basal joint paler, extending to the 

 middle of the elytra, very gradually but distinctly incrassate and mod- 

 erately thick distally, the second joint barely at all longer than the first 

 or third, fourth slightly longer than wide, parallel, fifth but little shorter 

 than wide, the tenth not more than a third wider than long, the last 

 slightly shorter than the two preceding; prothorax somewhat wider than 

 long, very prominent laterally at apical third, the converging sides 

 sinuate, the base nearly two-thirds the maximum width, the sulcus deep 

 and sharply impressed; elytra nearly one-half wider and a third longer 

 than the prothorax, the humeri widely and obliquely exposed at base; 

 scutellar granules not dense, irregularly and widely parted along the 

 middle; abdomen subparallel, with slightly arcuate sides, not quite so 

 wide as the elytra, the deep tergitical depressions strongly, roughly and 

 closely punctate, with a few smaller punctures scattered over the feeble 

 impression of the fourth tergite. Length 2.2 mm.; width 0.45 mm. 

 Texas (Austin). 



Allied to the Florida partita and floridana, the latter being dis- 

 tinguished from either of the others by its much smaller prothorax, 

 broader abdomen, shorter, more compact antennae, with very trans- 

 verse outer joints and by the almost impunctate tergitical impres- 

 sions. The present species may be known from partita, which it 

 resembles almost exactly in general form and the proportion of its 

 parts, coloration and sculpture, by its longer antennae, which are 

 less thickened distally and with less transverse outer joints and 

 longer terminal joint. 



Lorinota Csy. 



The small frail eastern species, constituting the second section 

 of this genus, may themselves be separated into two distinct groups, 

 the first having the head circularly rounded at base, including the 

 species described by the writer under the name cingulata Lee., 

 but with the elytra not cingulate and therefore probably not that 

 species, and tenuicornis Csy., and the second including gracilis, 

 parva and bilimbata Csy., having the head larger and subtruncate 

 at base. During the past summer I obtained a species on the 

 Blue Ridge, in Franklin Co., Penn., which differs from any other 

 known to me; the elytra are dark but very pale at each side of the 

 base and along the apex, thus warranting the name cingulata very 



T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. II, August 1911. 



