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apical angles, the suture, however, dark to the apex ; prothorax veiy minutely 

 punctulate, the sides not quite continuous, feebly convergent and rather strongly 

 arcuate ; elytral punctures fine and moderately close, the pubescence coarse. 

 Length 1.4 mm. ; width 0.8 mm. California scitus, sp. nov. 



Piceous-black, the head and prothorax dark testaceous, sometimes feebly infuscate 

 toward the middle of the base ; form broadly oval, each elytron with a large pale 

 area, evidently consisting of two transverse spots longitudinally prolonged back- 

 ward and forward, so as to unite and wholly or partially enclose an oval dark 

 spot at the centre ; elytral punctures minute, the pubescence rather coarse and 

 distinct, cinereous ; legs pale throughout 76 



76 — Sides of the prothorax only slightly discontinuous, strongly convergent, evenly 

 and moderately arcuate ; posterior transverse spot short, not extending to the 

 apex. Length 1. 75 nmi.; width I. 2 mm. California (Humboldt Co.). 



suavis, sp. nov. 



Sides of the prothorax strongly discontinuous, feebly convergent and very feebly 

 arcuate ; posterior spot extending nearly to the apex, the elytra being pale with 

 the base broadly, suture and side-margin more naiTowly to behind the middle, 

 and a small central spot, dark ; elytral punctures less close-set. Length 1. 7 mm.; 

 width 1.2 mm. Colorado COloraOensIS Honi 



77 — ^Each elytron pale, with all the margins nubilously blackish, more broadly at 

 base, the pale area feebly oblique and elongate-oval, finely and rather closely 

 punctate ; body elongate-oval, the pronotum piceous, minutely, not very closely 

 punctulate, the sides not quite continuous. Length 1. 65 mm.; width 0.9 mm. 

 California (southern) . .sordidus Ho'ii 



Each elytron pale throughout, or just visiiily and sufiusedly piceous toward the 

 suture 78 



78 — Larger, more narrowly oval, the elytra longer than wide, the j)ronotum finely 

 and sparsely but evidently punctulate ; pubescence rather abundant, suberect, 

 coarse and conspicuous. Length 1. 3-1. 6 mm.; width o. 8-1. o mm. Maryland,, 

 Indiana, Kansas and Texas , intr U^ US Horn 



Srhaller, shorter and more broadly oval, the elytra not longer than wide, sparsely 

 punctulate, the pubescence rather sparse, more decumbent and less con.spicuous ; 

 pronotum wholly impunctate, sparsely pubescent, the sides continuous with those 

 of the elytra but more arcuate, feebly convergent. Length 1. 1 mm.; width 0.75 

 mm. Florida (Tampa) inops, sp. nov. 



79 — Prosternal carinre entire, attaining the apical margin ,80 



Prosternal carince abbreviated in front ; body pale throughout or nearly so 87 



80 — Elytra l)lack, with a transverse post-basal pale band narrowly prolonged along 

 the suture to the base ; body narrowly oblong and parallel, the punctures fine 

 and sparse ; prothorax testaceous. Length 1.4 mm. ; width 0.8 mm. Florida 

 ( Haulover near Jupiter) balteatUS Lee. 



Elytra black, each with a single small yellow spot slightly in front of the middle, the 

 apex narrowly pale ; body oval ; prothorax piceo-testaceous, paler at the sides, 

 the latter almost continuous with those of the elytra ; legs testaceous ; size very 

 small. Length [1.25 mm.]. Florida (Biscayne Bay and Punta Gorda). 



bigemmeus Horn 



