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oculi distaiites, transversi, antice emarginati. Antenna 11-artionlata, 

 articulo lmo oblongo, Undo craaso, hand breviore, '•'< 7 parvis, Benaim 

 crassioribus, 8vo trapezoideo, longiore et orassiore 9no et LOmo magnifl 

 latioribus, crassitie vix brevioribus, llnio ovali majore, ultra medium 

 sinuatim angustato, tribus ultimis oonjunctia prfficedentibufl - 7 vix 

 brevioribus. Palpi mazillares articulo lino parvo, 2ndo elongato tri- 

 angulari, 3io sensiui latiore trapezoideo, 4to ovali oblique tronoato, pi 

 dentibus conjunctis paulo longiore. Prothorax capite plus dnplo latior, 

 t'ransversus, a basi antice angustatus, apice late rotnodato, basi snbrotun- 

 data et late bisinuata immarginata, lateribua Bnbrotundatia Bnbtiliter 

 marginatis. Scutellum minutum triangnlari. Elytra estriata, po 

 subito oblique attenuata, epi pleura angusta?, postice abbiwi:it:i\ Pro- 

 sternum ante coxas brevissimum, inter coxas lineare ; oozs anti.w oonioaa, 

 angustissime separata?, trocbantino nullo. Coxa? intermedia? metaflterno 

 angusto prominulo separata?. Metasternum magnum, episternis triangu- 

 laribus. Coxa? postica? plana? lamiuata?, segment., lino v.-ntrali majores, 

 fere contigua?. Pedes antici mediocres, tibiis feniorilms brevioribus, oal- 

 caribus minutis, tarsis tibiis longioribus, paulo dilatatis, articulo 4to 

 bilobato ; intermedii mediocres, tibiis sicut in antioas, tarsis Longioribus, 

 articulo lmo sequentes tres cequante, 4to bilobato ; postici elongati. femori- 

 bus compressis, ad elytra extensis, tibiis brevilms triangnlaribns, femoribnfl 

 plus duplo brevioribus, calcaribus tibiis longioribus, pectinatis, tarsis ar- 

 ticulo lmo femoribus baud breviore, calcaribus tertia parte longiore, 

 sequentibus conjunctis sesqui longiore, 3io baud lobato, precedents Besqui 

 breviore ; 4to 2ndo vix longiore, unguiculis parvis simplicibus. 



Allied to Orchesia, but differs totally in the form <>!' tin' ;m- 

 tennte and maxillary palpi. 



449. M. clavicornis. Ovalis convexa, nigra nitida, fere Impuno- 



tata. tenuiter griseo-pubescens ; capite, antennarnm basi, pediboeque 



anterioribus testaceis, antennarum clava, abdomine, pedibusque poetioia 



plus minusve fuscis. Long. -09. 



One specimen from Georgia, and one from Illinois. In the 

 former the abdomen is reddish-testaceous, and the feel are uniform* 

 in color; in the latter, the abdomen is dark brown ami tin- hind 

 legs fuscous. 



MAC ROSI AGON IIintz. 

 4r)0. H. flavipeimis. Atra opaoa, dense pnnetulata, capite elongato 



fortiter punctata, vertioe oompresso antic.' conoaTO apioe Bubemarginato, 



tborace latitudine vix longiore a basi antromun ralde angnsUI 

 basin utrinque late impreeeo, ant.- Bontellom brevitex oornnto, lobo 



postico apice rotundato ; elytris pallidis, hand -bus.. pnnoUtis, pom 

 basin oblique profund.- ImpreBBifl, apice valde dii 



antennis flavo-testaceis. Long. -34— -1". 



