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are usually darker than the elytra in the present species, while the 

 discal cloud, which is usually to be seen on the elytra, is in most 

 examples less defined and less transverse, rarely, if ever, attaining 

 the margin. 



It occurs from the New England States southward to North Caro- 

 lina and westward to Nebraska. 



39. T. scitultis Lee— Form depressed, slightly elongate. Color rufo-testa- 

 ceous. the head and rarely the thorax darker, the elytra with a more or less dis- 

 tinct transverse hand behind the middle fuscous or piceous; surface shining, 

 usually very finely alutaceous, especially the elytra. Head as wide as the thorax 

 at apex; eyes large, prominent; antennae scarcely one-half the length of the 

 body, fuscous, the basal joints paler ; palpi testaceous. Prothorax as wide at base 

 as apex, subquadrate, nearly twice as wide as long; apex truncate; anterior 

 transverse impression fine, the posterior deep; median line distinct, limited at 

 each end by the transverse impressions; basal impressions distinct; base trun- 

 cate, obliquely so each side; sides with the margin narrowly reflexed, arcuate in 

 front, oblique behind, rarely obsoletely sinuate in front of the hind angles; hind 

 angles obtuse, but not rounded, not carinate. Elytra oblong-ovate, about one- 

 half wider than the thorax, finely striate, usually with the four or five inner 

 stripe distinct; striae impunctate, the sutural deeper behind, the second suben- 

 tire; first dorsal puncture about one-third from base, the second about one-fifth 

 from apex. Body beneath rufo-testaceous. Legs testaceous. Length .10-. 12 inch : 

 2.5-3 mm. 



The males are rare as compared with the females. In the former 

 only the basal joint of the anterior tarsi is dilated. 



This species resembles proximus very closely, and is often confused 

 with it in collections. Aside from the difference in the anterior 

 tarsi of the males, the several distinguishing characters may be 

 mentioned. The prothorax is proportionally wider as compared 

 with its length, with the sides at most obsoletely sinuate behind and 

 the hind angles more obtuse and less prominent. The form is 

 slightly less elongate and more depressed, and the color usually 

 more reddish, with the discal spot of the elytra better defined and 

 more transverse and frequently extending to the margin. 



Its range of distribution is nearly the same. Specimens are 

 known to me from Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- 

 vania, the District of Columbia, North Carolina, Indiana, Iowa, 

 .Missouri, Kansas and Texas. 



40. T. vorax Lee. — Moderately elongate, depressed. Color fusco-testaceous, 

 the head and sometimes the elytra darker. Head as wide as the thorax at apex ; 

 eyes large, prominent; antennae about one-half as long as the body, testaceous, 

 the outer joints slightly fuscous; palpi testaceous. Prothorax nearly twice as 

 wide as long, subquadrate, as wide at base as apex: apex truncate: anterior 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXVI. MARCH, 1900. 



