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45 — Narrowly oval, small, l;)lack throughout, the apical angles of the prothorax perhaps 

 becoming paler in some examples ; legs pale testaceous throughout ; prothorax 

 small, much narrower than the elytra, the sides very discontinuous, only moder- 

 ately convergent and straight, becoming feebly arcuate at the apex ; punctures 

 sparse and scarcely visible throughout, really larger toward the middle but ex- 

 cessively feeble and shallow and variolate as usual ; elytra somewhat strongly nar- 

 rowed behind and evenly rounded from near the humeri, the apex rather nar- 

 rowly rounded ; punctures fine, only moderately close, the pubescence rather 

 short but coarse, ashy and distinct. Length 1.5 mm.; width l.omm. Arizona — 



Mr. Wickham infans, sp. nov. 



Broadly oval and much larger, strongly convex, smooth and shining 46 



46 — Legs black throughout, the tarsi pale ; body oval, convex, the sides of the pro- 

 thorax almost continuous, strongly convergent, evenly and distinctly arcuate, the 

 punctures quite coarse, not very close-set, as large as those of the elytra or larger, 

 becoming gradually very fine, sparse and obsolescent toward the sides ; elytra a 

 little longer than wide, moderately obtuse behind, not very coarsely but strongly, 

 moderately sparsely punctured, more minutely toward the suture, the pubescence 

 rather long and coarse ; under surface deep black throughout. Length 2. i mm. ; 



width 1.5 mm. Utah (southwestern) — Mr. Weidt weidti, sp. nov. 



Legs red, the hind femora black, testaceous toward apex 47 



Legs red, the hind femora Vjlack at the extreme base 55 



Legs bright and uniform rufo-testaceous throughout 56 



47 — Hind femora testaceous only well beyond the middle 48 



Hind femora becoming testaceous in about apical half. 53 



48 — Tip of the elytra pale testaceous in a border which is about a fifth or sixth as wide 

 as the length of the prothorax, the latter relatively small, short and strongly trans- 

 verse, the sides evidently discontinuous, rather feebly convergent, evenly and 

 somewhat strongly arcuate, the punctures minute and inconspicuous ; elytra 

 scarcely longer than wide, rather narrowly rounded behind, finely but strongly, 

 evenly and not very closely punctured, the pubescence ashy-white, rather short 

 and .somewhat abundant ; tip of abdomen pale, the hind femora very gradually 

 pale apically. Length 1. 9 mm. ; width 1. 35 mm. Nevada (Reno). 



renoicus, sp. nov. 



Tip of the elytra only paler along the fine reflexed marginal bead ; hind femora pale 

 at apex only 49 



49 — Head pale toward the clypeal margin in both sexes but more broadly in the 

 male 50 



Head deep black throughout to the margin of the clypeus, at least in the female. ..5 1 



50 — Sides of the prothorax nearly continuous, strongly convergent, evenly and strongly 

 arcuate, the punctures slightly closer and more evident toward the sides, fine but 

 distinct throughout ; elytra rather coarsely, strongly, evenly and sparsely punctured; 

 abdomen not pale at apex, the fifth segment of the male broadly sinuato-truncate, 

 the surface deeply impressed in a transverse, posteriorly arcuate and well-defined 

 concave bevel, the first with an elongate triangular glabrous area at the middle, 

 defined by fine dense punctures. Length 2.2 mm. ; width 1.6 mm. Lake 

 Superior ; [var. ? nigrivestis Muls, New Orleans, La.] lacustris Lcc. 



