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June 1899.] Casey: On American Cojcinellid^. 145 



30 — Pronotuni black or blackish, broadly but gradually and indefinitely paler toward 

 the sides ; head and legs uniform in color throughout but testaceous to blackish ; 

 tip of abdomen narrowly red ; prothorax moderately transverse, the sides strongly 

 convergent, almost evenly and moderately arcuate throughout and almost per- 

 fectly continuous with those of the elytra, the punctures fine and rather sparse, 

 closer and quite conspicuous toward the sides ; elytra quite coarsely but evenly 

 and rather sparsely punctured, the pubescence moderately coarse and conspicuous. 

 Length 2.2-2.4 mm.; width I.6-1.8 mm. Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia); 



\_puiicticollis Horn nee Lee] indutUS, sp. nov. 



Pronotum black, with the apical angles alone pale, the pale color but very seldom ex- 

 tending to the basal angles ; head red ; sides of the prothorax distinctly discon- 

 tinuous, more or less feebly convergent and evenly and moderately arcuate 



thoughout ; body broadly oval 31 



31 — Larger species ; legs red, the femora all more or less blackish toward base ; pro- 

 notal punctures very fine, close toward the sides but not conspicuous ; elytral 

 punctures not coarse but strong and quite sparse, the pubescence rather fine. 

 Length 2.0 mm.; witlth 1.55 mm. Rhode Island (Boston Neck). 



agricola, sp. nov 

 Small species ; legs red throughout ; pronotum shorter and more transverse, very 

 minutely, sparsely and scarcely visibly punctate, the punctures still sparse and 

 scarcely larger toward the sides ; elytra barely as long as wide, polished, rathe'^ 

 finely but strongly and still more sparsely punctate, the pubescence sparser and 

 coarser. Length 1. 5 mm.; width 1. 1 mm. North Carolina (Asheville). 



ianocens, sp. nov. 



32 — Legs black throughout, the tarsi alone sometimes pale '^^^ 



Legs red, the hind femora black throughout or with the tip alone paler 34 



Legs red, the hind femora slightly blackish at the base ; body broadly oval 35 



Legs uniform and clear red throughout 36 



33 — Sides of the pronotum obliquely and abruptly pale, the pale area scarcely extend- 

 ing to the basal angles ; body large, convex and very broadly oval, shining, 

 black ; head pale in the male, black in the female ; tarsi not evidently paler ; 

 prothorax relatively .small, two and three-fifths times as wide as long, the 

 sides strongly discontinuous, very moderately convergent, evenly and rather 

 strongly arcuate ; punctures fine, sparse in the middle, broadly close-set toward 

 the sides ; elytra not quite as long as wide, not very coarsely but strongly, evenly 

 and not very closely punctured, the apical reflexed edge alone pale ; male with 

 the first ventral obliquely bituberose at the middle near the apex, the fifth very 

 broadly and feebly sinuate. Length 2.4 mm.; width 1. 7 mm. California 



(Truckee) SOlidus, sp. nov. 



Pronotum almost black throughout, the apical angles alone feebly and gi-adually pices- 

 cent ; body smaller and much more narrowly oval ; legs black, the tarsi red ; 

 sides of the prothorax evidently discontinuous, rather strongly convergent, evenly 

 and somewhat feebly arcuate, the punctures very minute, sparse, becoming very- 

 close toward the sides ; elytra distinctly longer than wide, the apical edge 

 scarcely at all paler, the punctures not very coaise but strong and unusually 

 dense. Length 1,9 mm.; width 1. 3 mm. Nevada (Reno). 



desertorum, sp. nov. 



