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sinuation at the apex of the sixth A^entral, occupying about median 

 third and about three times as wide as deep, and the apical mar- 

 gin of the fifth segment is verj- feebly- sinuate in the middle. The 

 epipleura? are wide, pubescent throughout and broadl}', feebl}' im- 

 pressed toward base. A female specimen, taken near Montere}" 

 Bay, is blackish throughout but does not seem to differ materially- 

 otherwise. 



8. C virginiae ii. sp. — Stout, strongly convex, feehly shining, the i^n- 

 bescence fine, very dense and plunibeo-cinereons throughout, the punctures 

 scarcely visible; Ijody pale brownish-testaceous in color, the legs concolorous ; 

 antennae brown, paler and diaphanous toward base, the eleventh joint also 

 pale. Head small, scarcely two-fifths as wide as the prothorax, the antennse 

 rather long, very evenly and gradually incrassate through the seven outer 

 joints, the ninth slightly elongate, the tenth a little wider than long, eleventh 

 scarcely one-half longer than wide, almost symmetrically and rapidly pointed 

 at apex. Prothorax one-half wider than long, strongly convex, the sides 

 strongly and evenly arcuate, ])ecoming parallel toward base; the apex but 

 slightly more than one-half as wide as the Imse, the basal angles gradually 

 and strongly prominent posteriorly, right and slightly blunt. Elytra a little 

 narrower and but very slightly longer than the prothorax, not quite as long as 

 wide, the sides distincth- con\ergeut and broadly arcuate from base to apex, 

 the latter broadly and triangularly emargiuate; disk somewhat coarsely but 

 feebly imbricato-punctulate. Abdomen gradualh' tapering from the base, the 

 hlack seta; rather long and conspicuous even toward base. Length 2.1 mm. ; 

 width 1.4 mm. 



Virginia (Norfolk). 



In the male the sixth ventral has a triangular notch occup3-ing 

 about median third of the apex and about twice as wide as deep, 

 with the angle scarcely at all rounded and the sides nearly- 

 straight, and the fifth segment is feebly sinuate in the middle of 

 the apical margin. The epipleura? are moderately wide, deeply 

 hollowed in more than basal half, pubescent but becoming gradu- 

 ally glabrous near the base. A single specimen. 



9. C iiiacer n. sp. — Rather narrow, strongly convex, feebly shining, pale 

 brownish-testaceous throughout, the legs and antenna; concolorous, the latter 

 more flavate at apex and toward base as usual; pubescence very dense, rather 

 dark in color. Head nearly one-half as wide as the prothorax, the antenna^ 

 moderately long, evenly but rather rajiidly incrassate through the five or six 

 outer joints, the seventh elongate, the ninth and tenth somewliat wider than 

 long, eleventh oval, stout and very obliquely pointed at apex. Prothorax fully 

 one-half ^vider than long, the apex two-thirds as wide as the base; sides 

 evenly and strongly arcuate; basal angles gradually and strongly j)rominent 

 posteriorly, right and only slightly blunt. Elytra short and transverse, nearly 



