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simple seems to have been entirely overlooked. This 

 character eiiables us to more conveniently tabulate the 

 species, and in fact is the only certain means of sepa- 

 rating the two above mentioned. 



The series with simple claws includes, besides E. his- 

 trio. E. septentrionis Weise, E. hoe.gei Gorh, and E. 

 ovoideus Csy. Weise's name is used here provisionally 

 for a large, strongly punctured species occurring in 

 New England and adjacent states. It agrees with 

 Weise's description in size and most nearly in habitat 

 {E. se.jotenirionis was described from the Hudson Bay 

 Region), and there can be little doubt, it seems, as to 

 the correctness of the reference. No mention is made 

 of E. septentrionis in Casey's recent Revision of the 

 Coccinellidae; this is doubtless an oversight. E. desert- 

 orum Csy. must be considered a synonym of E. ovoideus 

 Csy. 



38. Smilia reversa, sp. nov. 



Broadly oval; black, elj'tra brownish. Thorax polished throughout; 

 punctuation closer and more distinct than in any of our other species; 

 impressed line of front angles distinct, joining the basal marginal line in a 

 continuous curve along the side margin, which is distinctly explanate. 

 Elytra very finely, sparsely punctulate; sutural line visible behind the 

 middle, but scarcely impressed. 



Length, 1 .25 mm. 



Five examples, beaten from conifers, at Lake Tahoe 

 and in the San Bernardino Mountains, at an elevation 

 of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet. 



This is our largest species and is conspicuous from 

 the fact that the thoracic punctuation, while somewhat 

 variable, is in general closer and coarser than that of 

 the elytra, whereas it is the reverse of this in all our 

 other species (I do not know S. coccidivora). The join- 

 ing of the apical and basal marginal lines of the 



