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posterior margin : anterior lateral margins lightly carinated. Scutellum equi- 

 lateral, convex dorsally, color of pronotum, anteriorly at least, closely and 

 finely punctured. Hemelytra lighter castaneous and wider across than the pro- 

 notum, wider than the abdomen, with very narrow lateral margins .slightly 

 deflexed, at least anteriorly, over the connexivum. Line of meeting of the two 

 hemelytra straight, about twice as long as scutellum, posterior narrowly pale, 

 smooth margins very slightly oblique, with the interior angle obtuse, outer 

 obtuse angle reaching apex of fourth abdominal segment. Membrane entirely 

 absent. Corium and cla\us united. Veins of corium absent. Hemelytra pro- 

 vided with small, closely set punctures, arranged in linear series, each puncture 

 provided with a minute gray hair, making the whole surface appear minutely 

 hirsute. Abdomen dorsally shining, dark, castaneous. Connexivum reflexed, 

 unicolorous. Beneath castaneous, abdomen usually darker and more shining. 

 Pleural pieces finely and rather closely punctate. Femora castaneous. Tibije 

 and tarsi pale ochraceous. Anterior femora much thickened, armed beneath 

 with three or four small teeth. Length, J"s and 5's, 2 mm. 



Described from ten males and twelve females collected by me 

 near the Huachuca Motintains, Ariz., where they were very common 

 under dried cow chips. 



ARAPHE H. Schf. 



Japetiis Distant, Biol. Cent. Amer. Rhynch., I, 227, 1883. 



After carefully Studying Distant's description of his genus Japctus 

 I am convinced that it is synonymus with Araphc H. Schf., for the 

 characters given by Distant do not generically differentiate this 

 genus. Furthermore, an examination of the new species, here de- 

 scribed, shows that it is closely related to /. spJucroidcs Dist. from 

 Guatemala and yet without any doubt belongs to the genus Araphc. 



The United States species of this genus may readily be separated 

 by the following synoptic table: 



Head, pronotum and legs long pilose. 



Head and thorax coarsely punctate Carolina H. Schf. 



Head and thorax impunctate, membrane wanting cicindcloidcs Walk. 



Head and pronotum not hairy, head impunctate iniiiiclica n. sp. 



Araphe mimetica, new species. 



Black, much resembling A. cicindcloidcs Walk, but is considerably smaller. 

 Head and pronotum devoid of long pile but face provided with minute 

 appressed cinereous pubescence, with a few longer hairs at tip of tylus. Head 

 globose, impunctate, finely rugulose and seen from above not so convexed 

 behind the eyes as in cicindeloides, much wider than the pronotum. Rostrum 

 reaching fore coxae ; first segment as long as the ante-ocular part of head. 

 Antennae with two or three short setae at apex of joints, the first joint 



