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gradually and Indefinitely paler toward base. Head wider than long, truncate 

 but not impressed at base; angles rounded; tempora thence straight and diver- 

 gent to the eyes, which are rather small and slightly prominent; antennie very 

 thick, fully as long as the head and prothorax, the penultimate joints strongly 

 transverse. Prothorax just visibly narrower than the head, a little longer than 

 wide, deeply and acutely constricted at basal two-fifths, the constriction with 

 coarse cellular sculpture; anterior lobe very strongly transverse and distinctly 

 impressed along the median line. Elytra short, barely one-half longer than 

 wide, twice as wide as the prothorax in the male, slightly wider in the female, 

 slightly inflated at the middle, oljtuse and transversely arcuate at apex, the 

 humeri rather widely exposed and rounded to the prothorax; l)asal impressions 

 and omoplates obsolete. Abdomen finely and rather closely jiunctate. Legs 

 moderate in length, the hind tarsi slender. Length 2.3 mm.; width 0.8 mm. 



JVorth Carolina (Aslieville). 



The male sexual characters are nearh' as in the preceding 

 species, the fifth ventral in the male being about one-half longer 

 than the fourth. In the female it is three-fourths longer than the 

 fourth, and more evenly rounded. 



This species is allied to inierruptus, but may be distinguished 

 by the shorter, more unicolorous and more densely pubescent 

 elytra, impressed pronotum and somewhat smaller size. Three 

 specimens. 



BA^Lirs n. gen. 



The body is rather narrow, convex, subopaque from the minute 

 and very dense punctures and extremely short fine decumbent 

 pubescence. Head subhexagonal, rather longer than wide, convex, 

 the sides behind the e^'es convergent and nearl}' straight for a 

 long distance, the base broadl}', feebly arcuate; eyes rather large 

 and prominent; antennaB long and ver}^ slender, with the third 

 and fourth joints equal and longer than the second ; fourth palpal 

 joint only moderately dilated. Prothorax slightly narrower than 

 the head, much longer than wide, the anterior lobe subglobiilar, 

 the collar wide and prominent, C3'Iindrical, the basal lobe gradu- 

 ally expanded to the base, the basal margin flat, defined b}' a 

 fine line. Elytra more than twice as wide as the prothorax, 

 nearly twice as long as wide, distinctly' expanded behind, the sides 

 broadly arcuate; disk transversely impressed near the base, the 

 depression traversed by a perfectly even parallel-sided, narrow and 

 abruptly defined transverse fascia of pale 3'ellowish-white. Legs 

 rather long, the femora feebly incrassate ; tibite cylindrical, clothed 

 with minute decumbent pubescence, longer than the tarsi; first 



