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In hoppingi it is to be noted that the prosternal process is 

 strongly margined in all of the specimens; but three of them 

 exhibit distinct evidences of the margin becoming obsolete at 

 the apex. In part of the specimens the sides of the proster- 

 nal process are parallel and no dilatation occurs behind the 

 coxae; in others the apex is distinctly dilated with the sides 

 arcuate. 



Three specimens are perfectly smooth, the others of the 

 series show evidences of incipient crumpling ; in four there is 

 evidence of the very slight costae and grooves. Ten of the 

 specimens are oblong with the sides parallel ; three show evi- 

 dence of being cuneate. This form is due to a relative widen- 

 ing of the prothorax and a tendency of the elytra to narrow 

 more or less from base to apex. I am not prepared to say 

 whether this is of one or both sexes. 



Two of the specimens are more strongly punctulate, and one 

 is broader behind than in front. In the types the elytral 

 punctuation is finer than that on the pronotum. 



The variation exhibited by this small series is characteristic 

 of nearly all the species of Coniontis, and should be noted by 

 those who study the genus. 



Coniontis globulina, n. var. muscula. 



Oblong-oval, slightly elongate, black, dull to feebly shining; mouth 

 parts and legs rufous to rufo-piceous; antennae rufous, more or less 

 piceous in distal one-half; pubescence mouse-colored to yellowish, 

 abundant and more or less conspicuous, moderately persistent, not 

 dense, not hiding the general surface, rather less than moderate in 

 length and recumbent. 



Head rather small, a little less than one-half the width of the 

 pronotum, finely and sparsely punctate, punctures denser on the 

 epistoma, labrum with thirty to forty sparsely placed punctures; 

 front nearly flat, vertex distinctly convex; anterior canthus less prom- 

 inent than the posterior and rounded, the latter scarcely more prom- 

 inent than the posterior margin of the eye. Mentum transverse, almost 

 smooth and obsoletely punctate; apex feebly and broadly emarginate 

 to straight, angles not prominent and rounded. Antennae moderately 

 short and thick, not reaching beyond the basal fourth of the prono- 

 tum; outer joints broadened and compressed. 



Pronntinn transverse, length equal to about three-fifths of the 

 width, evenly and moderately arcuate from side to side, scarcely con- 



