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anteriorly projecting, this character clearly separating it from sor- 

 dida, as well as the shorter and much more slender antennae, smaller 

 head, broader prothorax and very much shorter elytra. It is dedi- 

 cated with pleasure to Mr. Herbert H. Smith, one of the most 

 skillful collectors of the Coleoptera. 



Group SIPALI^E. 



Sipalia Rey. 



This genus is a large one in the European fauna but is repre- 

 sented as yet by but very few species in North America. 



Sipalia lineatula n. sp.- Very slender, rather convex and subparallel, shin- 

 ing, pale testaceous, the head piceous, the elytra more flavate than the pro- 

 thorax, the abdomen feebly shaded with piceous posteriorly, except at tip, the 

 legs very pale; recticulation fine, strong, coarse, subtransverse and feebler 

 on the abdomen, the punctures very fine, well separated ; head as long as wide, 

 parallel and broadly arcuate at the sides, more rapidly rounding basally, the 

 eyes at nearly twice their length from the base, the carinae fine, visible only 

 at base; antenna? pale, rapidly and strongly incrassate, moderate in length, 

 the second joint much shorter than the first and thinner, very little longer and 

 less obconic than the third, the fourth transverse, the outer joints about one- 

 half wider than long, the last large, gradually and ogivally pointed, rather 

 longer than the two preceding; prothorax moderately transverse, parallel, 

 rounded at the sides, widest perhaps a little before the middle, distinctly 

 wider than the head and as wide as the elytral base, unimpressed ; elytra short, 

 with feebly diverging sides, transversely truncate at apex, the suture not quite 

 so long as the prothorax; abdomen long, parallel, with nearly straight sides, 

 nearly as wide as the elytra, the first three tergites impressed at base, the fifth 

 not longer than the fourth. Length 1.8-2.1 mm.; width 0.3-0.33 mm. Iowa 

 (Iowa City), Wickham. 



The hypomera are wholly visible from the sides and flat and the 

 basal joint of the hind tarsi is one-half longer than the second. 

 Male sexual characters are not apparent. 



Sipalia fossata n. sp. Slender, moderately convex, parallel, dark piceous- 

 brown, the head and abdomen blackish, the extreme tip of the latter slightly 

 pale, the legs pale; surface moderately shining, the punctures very fine, not 

 close, stronger and asperate on the elytra, the abdominal reticulation coarse 

 but not transverse ; pubescence pale, rather long and distinct ; head somewhat 

 longer than wide, oval, very slightly wider basally, rapidly narrowed at the 

 extreme base, the eyes feebly oblique, not prominent, evenly elliptic and 

 coarsely faceted, at nearly twice their own length from the base, the carinse 

 wholly obsolete; antennae pale, nearly as in the preceding, except that the 

 second joint is relatively still longer, the fourth only slightly wider than long 

 and the last more acutely pointed and not longer than the two preceding; 



