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the posterior angles very obtuse, almost rounded ; above, moderately 

 elevated, very finely but not very closely punctured, shining, thinly 

 pubescent, piceous-black. Elytra as long as the thorax, piceous-black, 

 very thickly and more strongly punctured than the thorax, somewhat 

 shining, finely pubescent. Abdomen of equal breadth, the first three 

 segments reddish-brown, rather thickly and somewhat more plainly 

 punctured than the elytra; fifth and sixth segments piceous-black, and 

 with the exception of a few fine punctures, shining. Legs brownish- 

 yellow. 



The fourth abdominal segment is so defective in the single specimen, 

 which I have before me, that I cannot clearly examine it. As much 

 as I can see, it is also piceous-black and plainly punctured. 



Ha b . — Georgia. — Sachse. 



■** Maxillary palpi 4-jointed ; labial palpi 3-jointed. 



re. Head not narrowed behind: first joint of hind tarsi distinctly elon- 

 gated. 



Genus 13.— OXYPODA. Mann. 



1. Oxypoda sagulata, Erich. 



Oxypoda sagulata, Erich. Staph, p. 146. 9. 



Elongate, black ; head piceous ; thorax foveolated at base ; elytra 

 rufous; antennas and legs testaceous. Length lj line. 



Hob. — Pennsylvania. 



Body clothed with very short fulvous pubescence, scarcely observa- 

 ble. Antennas as long as the head and thorax, gently thickened to- 

 wards the apex ; second joint a little longer than the third, the follow- 

 ing joints a little thicker; joints 7 — 10 slightly transverse, the last 

 rather large, ovate, apex obtuse ; testaceous. Head deflexed, very 

 finely punctured, nigro-piceous; mouth rufo-piceous. Thorax one-half 

 shorter than broad, the base as broad as the elytra, narrowed anteriorly ; 

 the base very slightly and the sides moderately rounded; apex trun- 

 cate, all the angles obtuse, somewhat rounded, the anterior ones de- 

 flexed ; slightly convex transversely, very finely punctured, the base 

 sometimes obsoletely foveolated ; rufous. Elytra a little longer than 

 the thorax, very closely and distinctly punctured, concolorous with the 

 thorax. Abdomen elongate, subparallel, the apex attenuated, densely 

 and finely punctured above, somewhat shining, black, apical margins of 

 the segments obscure rufous. Legs rufo-testaceous. — Eruhson. 



2. Oxypoda irrasa, Maklin. 



Oxypoda irrasa, Makl. Mann. Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1853, ii, p. 183. 



Black, opaque, very finely and very closely punctured, clothed with 



