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half wider than long, the anterior sinus moderately shallow, nearly 

 three-fourths as wide as the base, the angles obtusely rounded, 

 the base transverse, just visibly and very broadly bisinuate; sur- 

 face minutely, very remotely punctate, more strongly but still com- 

 paratively finely and sparsely so laterally, the bead rather fine; 

 scutellum moderate, transversely triangular; elytra fully one-half 

 longer then wide, the sides parallel and straight to well behind 

 the middle, then gradually rounded and converging to the rather 

 acutely ogival apex ; surface of each with a few remote and feebly 

 tumescent lines, of which one margins the suture, the punctures 

 coarse but unusually sparse, with less convex interspaces, denser 

 and more rugose posteriorly ; prosternum sparsely pubescent, finely 

 but rather strongly, sparsely punctate, the process broader than in 

 trti7icata^ feebly constricted intercoxally ; hind femora and abdo- 

 men very finely, remotely punctate. Length 13.0 mm.; width 

 5.7 mm. (cJ*). Cab. Levette SUturalis n. sp. 



9 — Form moderately stout, convex, alutaceous, the elytra much more 



shining, deep black; head rather finely and sparsely but strongly 

 punctate, the anterior canthus obliquely and obtusely pointed ; 

 antennae rather slender ; prothorax three-fifths wider than long, 

 the apex shallowly sinuate, two-thirds as wide as the base, the 

 angles obtuse and rather broadly rounded, the base very broadly 

 and feebly bisinuate; surface rather sparsely but not very finely, 

 strongly punctate, becoming somewhat coarsely and less sparsely 

 so laterally, the bead moderately fine ; scutellum moderate, sharply 

 triangular, not very transverse; elytra one-half longer than wide, 

 the sides gradually rounding and conv^erging from rather before 

 the middle posteriorly, the apex acutely ogival ; surface coarsely 

 but not very closely punctate, the interspaces not notably convex, 

 except apically, where they are narrower; prosternum very finely, 

 sparsely punctate, the process almost impunctate and subparallel, 

 broadly rounded at tip ; hind femora and abdomen minutely, re- 

 motely and very inconspicuously punctate. Length ii.omm.; 

 width 4.9 mm. Cab. Levette audax n. sp. 



10 — Tarsi unusually slender. Form oblong-oval, rather shining 



throughout, deep black ; head somewhat coarsely punctate, very 

 sparsely posteriorly, moderately closely anteriorly, the sinus not 

 very broad, deeply parabolic ; anterior canthus oblique and rather 

 pointed but blunt; prothorax shorter than in the three following, 

 three-fifths wider than long, the apex only very moderately sinuate, 

 three-fifths as wide as the base, with the angles obtusely rounded ; 

 sides unusually converging from base to apex, broadly arcuate ; base 

 rectilinearly truncate, becoming conspicuously oblique posteriorly 

 at the sides ; surface very sparsely but somewhat strongly punctate, 

 more coarsely but still sparsely so laterally, the bead moderately 

 thick, curving strongly at base entirely about the hind angles ; 

 scutellum very transversely triangular, rather large ; elytra as 

 wide as the prothorax, one-half longer than wide, the sides 

 strongly rounding behind the middle, the apex obtusely ogival ; 

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