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humeri minutely angulate, sides convex, wider than prothorax; 

 alternate intervals strongly convex, even mtervals flat; all intervals 

 wider than striae; striae not impressed, punctures shallow, rounded, 

 widely separated, each filled with an oval striate scale; intervals and 

 strial area between punctures densely closely clothed with overlapping 

 striate scales, tessellate in shades of brown; alternate intervals with 

 numerous elongate, truncate squamiform setae. Undersides very 

 densely squamose and sparsely setose. Metasternal side pieces not 

 visible. First abdominal suture angulate at middle; second segment 

 almost as long as the next two. Legs densely squamose, sparsely 

 setose ; femora clavate ; tibiae strongly mucronate and fijiely denticu- 

 late; posterior corbels obhque, but inclosed and tarsi attached at 

 apex. 



A single specimen labeled Indiana (H, Soltau) is also at hand. 



Type—Csit. No. 14642, U.S.Nat.Mus. 



PANSCOPUS (NOMIDUS) OVALIS, new species. 



Described from a single specimen from Banff Hot Springs, Alberta, 

 June 10 (Hubbard and Schwarz). 



Length 6 mm. ; width 3 mm. Piceous, densely clad with redcUsh 

 •piceous, black or straw colored, striate scales and sparsely with straw- 

 colored setae; appendages piceous. Beak considerably longer than 

 head, sides parallel from eyes to alae, which are quite prominent; 

 nasal plate short, ogival, concave, rimmed, angulately emargmate, 

 shining, punctate. Head and beak rugulosely punctate, beak with 

 a very shining glabrous median carina which is grooved and forked 

 at apex and foveate between the eyes; lateral carinse are also apparent 

 but densely squamose; occiput clothed with flat brownish scales, but 

 from the upper edge of the eyes to the triangular area inclosed by the 

 forks of the median carina the vestiture is dense consisting of straw- 

 colored, striate rounded scales and sparser setae ; the apical triangular 

 area is glabrous and includes the nasal plate. Scrobes deep, 

 visible from above at alae, becoming very shallow near eyes; scape 

 short, densely squamose, barely passmg anterior margin of eyes; 

 funicle short, setose and pubescent, only the first two joints longer 

 than broad, others monihform, becommg broader toward apex; club 

 as long as three preceding jomts. Eyes oval, pointed below. Pro- 

 thorax wider than long, apically broadly emarginate, basally trun- 

 cate, lateraUy convex, ^vith a fine impression behind apex; ocular 

 lobes small but prominent; median line widely impressed; surface 

 very rough with punctured setigerous tubercles, which are almost 

 completely hidden by the vestiture ol aeneous brown striate scales. 

 Scutellum not visible. Elytra with humeri rounded; sides but 

 slightly convex to posterior declivity; but little over one-half longer 

 than wider; alternate intervals convex, even intervals flat, all 



