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Apliodius dialyloides n. sp.— Oblong-oval, piceous, margin of clypeu. 

 more or less rufescent, legs dark rufous, antennae rufotestaceous. Head not dis- 

 tinctly tuberculate, rather closely strongly punctured, somewhat less closely in 

 front; clypeus feebly eniarginate, sides broadly rounded; gense prominent, 

 slightly obtuse. Prothorax one-fifth wider than long, base rather strongly arcu- 

 ate at middle, slightly sinuate each side, hind angles broadly obliquely truncate, 

 sides nearly straight and just visibly converging anteriorly; punctuation coarse 

 and dense laterally, becoming confluent near the hind angles, sparser and irreg- 

 ular in distribution along the middle; basal marginal line distinct. Elytra as 

 wide at base as the thorax, elongate-oval, one-third longer than wide, widest at 

 middle, humeri dentiform; strise moderately deep, not closely punctate ; inter- 

 vals three or four times as wide as the strife on the disk, impunctate, nearly flat, 

 a little convex posteriorly. Mesosternum coarsely densely punctate, with narrow 

 smooth median line in front, becoming somewhat obtusely carinate between the 

 coxse ; metasternnm at sides and abdomen more sparsely punctate; femora quite 

 coarsely numerously punctate, the front ones densely so. Anterior tibite smooth 

 in front, tridentate externally, the upper tooth slightly in front of the middle, 

 margin not crenate above. Basal joint of hind tarsus as long as or slightly 

 longer than the next three. Length 3.6-3.9 mm. 



ilale. — Spur of anterior tibiae moderately stout and abruptly bent or hooked at 

 tip; lower spur of middle tibiae short, projecting inward almost at right angles 

 to the axis of the tibia. 



Female. — Not seen. 



Described from two examples taken by Mr. Frederick Blanchard, 

 one at Highlands, N. C, in June, the other at Mt. Watatic in east- 

 ern Massachusetts, in September. 



This peculiar and interesting little species should evidently be 

 placed near humeralis, which exhibits the same peculiarity in the 

 short spur of the middle tibiae and has the hind angles of the thorax 

 simularly truncate. In this latter respect and in general facies it 

 closely resembles Dialytes ulkei, though smaller. 



Oclioclfeus giiallio n. sp. — Eobust, oblong-oval, fulvotestaceous, with the 

 usual short erect fulvous hair. Head very broad, three-fourths as wide as the 

 prothorax, mandibles very prominent, their outer edge slightly sinuate and sub- 

 augulate ; clypeus squarely truncate, the margin single, with a very small median 

 tubercle; vertex without transverse carina, surface densely granulate-punctates 

 Mentum elevated posteriorly in form of a thin wedge-shaped ligula, which is 

 wider at base than at summit, the latter emarginate. Prothorax not quite twice 

 as wide as long, sides rather strongly rounded, feebly or scarcely narrowed in 

 front, median impressed line fine, only evident posteriorly ; surface rather closely 

 granulate. Elytra equal in width to the prothorax and twice as long, very 

 slightly longer than wide; striae lightly impressed, intervals nearly flat, irregu- 

 larly biseriately punctate, suturJil angle somewhat obtuse. Posterior tibiae rather 

 slender, gradually wider apically ; basal joint of posterior tarsus slender, straight, 

 as long as the two following united. Length 5i-7i mm. ; width 2n-3i mm. 



TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. JULY, 1907. 



