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basal lobe very feeble, the marginal bead obsolete. Scutellum very short and 

 broad, more than twice as wide as long. Elytra excessively miniitely and feebly 

 strigilate, having series of very minute simple punctures which, abruptly, near 

 the sides, become strongly transverse, confused and feebly crescentiform, the 

 sculpture also becoming more granulato-reticulate ; discal stria deeply im- 

 pressed, obsolete at basal third. Abdomen sparsely, coarsely pubescent, the 

 transverse rows near the apices of the segments almost spinose. Legs moderate 

 in length, rather robust ; spurs of posterior tibiae slightly robust, moderate in 

 length, and very slightly unequal ; posterior tarsi rather robust, the third 

 joint rather strongly dilated and bilobed, first joint about two-thirds as long 

 as the second, the latter spinose beneath and longer than the fifth which is 

 very slender. Length 2.0 mm, 



Florida. Mr. Schwarz. 



The nietasternal process is very broad and rather long, advancing 

 almost to the anterior limits of the coxse, subtruncate at apex with 

 the lateral beaded margin very wide, the surface polished, and almost 

 completely impunctate and glabrous, the mesosternum before it very 

 short, slightly tumid, glabrous in the middle but scabrous and setose 

 at the lateral angles. The prosternal process is broad, dilated at apex, 

 having a fine strong beaded margin throughout the sides and apex, 

 the setse of the transverse apical series very short but numerous. 



This is a decidedly aberrant species, especially in tarsal structure. 

 It is also peculiar in having the small fovese at the sides of the head 

 near the eyes quite as well developed as in Phalacrus. 



S. attenuatus n. sp. — Narrowly ovoidal, convex ; sides of the elytra 

 gradually convergent from base to apex, tlie latter narrowly rounded ; dark 

 rufo-testaceous throughout, polished. Head very strongly retractile, polished, 

 not reticulate, very minutely and sparsely punctate ; antennse nearly as in 

 convergens, the club rather more slender and more symmetrical. Prothorax not 

 more than twice as wide as long, the sides rather feebly arcuate ; basal lobe 

 almost completely wanting, the marginal bead nearly obsolete ; surface not 

 reticulate, excessively finely, feebly and very sparsely punctate. Scutellum 

 very short, twice as wide as long. Elytra excessively minutely strigilate in 

 transverse wavy lines which are obsolete toward suture and base ; discal stria 

 distinct, obsolete at basal third ; punctures of the series equal throughout the 

 width from the suture to the sides, deeply impressed, narrowly and strongly 

 crescentiform and distinct, except near the base and toward apex where they 

 become nearly obsolete ; intervals each with a single more irregular series of 

 very feeble and much smaller punctures of the same general character, the 

 series not confused near the sides. Abdomen finely reticulate, sparsely, coarsely 

 pubescent. Legs somewhat robust ; posterior tibise more arcuate within, rapidly 

 narrowed toward base ; spurs very small, slightly iinequal ; tarsi slightly 

 robust, basal joint two-thirds as long as the second. Length 1.6 mm. 



