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obliquely truncate; sides nearly parallel, truncate in front with the 

 angles rounded; surface flat with large, round punctures, clothed 

 with inconspicuous, erect hairs. Clypeal suture prominent and 

 strongly elevated. Prothorax one-half wider than long; sides 

 oblique to just in front of middle, then strongly angulate and 

 slightly concave to the posterior angles, which are rounded; front 

 angles acute; apex broadly emarginate; base nearly truncate; disc 

 strongly convex with the surface finely rugose and sparsely clothed 

 with rather short, lanceolate, hair-like cinereous scales, with 

 longer, erect hairs along the lateral margins. Elytra one-half 

 longer than wide, slightly narrowed posteriorly, surface rather 

 strongly rugose with only traces of costae and clothed similar to the 

 prothorax. Pygidium strongly narrowed posteriorly, surface 

 densely, finely rugose and clothed with hair-like scales similar to 

 those on the elytra. Beneath, sparsely clothed with hair-like 

 scales as above. Posterior femora short and very much swollen. 

 Anterior tibiae with two large, well developed teeth. Posterior 

 tibiae greatly enlarged posteriorly, surface with large, round, con- 

 fluent punctures. Claws of front and middle tarsi chelate and 

 unequal, the outer one being larger and bifid at the tip. Hind 

 tarsi with a single claw which is not cleft. 



Length 10 mm.; width 4.5 mm. 



Female. — Similar to male except as follows: Colour reddish 

 brown, shining. Surface rather densely clothed with yellow, nearly 

 round scales, with a few semi-erect, short, lanceolate, hair-like 

 scales of the same colour, the scales not being abundant enough to 

 obscure the colour of the elytra. 



Length 9 mm.; width 4mm. 



Habitat. — Lake Wales, Florida. 



'Holotype (male), allotype and para type (female) in the U. S. 

 National Museum Collection; also two paratypes (male and 

 female) in the collection of the Florida Agricultural Experiment 

 Station at Gainesville, Florida. 



Described from five specimens, two males and three females, 

 received from Mr. H. L. Dozier and labeled "Agric. Exp. Station, 

 Lake Wales, Florida, Ec. No. 219 & 220, J. R. W." In a letter 

 from Mr. Dozier he states that "These specimens were collected 

 April 7, 1917, with a report that they were feeding on citrus foliage." 



