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

 convex, the facets moderate, the long tempora parallel, not so prominent 

 as the eyes, the carinae distinct, entire; antennas rather short, gradually 

 distinctly though moderately incrassate, the ninth joint transverse, the 

 longer tenth nearly as long as wide, the last large, ogivally pointed, longer 

 than the two preceding, the second and third only very moderately elongate, 

 the latter slightly the shorter; prothorax rather large, slightly transverse, 

 much wider than the head, subequal in width to the elytra, parallel, the sides 

 just visibly arcuate, the angles all distinct, unimpressed; elytra rather trans- 

 verse, the suture evidently longer than the prothorax; abdomen only very 

 little narrower than the elytra, with thick margins, parallel, the fifth tergite 

 much longer than the fourth; hind tarsi rather long, plentifully setose. 

 Length 1.7 mm.; width 0.37 mm. New Jersey. 



The striking coloration, transversely parallelogrammic prothorax 

 and asperate punctures of the abdomen, will readily identify this 

 species. 



Noverota decora n. sp. Slender, shining, the sculpture nearly as in the 

 preceding, the vestiture sparse and inconspicuous; color pale rufo-piceous, 

 the head blackish, the elytra rather dark drab, with a broad and even, pale 

 apical border; abdomen throughout bright rufous, the fourth tergite with 

 a small black cloud, the legs flavate; head wider than long, the eyes convex, 

 very coarsely and densely faceted, at their own length from the base, the 

 tempora less prominent, parallel, then broadly rounded to the base, the carinae 

 feeble but entire; antennae fuscous, pale basally, moderately short, gradually 

 incrassate, the ninth joint transverse, the tehth much longer, nearly as long 

 as wide, the last oval, as long as the two preceding, the second and third notably- 

 elongate, equal ; prothorax very moderately transverse, wider than the head, 

 not quite so wide as the elytra, parallel, with very feebly arcuate sides, the 

 base more rounded than in the preceding, unimpressed; elytra rather short 

 and transverse, the suture evidently longer than the prothorax; abdomen 

 slender, with rather thick margins, much narrower than the elytra, parallel, 

 the fifth tergite very much longer than the fourth; tarsi slender, the first 

 joint of the posterior notably longer than the second. Length 1.62 mm.; 

 width 0.28 mm. Mississippi (Vicksburg). 



Distinguishable at once from ornatella by the larger, more coarsely 

 faceted eyes, more elongate second and third antennal joints, more 

 slender form of body and other features. 



Noverota improvisa n. sp. Coloration and sculpture nearly as in decora, 

 the punctures on the head and pronotum rather smaller and less close than 

 in ornatella; head slightly wider than long, the eyes rather shorter than the 

 tempora and equally prominent, moderately coarsely faceted, the carinae 

 entire, the antennae shorter, more slender, only slightly incrassate, the ninth 

 and tenth joints mutually similar and distinctly transverse, the last ogivally 

 pointed and longer than the two preceding, the second much elongated, 

 longer than the third; prothorax moderately transverse, distinctly wider than 



