172 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi vin. 



Body nearly similar to the preceding but shorter and more broadly oval, strongly con- 

 vex, shining, rufo-testaceous throughout, the pubescence long, coarse, rather 

 abundant and conspicuous, ashy in color ; head smaller, notably narrower than 

 the apex of the prothorax,*the antennae similar to those of humeralis but still 

 stouter, and with the third joint very much shorter than the next two combined ; 

 prothorax similar but only a little more than one-half wider than long and with 

 the punctures coarse, deep and densely crowded ; elytra sensibly wider than the 

 prothorax and two and a half times as long, the sides slightly arcuate toward 

 base, the apex gradually, rather narrowly rounded, one-half longer than wide, 

 the punctures rather smaller than those of the pronotum and somewhat sparse, 

 moderately coarse toward base, especially externally, gradually fine posteriorly ; 

 under surface finely, very densely punctate ; legs rather stouter, the tarsi short 

 but slender, the last joint of the posterior as long as the first three combined. 

 Length 2.75 mm ; width 1.4 mm. Virginia pubescens, sp. nov. 



In no individual of the Tetratomini that I have seen, is there the 

 faintest trace of serial arrangement of the always conspicuous elytral 

 punctures at any part of the surface ; the placing of Tetratoma near 

 Triplax, by Redtenbacher, is an unaccountable error for this, as well as 

 a multitude of other reasons, besides the radically different formation 

 of the tarsi and palpi. 



