134 NORTH AMERICAN 



apex between the antennae straight, one-half as long as the width of head ; 

 interocular surface broadly and evenly convex, polished, coarsely irregularly 

 and somewhat sparsely punctate, punctures round, deeply impressed and 

 varying greatly in size, very slightly less dense in the middle ; labrum more 

 than twice as wide as long, very deeply and broadly bilobed ; third joint of 

 the maxillary palpi but slightly longer than the second, very robust, conical, 

 squarely truncate at tip which is circular in outline and very deeply ex- 

 cavated, the fourth joint very thin and acicular, oblique, and attached at the 

 bottom of the deep concavity ; under surface of head, very minutely sparsely 

 and feebly punctulate, surface minutely rngulose ; antennae as long as the 

 head and prothorax together, not thickened toward tip, first joint scarcely 

 as long as the next two together, second just visibly shorter than the third 

 and equal in length to the fourth, the latter slightly thicker, joints four to 

 ten decreasing very slightly in length, equal in thickness, the latter dis- 

 tinctly longer than wide, last joint slightly elongate, constricted toward tip. 

 Prothorax widest at the middle where it is very slightly wider than the head 

 and nearly one-sixth narrower than long ; sides parallel throughout, feebly 

 and evenly arcuate ; apex slightly longer than the base, tlie former broadly 

 and feebly arcuate, the latter transverse ; apical angles rather acutely 

 rounded, basal broadly rounded ; disk broadly and rather feebly convex, 

 polished, having two medial rows of close rather coarse and irregularly dis- 

 posed punctures, intermediate space impuiictate, between them and the sides 

 the punctures are rather fine, sparse, unevenly disposed and irregular in 

 size. Elytra at base slightly wider than the pronotum ; sides very feebly 

 divergent posteriorly and very feebly arcuate ; together very broadly feebly 

 and triangularly emarginate behind ; disk broadly depressed, very feebly and 

 evenly convex, about one-fourth longer than the pronotum, and about one- 

 fourth longer than wide, punctures rather coarse toward the suture where 

 they are arranged in irregular rows, finer toward the sides where they are 

 confused and more sparsely distributed, very feebly impressed throughout. 

 Abdomen about as wide as tlie elytra; sides parallel and nearly straight; 

 border strongly inclined. Legs moderate. 



Mtde. — Sixth ventral segment sinuate at tip, sinus slightly wider than 

 deep, evenly rounded at the bottom and scarcely more than one-half as wide 

 as the apices ; the contiguous surface feebly and cylindrically impressed. 

 First four joints of the anterior tarsus very broadly dilated, and extremely 

 densely pubescent beneath ; fifth joint slender and nearly as long as the first 

 four together. 



Fimalc. — Unknown. 



Lengtli 4.5-0.0 mm. 



Cape May, New Jersey, 2. 



The coloi's in this fine species are as follows: — 



Head above anil neck (lee|) black, beneath piceous-black, paler 

 towanl the median line ; labrum, oral orj^ans, antennae and legs 

 tliroiigliout pale flavo-testaceous ; prothorax pale reddish-testaceous; 

 elytra black, having a narrow suffused band at the base and a narrow 

 edging along the suture reddish-testaceous ; abdomen pale yellowish- 



