140 MEMOIRS ox THE COLEOPTERA. 



Dolosota cupiens n. sp. Stout and fusiform, slightly convex, moderately 

 shining, the fine asperulate punctures close-set throughout, much less dense 

 though close-set on the abdomen, where the reticulation is coarse though 

 very feeble; pubescence pale, abundant, short and decumbent; color pale 

 brownish-piceous, the head and abdomen blackish, the latter gradually pale 

 basally and at apex, the legs and antennse very pale throughout; head convex, 

 only a little wider than long, feebly inflated basally, the tempora nearly as 

 long as the eyes but converging from very near the latter to the base; an- 

 tennse slender, moderately short, feebly incrassate, the basal joint short and 

 subcylindric, not quite as long as the second though a little thicker, the third 

 shorter, obconic, the fourth and fifth slightly longer than wide, the sixth as 

 wide as long, the tenth a little wider than long, the last small, pointed, not 

 as long as the two preceding; prothorax large, transverse, somewhat inflated 

 and with strongly arcuate sides behind the middle, the sides more converging 

 anteriorly, as wide as the elytral apex and a little wider than the base, barely 

 at all impressed along the median line basally; elytra rather large, with 

 sensibly diverging and feebly arcuate sides, the apical sinuses broad and 

 rather deep, the suture fully a third longer than the prothorax; abdomen 

 at base very nearly as wide as the elytra, gradually and rather rapidly 

 tapering and with feebly arcuate sides thence to the tip. Length 1.78 mm.; 

 width 0.52 mm. New York (Catskill Mts.). 



Distinguishable readily from any of the foregoing by the much 

 larger elytra and more fusiform outline. The dark cloud on the 

 abdomen is sometimes principally confined to the fourth tergite, 

 especially in less mature individuals. 



Dolosota vafra n. sp. Stout, subparallel, the coloration and sculpture 

 nearly as in the preceding, the coarse reticulation of the abdomen strong; 

 head very small, slightly transverse, convex, parallel at the sides basally, 

 the eyes moderate; antennse moderate, perceptibly incrassate, brownish- 

 testaceous, paler basally, the basal joint elongate-oval, very much longer 

 and thicker than the second, the latter much longer than the third, the fourth 

 and fifth slightly longer than the next two, fully as long as wide, eight to ten 

 evidently wider than long, the last barely as long as the two preceding, the 

 bristling setae conspicuous throughout; prothorax large, transverse, three- 

 fourths wider than the head and as wide as the elytral apex, the sides rounded 

 and anteriorly converging, the apex much narrower than the base, with a 

 rounded feeble impression near the basal margin; elytra transverse, shorter 

 than in cupiens, the outer apical sinuses distinct, the suture barely a fourth 

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

 subparallel, but little narrower at the fifth segment than at base, the margins 

 thick and slightly arcuate. Length 1.65 mm.; width 0.48 mm. North 

 Carolina (Asheville). 



To be readily separated from the preceding by its larger basal 

 joint of the antennae, pronotal impression and shorter elytra. 



Dolosota comis n. sp. Rather stout, pale flavo-testaceous, the head black- 



