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basal joint. Antennae attaining the middle of the abdomen (cf), outer 

 joints blackish, the tenth rather less than three times as long as wide. 



Prothorax widest at about basal fourth or fifth, sides convergent and nenrly 

 straight anteriorly, subparallel and lightly sinuate before the hind angles; 

 punctuation rather coarse and close but somewhat uneven, the M sharply 

 outlined though somewhat irregular and variable in development, side margins 

 smoother. 



Eli/tra irregularly but not densely punctate baso-sutui-ally, striae moderately 

 to cjuite strongly impressed, two to four often entire, seven to eight always so, 

 five to six much broken before the middle, eight with a strong sigmoidal dis- 

 location behind the humerus, marginal interspace without, or with but one or 

 two punctures; standard spots all present, usually rather small and distinctly 

 separated. 



Pygidium with larger obhque confluent yellow apical spots, or yellow with 

 base darker; abdomen black with sides spotted with j'ellow. Legs j-ellow, 

 femora and tibiae with blackish spots or rings, varying from broad to nearly 

 wanting. 



Length 2.3 to 3.2 mm.; width 1.2i5 to 1.75 mm. 



Dislrihulion. — Louisiana: Opelousas, May, type (Bowditch Coll.), (G. R. 

 Pilate in Nat. Mus. Coll.). Alabama: Spring Hill, near Mobile, Sept. 12 (Lod- 

 ing). Mississippi: Agricultural College, July (H. E. Weed — Am. Ent. Soc. 

 Coll.). Georgia: (J.B.Smith— Nat. Mus. Coll.). Florida: (Linell) ; Tampa, Mar. 

 31 to April 4; Crescent City, Sumter Co., May (all Hubbard & Schwarz Coll.); 

 Jacksonville (Ashmead); "Fla, Jan. 30" (Lugger— Nat. Mus. Coll.); Key 

 West (Leng Coll.); St. Petersburg, April 28 (Van Duzee— Wickham Coll.). 

 Texas: Seabrook, Aug. 6 (Wenzel). 



107. Pachybrachys conformis Suffrian 



Yellow, not .'^hining, markings of head and thorax broad and 

 sharply defined, fuscous or black, elytra with the suture and 

 small standard spots black; eyes in the male separated by just 

 perceptibly more than the vertical width of their upper lobes, 

 ocular lines wanting, front claws of male not appreciably larger. 

 Ave. length 2.4 mm. Florida. 



//(Y/r/slightljMvider than the thoracic apex, stronglj' bvit unevenly punctate, 

 markings heavy; eyes separated in the male by one and two-thirds to one and 

 three-fourths times the length of the basal antennal joint, in the female by 

 about two and one-fourth times the length of the basal joint. Antennae 

 three-fourths as long as the body in the male, dull yellow basally, black in 

 more than outer half, tenth joint nearly three times as long as wide. 



Prothorax widest at about basal fourth, sides moderately con\'ergent and 

 nearlj' straight in front, a slight sinuation before the hind angles, surface 

 sti'ongly, rather densely punctate, side margins smooth; markings in the form 

 of three vittae, the middle one widest, dilated or fusiform anteriorly, not 

 dividetl or abbreviated in front; the lateral vittae usually not entire and more 

 or less disintegrated anteriorly. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XLI. 



