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free behind, somewhat approximate u])on the front ; frontal fovea 
obsolete. Prothorax wider than long, narrowed in front ; apex 
broadly, hut not strongly constricted; surface punctured; elytra 
wider at the base than the prothorax, rounded on the sides, strongly 
convex on the declivity, coarsely striate and punctured ; first and 
second ventral segments moderately long; third to fifth short, equal ; 
fifth broadly emarginate in the male ; pygidinm freely exposed and 
slightly indexed in the male, but slightly visible in the female. Legs 
not very slender; thighs feebly clavate, not toothed; tihiie nearly 
straight, anterior and middle unguiculate, posterior mucronate at 
apex; tarsi rather stout, first and second joints equal, not longer 
than wide; third joint broadly hilobed, fourth moderately long; 
claws armed with a sharp and rather long tooth. 
Represented by two species : 
Dark piceous, prothorax less coarsely and less densely punctured, without me- 
dian elevated line Koli<lagiiii!^. 
Reddish, prothorax more coarsely and more closely punctured with a median, 
elevated line piiiictatiiliis. 
IV. solidaginis n. sp. Plate vii, fig. 29.— Oval, moderately robust; piceous, 
clothed with whitish, suherect pubescence. Beak feebly striate, punctured and 
pubescent. Eyes moderately convex, posterior margin rather free. Head con- 
vex, remotely punctured and pubescent, with a feeble transverse imjnession above 
the eyes. Prothorax more than one half wider than long, narrowed in front, 
feebly but broadly constricted at the apex, biemarginate at the base; sides feebly 
rounded behind the middle; surface rather finely and not closely punctured. 
Elytra oval, wider than the prothorax at its base; humeri prominent, rounded ; 
striae moderately deep, punctures rather large and close set; interspaces convex, 
finely and remotely imnctulate ; underside rather coarsely punctured, with the 
pubescence a little longer than above. Long. 1.5 mm. : .Ofi inch. 
Hab. — Peunsylvaiiia (Hazleton), Massachusetts (Ulke), Virginia, 
iM aryland ( E. A. Schwarz). 
I have taken my specimens late in the fall on the deflorescent 
flower heads of Solklago species. Some specimens are less darkly 
colored. 
IV. piiiietatiiliis n. sp. — Oval, robust, reddish brown, thinly clothed with 
whitish pubescence. Beak i)unctui-ed. deeply striate, pubescent. Eyes moder- 
ately convex. Head juibescent, remotely punctured, front transvei’sely im- 
pressed above the eyes. Prothorax nearly twice as wide as long, moderately 
narrowed in front, broadly and distinctly constricted behind the apical margin ; 
surface coarsely and rather closely punctiu-ed. an elevated dorsal line extending 
from the base to about the middle, more or less distinct. Elytra oval, humeri 
rounded, prominent; stripe deej), wide, coarsely and closely imnctnred; inter- 
spaces convex, punctnlate; underside punctured. Long, l.b mm ; .Ofi inch. 
Hab. — Florida. Coll. E. A. Schwarz ami H. Ulke. 
