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truncate medially, thence oblique, becoming feebly sinuate near the 

 angles; elytra evidently shorter than wide though much more developed 

 than in brevipennis, parallel, very slightly wider, the suture nearly a third 

 longer, than the prothorax; abdomen slightly narrower than the elytra, 

 parallel, with straight sides. Length 1.2 mm.; width 0.22 mm. Texas 

 (Waco and Galveston). 



In the type, the asperities seem to form two subparallel discal 

 lines on the fifth tergite, separated by a third of its width and the 

 sixth ventral plate is evenly, circularly rounded. In the Galveston 

 example the antennae are more gradually incrassate distally and less 

 parallel than in the Waco type, and, at tip, are thicker, but other- 

 wise there is a very close mutual resemblance; the differences may 

 be due to sex, the type being a male. 



Alisalia testacea n. sp. Slender, not quite parallel, moderately convex, 

 shining, testaceous, the head distinctly, the elytra just visibly, dusky; 

 punctures minute, rather close, sparse on the abdomen; pubescence short, 

 not dense, coarse and pale; head slightly shorter than wide, scarcely four- 

 fifths as wide as the prothorax, strongly inflated at base, the eyes small, 

 slightly convex, at about twice their length from the base; antennae 

 rather short, moderately stout, dusky, slender and paler basally, the 

 second joint as long as the next two, third obconic, one-half longer than 

 wide, fourth wider, very transverse, fifth to tip still wider but increasing 

 only very slightly, the tenth more than twice as wide as long, the last 

 ogival, longer than the two preceding; prothorax two-fifths wider than 

 long, the sides broadly rounded, straighter and feebly converging from 

 before the middle to the very obtuse and blunt basal angles; elytra 

 evidently shorter than wide, with feebly diverging straight sides, a little 

 wider and a third longer than the prothorax; abdomen slightly narrower 

 than the elytra, long, parallel, the fifth tergite one-half longer than the 

 fourth, smooth ( 9 ) or with stronger, sparsely scattered asperities (cf); 

 sixth ventral plate very broad, trapezoidal, with evenly arcuate apex 

 (9), or narrower and evenly rounded (cf). Length 1.5 mm.; width 

 0.26 mm. North Carolina (Asheville). 



The abdominal impressions are a little stronger in the male than 

 in the female, and the third tergite is feebly impressed along the 

 elevated arcuate basal border in that sex. This species is rather 

 abundant and differs from parallela in its less parallel form and less 

 transverse and more basally inflated head; also in its larger size, 

 stouter form and more developed elytra. 



Alisalia minutissima n. sp. Slender, shining, moderately convex, 

 subparallel, pale piceo-testaceous, the head still a little darker; punctures 

 very fine, not dense, closer and stronger toward the base of the head 

 medially, sparse on the abdomen; pubescence inconspicuous; head nearly 



