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narrowed outwards to a rounded apex. In the female the spine is reduced 

 to a carina, in a like position. The ventral spine of picea arises always 

 from the middle of the nearly perpendicular face of the second sterniie, 

 and the base of the spine does not attain the caodal marjjin of the •«eg- 

 ment. In //r^<? the caudal margins of the third and fourth hternites are 

 not so strongly, and that of the fifth is much more strongly ridged. 



The type specimens, male and female, will be placed in the Cornill 

 University collection. 



Eccopto^aiter picea^ n. sp. — I.,ength, 2.2 nmi. to 3 mm.; width, i mm. 

 to 1.3 mm.; sides parallel ; shining black, or nearly so ; elytra sometimes 

 with reddish tinge ; antenna-, tarsi and portion of the mouth-parts yellowish. 

 Head shining, siibglobular, imbedded in the prothorax. Geii:o punctured 

 more strongly near the eyes and behind (beneath the pronotum), striate 

 dorsovcnirally, siri;c anastomosing. Kyes elongate, broadly emarginatc 

 in front. Dorsal face of the head with large punctures extending to the 

 caudal margin, .\ntennal scape short, first sejiment of funicle globular, 

 remaining six segments of funicle close-fitting and gradually wider disiad. 

 club pubescent, sub-oval, sutures strongly angulated, first suture deep, 

 second very faint, a slronglychiiinized piece deeply imbedded in the inner 

 half of the first suture. Front of the female slightly flattened, roughened 

 with large, deep punctures, and intervening, sub parallel ridges, which 

 converge slightly cephalad. The punctures bear slender, yellowish hairs 

 of nearly equal length. A tuft of stout, yellow hairs projects cephalid 

 over the mandibles from the raised epistoma. In some specimens a 

 slightly raised elongate tubercle is formed by the ridges on the middle line. 

 The front of the male is much more strongly flattened and more densely 

 and coarsely punctate. 



Pronotum smooth, shining, glabrous, except for a few hairs near the 

 edge, black, except for a reddish tinge around the anterior margin ; caud.1l 

 margin broadly rounded above, finely margined and faintly bisinuate, sides 

 slightly rounded, gradually narrowed cephalad, and moderately constricted 

 about the anterior margin. Side margins sharp and distinct, forming a con- 

 tinuation of the slightly raised caudal margin, and extending nearly the en- 

 lire length of the pronotum. Venter of tiie prothorax coarsely puncturtd. 

 more densely in front, sparsely hairy, concave on each side, smooth next 

 the coxa and on the caudal margin. Fore coxas prominent, moderately 

 separated and hairy. 



Scuiellum large, triangtilar and depressed. 



