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laterally. The pubic process in the female is long, slender, 

 and forked at tip. In praetermissa the public process of the 

 female is shorter and stouter, much as in Smith's figure for 

 rillifrons, the tips of the arms with two or three short setse. 



Described from 3 males, I female, taken at Mobile, Ala., by 

 Mr. T. P. Loding, and sent me by Mr. Knaus. 



Lachnosterna lobata n. sp. 



Elongate cylindrical, not or scarcely broader behind, brown, elytra 

 sparsely clothed with short erect hairs, few if any of which exceed in 

 length one-fourth the width of the scutellum, and which are arranged 

 for the most part along the costae. Clypeus with a moderate cuspi- 

 form emargination, the border moderately reflexed, the surface to- 

 gether with that of the front densely but not coarsely punctate, the 

 latter smoother along the clypeal suture. Prothorax nearly twice as 

 wide as long, widest and rather strongly rounded at middle, sides a 

 little sinuate both anteriorly and posteriorly, front angles acute, hind 

 angles rectangular or very nearly so as viewed from above; margin 

 not at all uneven, base and apex with marginal lines, side margins 

 rather wider than usual ; punctuation rather fine and not very close, 

 the punctures as a rule distant by from one to two times their own 

 diameter, somewhat sparser at middle ; on each side an arcuate row 

 of three foveiform impressions, of which the anterior within the front 

 angles is largest and best defined, the posterior one nearer the base 

 than the side, small and sometimes absent. Elytral costse moderate, 

 punctuation similar to that of the thorax but more vaguely impressed; 

 pygidium rather coarsely rugose ; metasternum finely densely punctu- 

 latc and moderately densely hairy; free angle of hind coxal plate pro- 

 duced outwardly in form of a rounded lobe, which is visible from a 

 dorsal view point. Abdomen very finely sparsely punctate, the fifth 

 and posterior half of the fourth segment rather densely punctate ; spurs 

 of hind tibiae slender, arcuate, free ; claws with an acute median tooth. 

 Length 17-18 mm., width 6^-7 mm. 



Male. Antennal club subequal in length to joints 2-7; abdomen 

 vaguely narrowly impressed along the middle, penultimate segment 

 with a transverse impression posteriorly which is feeble at middle ; 

 last segment slightly flattened ; pygidium broadly convex. 



Female. Antennal club as long as joints 3-7, abdomen convex, py- 

 gidium broadly transversely impressed subapically. 



Chiricahua Mts., Arizona. 



I am indebted to Mr. Schwarz for the four examples (i 

 male, 3 females) from which the above description is drawn. 

 The species is a very distinct one and does not resemble at 



