166 Journal New York Entomological Society. ["^'o'- ^^• 



linear transverse area across the disc ; punctuation stronger at the base than 

 in front or at sides ; paired basal impressions wanting. Prosternal ridge 

 margined, convex transversely and longitudinally, sharply declivous in front, 

 sides straight, slightly widening in front, punctate. Abdominal segments 

 smooth and shining ; third segment punctate at sides, fourth and fifth each 

 with a row of punctures along posterior margins ; the last segment triangular 

 in outline, punctate at tip and sides. Legs rufous to pale yellow ; posterior 

 coxae strongly punctate, rounded posteriorly, reaching the fourth segment of 

 the abdomen. 



Elytra with large well-defined black spots and margins. These markings 

 are fairly constant in this species as compared with other species in this 

 genus. Each elytron has ten rows of large punctures of the same color as 

 the elytra ; each interval with a well defined row of small punctures ; apical 

 margins of elytra not denticulate. 



Habitat. — Mass. (Amherst) ; New York (Esopus, one specimen) ; 

 Pa.; Georgia (Spring Creek, Decatur Co., J. C. Bradley); Texas 

 (Dallas). 



Haliplus lewisii Crotch. 



Haliplus lezvisii Crotch. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, IV, 1873, p. 384. 



General color pale yellow with dark markings on head and elytra. Length 

 2.5 mm. 



Head punctate, infuscate on vertex; antennae pale yellow; labrum slightly 

 emarginate, a row of small setae on its anterior margin. 



Pronotum punctate, the disc only slightly so ; punctures of the base 

 slightly larger than those of the sides and apex ; punctures of the same color 

 as the thorax. Prosternal ridge margined, punctate, not grooved, sharply 

 declivous in front. Abdominal segments smooth, shining, punctate on their 

 apices. Posterior coxae punctate, rounded posteriorly, reaching the fourth 

 segment of the abdomen. 



Elytra pale yellow with dark markings. Each elytron with ten rows of 

 punctures of the same color as elytra ; intervals sparsely punctate ; apices 

 not sinuate, rounded, slightly denticulate. 



Re-described from specimens from Dane Co., Wis. (W. S. Mar- 

 shall). 



Habitat.— Texas (G. R. Crotch; Cameron Co., H. F. Wickham) ; 

 Indiana (Broad Ripple, Marion Co., Blatchley). 



• — In the Entomological Collection of the Philadelphia Acad- 

 emy of Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Haliplus deceptus, new species. 



General color pale yellow with darker spots on elytra and pronotum. 

 Length 3 mm. 



Head punctate ; labrum emarginate, rounded at the sides, a row of setae 

 on its anterior margin ; antennae pale yellow. 



