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short, decumbent, rather fine, pale; head gradually inflated basally, 

 convex, nearly as long as wide, almost as wide as the prothorax, the eyes 

 rather small, anterior; antennae pale, ochreous, short, gradually and 

 strongly incrassate distally, the second joint as long as the next two, 

 third pedunculate at base, tenth twice as wide as long, the last obtuse, as 

 long as the two preceding; prothorax but little wider than long, of the 

 usual form, the sides feebly converging from near apical third to the 

 obtuse but distinct basal angles; elytra better developed than usual, a 

 fourth wider and two-fifths longer than the prothorax (c?) or a little 

 shorter ( 9 ) ; abdomen parallel, narrower than the elytra, the fifth tergite 

 (cT) one-half longer than the fourth, the asperities sparse but tending 

 to lineal arrangement, with two specially pronounced parallel series, 

 separated by one-half the entire width; sixth ventral plate (9) broad, 

 rapidly narrowed from the base for a short distance, the apex broadly 

 angulate, with the angle rather broadly truncate. Length 1.25 mm.; 

 width 0.24 mm. Texas (Austin). 



Differs very much from parallela in its less parallel form, more 

 developed elytra and gradually much more incrassate antennae 

 distally. In outline it more closely resembles testacea and delicata, 

 but differs from the former in its much smaller size and, from the 

 latter, in having the asperities of the fifth tergite, not evenly dis- 

 tributed, but more lineate, with two widely separated lines more 

 pronounced, the types of both apparently being males. 



The peculiar arrangement of the asperities of the fifth tergite in 

 the male, giving the impression, under inadequate enlargement, of 

 two parallel striae, taken in connection with the small eyes and 

 basally inflated head, leaves no doubt whatever in my mind that 

 the Atheta (Meotica) bistriata, of Bernhauer, (Deut. Ent. Zeits., 

 1909, p. 528), is a species belonging to this genus. Nothing but 

 the sexual characters and size of that species is adequately alluded 

 to by the author, and therefore nothing which would seem to 

 prohibit this disposition of it. The genus Alisalia will prove to be 

 very extensive, not only in species but in geographic range. 



Alisalia antennalis n. sp. Moderately slender and shining, not parallel, 

 pale reddish-brown, the head but very slightly darker; punctures minute 

 and close-set, the pubescence short, inconspicuous; head slightly wider 

 than long, four-fifths as wide as the prothorax, slightly inflated basally, 

 the eyes rather well developed, slightly convex, at one-half more than 

 their own length from the base; antennae longer than usual, black, paler 

 basally, extending to about basal third of the elytra, the second joint 

 as long as the first but thinner, third very nearly as long as the second 

 but more narrowed basally, fourth distinctly transverse, four to tip rather 

 rapidly and evenly incrassate, becoming moderately thick at apex, the 



