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Prothorax one-tenth wider than long, sides very feebly arcuate and 

 moderately convergent to apical fifth, then strongly arcuately nar- 

 rowed to apex, which is about two-fifths as wide as the base; disk 

 coarsely densely punctate, the punctures nearly in mutual contact 

 throughout, median smooth line very narrow and not entire. Scutel- 

 lum transverse, impressed. Elytra nearly three-fifths longer, and at 

 the humeri one-fifth wider than the prothorax, just perceptibly nar- 

 rowed from the humeri to apical third ; striae rather coarse, feebly in- 

 distinctly punctate basally, intervals about one-half wider than the 

 striae, interstitial punctures very coarse and close set, nearly as wide 

 as the intervals, confused on the third and somewhat so for a short 

 distance on several of the following intervals. Beneath coarsely closely 

 punctate; prosternum nearly flat, separating the coxae by rather more 

 than one-fourth their own diameter. Length, 3.9 mm. ; width, 1.85 mm. 



Type. — From Fedor, Texas. 



This species is probably nearest hispidula Csy, but differs 

 in numerous details from the description of that species, 

 which is said to be brown, pronotal punctures separated by 

 their own diameters, the elytral striae rather strongly punc- 

 tured, the interspaces but slightly wider than the striae, each 

 with a single series of punctures. 



B. apricoides n. sp. — Oblong oval, rather strongly convex, dark 

 piceous-brown, moderately shining, surface between the punctures mi- 

 nutely alutaceous, setae small but distinct, recumbent. Head minutely 

 sparsely punctulate, transverse impression strong, broadly angulate in 

 profile. Beak very^ short, thick, strongly arcuate in anterior outline, 

 scarcely two-thirds as long as the prothorax, rather strongly and closely 

 but not coarsely punctate. Antennae short, first funicular joint very 

 little longer than wide, following joints strongly transverse, club robust 

 oval, scarcely longer than the four preceding joints, the basal joint 

 polished, nearly glabrous and constituting about one-half its mass. 

 Prothorax scarcely one-sixth wider than long, sides broadly arcuate and 

 distinctly convergent from the base to the anterior fifth, thence more 

 strongly rounded to apex, which is about two-fifths as wide as the 

 base ; disc coarsely and densely punctate, the punctures separated by 

 much less than half their own diameters as a rule, median impunc- 

 tate line narrow and incomplete. Scutellura small, subquadrate, 

 not or feebly impressed. Elytra slightly wider and not quite three- 

 fourths longer than the prothorax, a little more than one-third longer 

 than wide, sides nearly parallel, striae moderately coarse, intervals a 

 little less than twice as wide as the striae, the second and third wider, 

 each with a single series of coarse close set punctures which are con- 

 fused only at the base of the second and third. Punctuation beneath 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SCO. , XXXIX. 



