WILLIAM G. DIETZ, M. I). 
20(i 
— is not correct. It is easily recognized by its size and the charac- 
ters as given in the table. The third and fourth ventral segments 
are shorter than in the other members of this group. 
. 4 . Lee. — Oblonpi-elliptic, pitchy black, .shining, finely and sparsely 
clothed above with whitish pubescence. Beak shining, finely punctured; three 
feebly elevated lines extending from the base to about the insertion of the au- 
tennse, the median line extending upon the front; scrobes deep, straight. An- 
teniife slender, second joint of funicle longer than the third ; scape and first 
joint of funicle bright rnfons, succeeding joints fuscous, verticels consisting of 
about 7-8 long, flexible hairs. Head short, conical ; frontal puncture very small 
or obsolete; occiput very finely and remotely punctured, front finely rugose. 
Eyes moderately convex, posteri»>r margin free. Prothorax scarcely wider than 
long; sides nearly straight behind, strongly rounded and narrowed anteriorly, 
not constricted at apex; posterior angles not rounded and base not bisinuate ; 
surface densely and rather coarsely punctured on the sides, less so on the disc ; 
pubescence somewhat condensed near the posterior angles and along the median 
line. Elytra oblong, a little wider at the base than the prothorax, feebly rounded 
on the sides and separately rounded at tip, almost twice as long as wide; striae 
finely impressed, punctures small, elongate, and not closely approximate on the 
disc, a little coarser and more closely placed on the sides; interspaces wide, flat 
finely punctulate; scutellum densely clothed w'ith yellowish pubescence; under- 
side of head, thorax, and sides of abdomen, densely clothed with pale, yellowish 
squamiform pubescence. Abdomen along the middle finely and sparsely pubes- 
cent and rather closely punctured; pygidium exposed, perpendicular and coarsely 
punctured. Legs long and slender, rnfo-piceous ; base of thighs, distal half of 
tibife and joints 1-3 of tarsi paler; anterior thighs with a large, elongate-triau 
gnlar tooth, externally to which there is a small triangular cusp; median and 
posterior femora armed with a strong single tooth. Long. 3 — 3.5 mm.; .12 — .14 
inch. 
Hub. — Virginia, West Virginia, ^Maryland, Michigan. 
Each elytron has a fnscons reflection along its disc. This species 
could only be confounded with the following, from which it is dis- 
tinguished by the characters given in the table. 
. 4 . Virgo n. sp. Plate vi, fig. 13. — Eesembles gularix in form atid pubescence. 
It differs as follow's : Beak more densely punctured, less shining; median ele- 
vated line, scarcely attaining the base. Head opaque, densely and finely punc- 
tured, front with an imjjressed line. Prothorax rnfo-piceous. Elytra bright 
ferruginous, periscutellar space and along the suture dark piceons ; anterior tibite 
fringed with hair along the inner margin ; anterior tibiae of male curved inward 
near the apex, and the internal angle produced in form of a broad hook. Legs 
and abdomen along the middle ferruginous. Long. 2.5 — 3.4 mm. ; .10 — .15 inch. 
Hub.— Cohh’s Island, Va. Coll. E. A. Schwarz. 
Two males and one female. The female has the anterior tibise 
simple; neither curved nor produced at the apex ; one male is much 
smaller, and has the elytra entirely piceons and the legs partly so. 
