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segment rather elongate, and acuminate posteriorly, with the apex 

 deeply and rectangularly emarginate, the surface with two obsolete 

 costae. Prosternum feebly convex, surface very coarsely and densely 

 punctate, and sparsely clothed with long, erect, inconspicuous hairs; 

 anterior margin bisinuate; prosternal process wide, deeply and 

 broadly sulcate at middle, the sides smooth and extending forward to 

 near the anterior margin, with the bottom of the sulcus transversely 

 rugose, sides parallel to behind the anterior coxal cavities, then 

 strongly obliquely attenuate to the apex, which is broadly rounded. 



Female. — Differs from the male in having the head more sparsely 

 punctate ; abdomen beneath more sparsely pubescent, the first segment 

 not as deeply concave at middle, last segment deeply arcuately emar- 

 ginate at apex, with a distinct tooth at the middle of the emargina- 

 tion, and the surface more distinctly bicostate; prosternal process 

 not deeply sulcate at middle, with the median part coarsely, densely 

 punctate, and very sparsely pubescent. 



Length, 17-20 mm.; width, 5.5-6.5 mm. 



This species was originally described by Say (1823) from the 

 United States. It is rather abundant throughout the northeastern 

 part of North America from Canada to Kentucky and westward to 

 Wisconsin, the larvae living in a great variety of deciduous trees. 



The admission of the species in the present paper is based on two 

 specimens received from the British Museum and labeled "Haiti, 

 Saunders 74^18," which were probably introduced in lumber from 

 the United States. 



A number of species described by Casey ^^ have been placed as 

 synonyms of this species by Leng,^^ but since the types of these 

 species have not been examined, they are omitted from the synonymy 

 in the present paper. 



Genus PARACINYRA, new gfenus 



Head nearly flat, wider in front than on vertex; front not nar- 

 rowed by the insertion of the antennae ; epistoma short and emargi- 

 nate in front ; antennal cavities small, rounded, and partially covered 

 by an elevated carina, and situated a considerable distance from the 

 inner margin of the eyes. Antennae rather short and slender, ex- 

 tending to about the middle of the pronotum; first joint elongate and 

 feebly clavate; second short and slightly elongate; third more 

 slender, cylindrical, and about two times as long as the second; the 

 following joints triangular, dentate on the inner side, and armed with 

 a poriferous fovea situated on the inferior side at apical margin of 

 the joint. Eyes rather broadly oval, nearly two times as long as 



=» Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., vol. 11, 1909, pp. 144-149. 

 »*Cat. Coleopt. North America, 1920, p. 180. 



