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bard at Stone Creek, Lee Co., Va. (Cumberland Mts.), July 30, 

 1879. 



In general appearance this species resembles a diminutive Cy- 

 chrus cordatus. It is closely allied to N. debilis, the distin 

 guishing characters being given in the table. The reddish color 

 of the elytra is most probably only an individual character. 



6. N. hubbardi n. sp. 



Slender, black, shining, mouth-parts, antennae and tarsi rufous, tibia? 

 piceo-rufous. Head with the post-ocular impression deep, vertex globose, 

 eyes prominent. Thorax cordate, as long as wide, sides greatly rounded 

 at apical third, posteriorly oblique and slightly subsinuate, hind angles 

 nearly rectangular; surface smooth with a single setigerous puncture at 

 the middle of the side margin and another near the hind angles; anterior 

 transverse impression feeble, posterior transverse and basal longitudinal 

 impressions deep. Elytra oblong-oval, moderately convex, declivity 

 oblique; humeri entirely obliterated ; sides moderately rounded ; surface 

 with five or six abbreviated striae, the outer gradually much more so than 

 the inner ones, and with a broad, smooth lateral space extending from the 

 base to the apex; the four inner striae anteriorly moderately impressed 

 and punctate, the punctures not coarse and rather closely placed, fifth stria 

 feebly impressed, either feebly punctate or smooth, sixth stria feebly im 

 pressed, not punctate and sometimes obsolete ; interstices moderately con 

 vex, the fourth with a series of 5 or 6 setigerous punctures ; a series of 

 from two to four setigerous punctures in the smooth space between the 

 outermost stria and the margin; marginal impressed line without punc 

 tures but with a few setae near the humeri ; epipleurae and entire under 

 side smooth ; legs moderately slender. 



' (-^. Front tarsi spongy, pubescent beneath, and much more strongly 

 dilated than in the other species, joint i slightly longer than wide at tip, 

 joints 2-4 each as long as wide; last joint of labial palpi moderately di 

 lated with the apical edge about as long as inner lateral edge and distinctly 

 shorter than the outer lateral edge. 



Q. Front tarsi simple, moderately .slender, joint i nearly as long as 

 the three following joints united, joint 2 about twice longer than wide, 

 joint 3 slightly longer than wide, joint 4 as long as wide; palpi very slen 

 der, last joint very feebly dilated with the apical edge fully twice shorter 

 than the inner lateral edge. 



Length, 8-9 mm. 



Several specimens were found by Mr. H. G. Hubbard, to whom 

 the species is dedicated, near Retreat, Haywood Co., N. C. (al 

 titude about 3,000'), in May and June, 1893. 



This is the only species with strongly dilated tarsi in the male, 

 and the row of setigerous punctures on the disc of the elytra is 

 also a character not found in any other species. It is evidently 

 closely allied to N. imperfectus, which, however, is the only 





