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pressed at the base, narrower and very superficial in its anterior tvvo-tliirds, disc 

 densely puiictured. punctures rather fine, a transverse row of four pale spots 

 immediately behind the middle, some pale scales along the median line and on 

 the sides in front. Elytra a little more than one-fourth wider at the base than 

 the prothorax, about as long as wide, humeri oblique, feebly rounded and gradu- 

 ally narrowed on the sides from the humeral callus posteriorly ; striaj wide, deeply 

 impressed, closelj* and distinctly punctured, interspaces convex, not obviously 

 uiie<iual ; spots of pale scales arranged as in perplexus ; pygidiuin convex, densely 

 and finely punctured ; femora annulate with white scales near the apex, the pos- 

 terior pair rather strongly incrassate, tibise (piite slender, middle emarginate 

 above the apex, posterior subangulate, tarsi slender, more dusky at the ajjcx. 

 second joint shorter than either the first or third, the latter more broadly bi- 

 lobed, fourth a little longer than the two preceding joints together. Lengtli ^.75- 

 3.0 mm.; 0.11-0.12 inch. 



%. Last ventral segment with a rounded, well defined ajjical fovea, middle 

 and posterior tibise feebly unguiculate at the apex. 



Hab. — Georgia, Columbus Texas, Florida. 



jMr. Ulke's Nat. Mus. and my own collections. Four specimen.s 

 ai'e before me. Recognizable by the predominant dark brown color 

 of its .scales, rather small size and the distinctly widened outer joints 

 of the antennal funicle. 



A. |>ii!<iilliis n. sp. PI. xii, (ig. 4. — Moderately robust, oval, pitchy black, 

 legs bright rufous, above densely scaly, scales dark brown intermixed with pale; 

 underside, scales ashy-gray, not crowded. Beak rather slender ( 9 ), scaly toward 

 the base, tapering and shining toward the apex, anteniue moderately stout, first 

 and second joints of funicle slightly elongate, following joints shorter, gradually 

 wider, club short, oval ; orbital ridge elevated, front concave between the eyes, 

 occipital carina not obvious; prothorax fully as long as wide, narrowed from the 

 base to the apex, latter not obviously constricted, sides broadly rounded, trans- 

 versely impressed behind the apical margin, lateral tubercles small but distinct, 

 dorsal channel deeply impressed, foveiform in its basal third, obsolete in front, 

 disc densely punctured, a spot of pale scales in front of each tubercle and each 

 side of median line and from which extends an ill-defined dark line toward the 

 base. Elytra about one-fourth wider at the base than the prothorax, scarcely as 

 long as wide, rounded on the sides towards the apex, strife rather fine not deeply 

 impressed, distinctly punctured, punctures not closely approximate, interspaces a 

 little convex, a white spot of condensed scales near the base and another near the 

 apex of the third interspace, sutural interspace darker; anterior and middle 

 femora rather slender, posterior decidedly stouter, tibia; slender, middle very 

 feebly, posterior more strongly subangulate, tarsi slender, third joint more broadly 

 bilobed, fourth as long as the two preceding joints. Length 2.5 mm. ; 0.10 inch. 



Hub. — Texas. 



A female s[)ecimen in Mr. Ulke's coll. Resembles the preceding 

 species, but the i)n)th()rax is not constricted at the apex, the elytra 

 more finely .striate and without distinct spots on the fifth and ninth 

 interspaces and the darker cohn- of the sutural interspace. The 

 occipital carina is noi evident. 



TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. (51) NOVEMBER. 1H96. 



