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mented with white pubescent spots as follows : A round spot in basal 

 depression, an elongate spot in front of middle, a small round spot at 

 apical third, and the spots more or less connected laterally by irregu- 

 larly distributed, short, white hairs. 



Abdomen beneath obsoletely granulose, sparsely, finely punctate, 

 the punctures connected transversely by more or less distinct sinuate 

 lines, which are coarser on the basal segments, and sparsely, uni- 

 formly clothed with moderately long, recumbent, whitish hairs; first 

 segment convex at middle; last segment broadly rounded at apex; 

 vertical portions of segments rather densely pubescent; pygidium 

 sparsely punctate, but not distinctly carinate. Prosternum finely, 

 sparsely punctate, and sparsely clothed with short, recumbent, white 

 hairs; prosternal lobe broad, moderately declivous, and broadly 

 rounded in front; prosternal process broad, the sides strongly ex- 

 panded behind the coxal cavities, then abruptly narrowed to the 

 apex, which is acute. Tibiae slender, straight, and unarmed at apex. 

 Posterior tarsi slightly shorter than tibiae, and the first joint as long 

 as the following two joints united. Tarsal claws similar on all feet, 

 cleft near the middle, the inner tooth broad, shorter than outer one, 

 and not turned inward. 



Length, 5.38 mm. ; width, 1.5 mm. 



Male. — Differs from the female in having the head opaque, dark 

 bronzy brown, with a feeble cupreous tinge, front narrower and less 

 convex, the lateral margins broadly, strongly constricted near middle, 

 and the pubescence longer; first abdominal segment rather broadly, 

 feebly, longitudinally concave at middle, but without long, erect 

 hairs ; prosternum clothed with long, semierect, white hairs at middle ; 

 anterior and middle tibiae armed with a short tooth on inner margin 

 at apex; and the tarsal claws dissimilar, anterior and middle claws 

 cleft near the tip, and the teeth nearly equal in length, posterior 

 claws cleft near middle, the inner tooth broad, shorter than outer one, 

 and not turned inward. 



Redescribed from the female lectotype No. 3491 in the Philadelphia 

 Academy of Natural Sciences. 



Type locality. — Texas (no definite locality given). 



DISTRIBUTION 



Material examined : 



Alabama: Hazen, April 4, 1923 (L. B. Woodruff). 

 Georgia: Macon, April 22, 1903 (W. F. Fiske). 



Texas: Sabinal, April, 1910 (F. C. Pratt). Fedor, Lee County, May ( ). 



It has also been recorded from Arizona and New Mexico, but no examples were 

 seen from tbese States. 



Variations. — This species varies in color from bronzy brown to 

 brownish black, and in some examples the median depression on the 

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