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longer than the pro thorax; abdomen narrower than the elytra, parallel, 

 the fifth tergite notably longer than the fourth; margins rather thin through- 

 out, the punctures fine and sparse. Length 2.25 mm.; width 0.35 mm. 

 Wisconsin (Bayfield) , Wickham. 



May be known by its rather flat upper surface, coloration and 

 other characters as outlined above. 



Noverota finitima n. sp. Coloration and sculpture throughout nearly as 

 in clemens; head relatively much larger, slightly transverse, the eyes larger, 

 at barely their own length from the base, similarly finely faceted, the tempora 

 equally prominent, parallel, then broadly rounding to the base, the carinae 

 fine, extending slightly beyond the middle in the type; antennae rather short, 

 more rapidly and strongly incrassate, the outer joints mutually similar in 

 form and strongly transverse, the second and third much elongated, the 

 latter slightly the shorter; prothorax nearly as in the preceding in form but 

 more parallel, with feebly arcuate sides, not so obviously widest anteriorly, 

 nearly as wide as the elytra and only just visibly wider than the head, the 

 entire median line very finely and faintly impressed; elytra much smaller 

 than in clemens, shorter than wide, distinctly longer than the prothorax, 

 the suture impressed almost throughout the length; abdomen almost similar 

 but shorter, with the fifth tergite but little longer than the fourth. Length 

 1.65 mm.; width 0.3 mm. Rhode Island (Boston Neck). 



While resembling the preceding in general characters, this species 

 is shorter, much more parallel and has the antennae shorter and 

 evidently more strongly incrassate. 



Noverota scenica n. sp. Coloration and sculpture nearly as in finitima, 

 the body much larger and stouter, moderately convex; head nearly as long 

 as wide, the eyes rather convex, much shorter than the tempora, the latter 

 scarcely more prominent, long, arcuate, then rounding to the base, the facets 

 small, convex though slightly isolated, the carinae very short and basal; 

 antennae rather long and very thick, gradually incrassate, piceous-brown, 

 paler basally, the outer joints mutually similar in form but increasing rapidly 

 in size, distinctly wider than long, the last not as long as the two preceding, 

 the second much elongated, a little longer than the third; prothorax nearly 

 as in finitima but only very slightly transverse, very obviously wider than 

 the head and narrower than the elytra, the median line extremely finely and 

 feebly impressed from before the middle to the base; elytra not quite as long 

 as wide, much longer than the prothorax, the suture impressed only near 

 the scutellum, the apices as in the preceding, not sinuate externally; abdomen 

 narrower than the elytra but not slender, the margins rather thin, parallel 

 and straight, the fifth tergite distinctly longer than the fourth. Length 2.3 

 mm.; width 0.45 mm. New York (near the city). 



The sexual characters of the male are not obvious on the dorsal 

 surface, but, as in Metaxya, are sometimes evident in the sixth 

 ventral plate, which in this species is broad, feebly narrowed pos- 



