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another smaller s]iot on the confliienee of the fourth, fifth and sixth interspaces; 
these spots are surrounded by inten-iipted lines of condensed scales: another 
spot of condensed scales at the base of the sixth interspace, rest of surface more 
thinly scaly; underside evidently juinctnred, thinly clothed with ,«cales. Legs 
moderately slender, femora clavate, infnscate, alt armed with a sharp and rather 
large tooth, more conspicuous on the anterior ]>air ; tibiae nearly straight, slightly 
widened toward the apex; tarsi not very slender ; claws armed with an ;icute 
tooth. Long. 1.8 — 2.2 mm.; .07 — .09 inch. 
Hah. — X. SniyiTia, Fla. 
Two specimens in Mr. Schwarz’s collection. A very distinct spe- 
cies, readily recognized by its vestiture consisting of scales inter- 
mixed with fine pubescence and the double elytral spots, the anterior 
of which is semi-annular in shape; superficially, it very much re- 
sembles light colored specimens of signatns, hut is smaller. The 
first ventral segment is rather shorter than usual in this grouj), and 
fifth segment of the male does not appear to lie shorter than the 
fourth. 
A, siiloifroiis Lee. — Suhovate, dark piceous, shining, thinly clothed with 
white pubescence. Beak not slender, shorter than head and thorax, feebly 
curved, subopaque, ])unctured, median line feeble. Antennse rather slender, 
rufo-piceous. scape and first joint of funicle rufo testaceous ; second joint of 
funicle about twice as long as the third, outer joints scarcely M’ider. Head feebly 
convex, opaque, impunctured ; front with long, feebly impressed line. Eyes 
convex, posterior margin free. Prothorax wider than long, moderately narrowed 
anteriorly and distinctly constricted at the apex, regularly rounded on the sides: 
surface not very closely punctured, punctures rather small, the intervening 
ridges and spaces rugulose ; pubescence somewhat condensed along the basal half 
of the median line. Elytra about one-fourth wider at the base than the protho- 
rax, a little wider behind the middle; .strise moderately impressed, punctures 
large, especially toward the base and sides, approximate ; interspaces feebly con- 
vex, rugulose with remote, irregularly placed jmnetures, scutel white pubescent, 
denuded fascia not well defined; underside remotely punctnlate, prothorax and 
pectus densely pubescent, abdomen sparsely so; pygidium not freely exposed, 
thighs feebly clavate, all armed with an acute tooth ; tibise not very slender, 
straight, anterior feebly bisinnate internally; tarsi less slender, first three joints 
bi oad, not longer than wide, fourth joint less slender and a little shorter than 
in the three preceding species. Long. 2 — 2.2 mm. ; .08 — .09 inch. 
Ifab. — Mi.ss()uri, Illinois, I)i.strict of Columbia, Pennsylvania. 
Similar in size and habitus to corvulm, from which it difiers by 
the prothorax being more strongly rounded on the sides and less 
coarsely punctured, the denuded elytral fascia and the tarsi shorter 
and more robust. From consimilis, of the present group, which it 
resemltles in appearance, it difiers by its smaller size, shorter and 
relatively stouter beak and shorter tarsi ; the first two joints of the 
funicle are also relatively shorter than in that sjiecies. It might also 
