222 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '17 



Pronotum widest at the middle, about one-fourth wider than long, 

 about twice as wide as the head in the female, and less than twice as 

 wide in the male; disk very moderately and evenly convex, somewhat 

 densely and irregularly punctate, punctures rather coarse, somewhat 

 denser laterally and not noticeably granulate nor with the surface de- 

 pressed, not declivous at the angles; apex very feebly emarginate in 

 circular arc, very finely to sub-obsoletely margined ; sides broadly, 

 evenly and moderately arcuate to the basal twelfth, there briefly sin- 

 uate with the sides parallel to the basal angles, margin entire and 

 finely beaded; base quite truncate and distinctly margined, slightly 

 wider than the apex; apical angles not in the least prominent and very 

 feebly rounded ; basal angles small and rectangular. 



Propleurae very sparsely muricato-granulate and obsoletely rugulose. 



Elytra oval, widest at the middle; base truncate and not in the 

 least adapted to the pronotal base, equal in width to the same; humeri 

 obsolete ; sides evenly arcuate, apex somewhat narrowed and rather 

 broadly rounded; disk feebly convex on the dorsum, rather broadly 

 and quite evenly rounded laterally, obliquely declivous posteriorly; 

 surface rather closely and moderately coarsely punctate, punctures 

 somewhat corroded and scarcely asperate centrally along the suture, 

 there subserially arranged, the interstitial punctures more distantly 

 spaced than the closely-placed strial punctures; laterally and apically 

 the punctures are more confused and distinctly muricate. 



Epiplcurac moderately narrow, gradually narrowing from base to 

 apex, superior margin very slightly curving upward at the base; sur- 

 face dull, concave in basal one-half and sparsely subasperately punc- 

 tate. 



Sterna finely and densely punctate, punctures setigerous and the sur- 

 face not noticeably rugulose. 



Paraplcurac rather coarsely punctate. 



Abdomen horizontal, somewhat shining, moderately finely punctate 

 and obsoletely rugulose. 



Legs moderate in length, not stout. Profemora mutic; tibial spurs 

 similar and the tarsi dissimilar in the sexes. Plantar spinules ferru- 

 ginous. 



$ . Elongate, narrow, three times as long as wide. Antennae ex- 

 tending about three joints beyond the pronotal base. Elytra as a rule 

 scarcely wider than the pronotum, moderately convex. First two ab- 

 dominal segments flattened at the middle, the intercoxal process more 

 or less concave. First two joints of the protarsi not noticeably thick- 

 ened beneath, but clothed with large pads of yellow silken pubescence; 

 surfaces of the pads flat and subpatellate; the marginal and apico- 

 marginal spinules rather long, silky, the latter longer and acute; 

 plantar grooves distinct on the third and fourth joints. First two 

 joints of the mesotarsi with silken pubescence on the apical half of 



