June, 1913] Roberts: Notes on Haliplid^e of America. 109 



Hind coxae with the punctures small, shallow, evenly placed, and with 

 the apices rounded exteriorly and only very little incurved, nearly truncate, 

 from apex to suture. 



Abdominal segments, except the last, with the punctures almost obsolete. 



Male front and middle tarsal joints distinctly thickened, but not 

 pedunculate. 



Male and female types from Fairfield Co., Conn. (Roberts), are 

 in my collection. 



Other localities for the species are South Framingham, Mass. 

 (Frost) ; Staten Island, N. Y. (Roberts) ; Lotiisiana (Wm. Jiilich), 

 and Rhode Island. Named for the late Frederick Blanchard who 

 showed me a specimen sent him by Mr. Frost, the first I had seen. 



From the form of the labial palpi this species belongs in the nifi- 

 collis group and is closely allied to it and longuhis, but at once dis- 

 tinct and easily separated by the strongly sinuate apices of the elytra, 

 being nearer to horealis in that respect. It is not so elongate as 

 longuhis, resembling closely in form nificollis. but is more shining 

 and with the spots more confluent than in the latter. 



Haliplus pallidus new species. 



Oval, rounded, pale greenish yellow. 



Size : length 3 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Head finely, evenly punctate, immaculate ; eyes round, well separated ; 

 antennae color of head. 



Pronotvim finely punctured, except a narrow space across disc ; punctures 

 not larger than those of head, a narrow collar of slightly darker color across 

 apex, a short rather deep plica at base each side. 



Elytra broadest just behind the humeri, very gradually rounded, apices 

 scarcely oblique ; strial punctures small and shallow, not crowded, of a 

 deeper shade than the ground color, except those of the gth and loth striae, 

 which are much finer, more or less confused and not darkened ; immaculate, 

 except that in some specimens small clusters of darker punctures give an 

 indefinite suggestion of spots ; a row of closely placed fine punctures on 

 sutural interspace, other interspaces with the very fine punctures widely 

 separated. 



Under surface and legs color of upper. 



Prosternum widest at base but not broad, gradually narrowing to front 

 coxae and continuing with the sides parallel to apex ; narrowly channeled 

 from base to apex, not distinctly punctate but having a roughened appearance. 



Mid-metasternum depressed between the middle coxae, margins very short, 

 somewhat tumid basally. 



Hind coxal plates finely, evenly, not deeply punctured ; apices rounded 

 exteriorly and very little incurved towards the suture where the angle 

 is obtuse. 



