May, 1916] 



New Tifigid from Tennessee 



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second; second segment incrassated, very short; third segment quite 

 long, slender, slightly more than three times as long as the fourth; 

 fourth segment fusiform, pilose. Rostral groove rather wide, uninter- 

 rupted; rosti-um almost reaching the meso-metasternal suture. Pro- 

 notum narrowed anteriorly, with the membranous margins moderately 

 wide, recurved, converging anteriorly, with two rows of areolse; hood 

 oval, short, considerably raised, with eight areolae on each side; the 

 three longitudinal carinas raised and when viewed from the side, com- 

 posed of a single row of areolae (middle carinae more strongly raised 

 than the other two), intermediate spaces between coarsely and quite 



Fig. 1. Leptostyla costofasciata n. sp. (From camera lucida drawing of type by 



J. I. Hambleton.) 



regularly punctured. Elytra rather long, slightly constricted about the 

 middle, rounded at the tip, and extending far beyond the apex of the 

 abdomen; costal area moderately wide, rather coarsely reticulated, 

 with two rows of areolae; subcostal area rather closely reticulated; 

 discoidal area not reaching the middle of the elytra, more coarsely 

 reticulated than the subcostal area; sutural area rather coarsely and 

 unevenly reticulated, with two large areolae near the tip. Wings not 

 longer than the abdomen. 



Color: First and fourth (except small basal portion) segments of 

 antennas, nervures of hood testaceous. Third and basal portion of 

 fourth segment of antenna and legs (tips of tarsi fuscous) yellowish. 



