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fine and inconspicuous. Punctures of clypeus moderately fine and quite regu- 

 larly placed, separated by about their own diameters. Front less closely and 

 regularly punctured than the clypeus, especially in the upper portion where it 

 becomes nearly inipunctatc. Antennal club well developed, slightly longer than 

 the preceding joints. Eyes moderately prominent. Measurements of head in 

 tenths of a millimeter: diameter of head through eyes, 22; distance between 

 inner eye margins, 13; length of head on median line, 17; extreme width of 

 clypeus in front of incisure, 10; antennal club, 04; dorso-ventral diameter of 

 eye, 8. 



Pronotmn not very convex, the sides only feebly arcuate, hind angles dis- 

 tinct, nearly rectangular, surface very uniformly punctured, with the punctures 

 slightly coarser than those of the head, and separated by one to two times their 

 own diameters ; at the middle of each side, near the margin a small, incon- 

 spicuous, piceous spot. Measurements of pronotum : width through posterior 

 angles, 35 ; width through anterior angles, 23 ; length on median line, 20. 

 Scutellum with moderate-sized punctures crowded toward the sides; length, 

 9.4 ; width, 9.4. 



Elytra rather strongly furrowed, the sulci with two confused rows of 

 rather strong punctures, separated by about half their own diameters, costae 

 well rounded and polished, with only an occasional strong puncture; length, 60; 

 width, 45. 



Metasternum and posterior coxal plates strongly and coarsely punctured, 

 the punctures separated on the average by a little less than their own diam- 

 eters. Hind femora and abdominal sternites also closely and deeply punctured 

 but the punctures distinctly smaller than those of the hind coxal plates, sep- 

 arated on the last sternite, which is more or less strongly opaque or pollenose, 

 by half their own diameter or less. The single rows of ambulatorial seta; and 

 the coarse punctures bearing them not at all conspicuous. 



The genital armature of the male (PI. X) bears a striking resemblance to 

 that of lecontet, but dififers at a glance by possessing the terminal spicules; 

 length, 2.3 mm. 



$. Differs from the male by its smaller antennal club (6.5 instead of 9.4), 

 less strongly developed clypeal incisure, more convex underline of abdomen 

 and arcuate, rather than emarginate, terminal sternite. 



Type: ^. Macon, Georgia, May 6, 1919 (Fox and Johnson), on post 

 oak. 



.Allotype : 5. Same data. 



Paratypes : '<:?''$• Same data. 



Serica opposita new species. 



^. .Almost an exact counterpart of spicula just described, but differing as 

 follows: averaging slightly larger, length 8 mm., width 4.7 mm.: clypeal 

 tumidity less well developed, viewed in profie scarcely half the height of the 

 anterior rcflexed margin; clypeal incisures stronger and less acute, entirely 

 dividing the somewhat more strongly elevated lateral and apical reflexed mar- 



