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Prothorax fully twice as wide as long from a vertical view point, sides 

 parallel posteriorly, accurately narrowed in front, margin entire, surface 

 moderately closely, not coarsely, punctate. Elytra as closely and some- 

 what more coarsely punctate than the prothorax, costae faint. Pygidium 

 vaguely finely punctate and with a tendency to become longitudinally 

 wrinkled. Metasternum closely punctate, hairs short and not dense. 

 Abdomen finely sparsely punctate, nearly smooth at middle. Last joint 

 of maxillary palpi fusiform ovate, slightly impressed. 



Length 14-15 mm.; width 7>^-8i^ mm. 



Male. — Antenna lo-jointed; club a little shorter than the stem; 

 abdomen slightly flattened at middle, penultimate segment faintly sinuate 

 at middle and with a slightly roughened arcuate impression which 

 anterioily attains the middle of the segment, and is about twice as wide as 

 long ; last segment with a shallow subrectangular emargination, the apical 

 limiting angles not produced or acute, the bottom of the emargination 

 feebly roughened on its extreme edge ; surface of the segment with a 

 transverse polished fovea occupying the entire length ; inner spur of hind 

 tibia short, varying from '/^^ to y^ the length of the long and slender 

 outer spur. 



This species is very closely allied to ephilida, which it resembles per- 

 fectly in all the more obvious characters. The latter, however, has a 

 slightly longer antennal club, the abdomen in the male is distinctly 

 channeled or concave at middle, the penultimate segment more evidently 

 roughened posteriorly, the last segment more deeply emarginate, the 

 lateral lobes more prominent, the posterior border of the emargination 

 more widely and strongly roughened, the genitalia quite different, though 

 of a similar type. 



Described from five examples — all males — taken at Southern Pines, 

 N.C., by Rev. A. H. Manee, the dates of capture ranging from June 14 

 to July 15. 



Microphotus rincoiiis, n. sp. 



Oblong, prothorax testaceous, the disk rather broadly infuscate, elytra 

 fuscous, under surface and appendages testaceous. Antennae ( c? ) 8 or 

 9 jointed. Prothorax about y^ wider than long, sides parallel posteriorly, 

 arcuately narrowed in anterior half, the apex subangularly rounded ; sur- 

 face dull, coarsely reticulate punctate in front, somewhat Jess so behind, 

 especially on the convex median portion of the disk, the latter neither 

 channeled nor carinate. Elytra a little more than twice as long as the 



