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3 mm. Head narrower than the prothorax, and almost as long; color 

 scarcely brown, elytra darker, slightly iridescent, prothorax trapezoidal, but 

 little broader than long, narrowed behind, rounded on the sides only before 

 the middle ; basal impressions broad, feebly punctured ; eyes not prominent. 



14. h y d r o p i c u s. 



2-5 — 3 mm. Head more distinctly narrower than the prothorax, with larger 



and more prominent eyes, otherwise quite similar to kydropicus, but more 



elongate and less convex; color variable, but the head is always dark and the 



elytra iridescent 15. c a r u s. 



b Elytra with several dorsal punctures ; hind angles of prothorax rectan- 

 gular, not rounded. 



4 mm. Elongate, more depressed, head blackish, prothorax pale, with a 

 large quadrate dusky spot ; anterior transverse impression deeply marked, 

 basal impressions broad, rugosely punctured ; elytra pale, with a broad dorsal 

 vitta divided by the suture and abbreviated at each end; dorsal punctures 3. 

 Georgia, one specimen 16. flavilimbus, n. sp. 



3 5 mm. Smaller and less depressed ; head blackish, prothorax testaceous, 

 basal impressions deeper, feebly punctured, elytra dusky, with the suture, base 

 and margin testaceous ; dorsal punctures 3 17. longulus. 



3 — 3-25 mm. Still smaller, prothorax as long as wide, with the sides still 

 more subsinnate behind, and the hind angles more prominent; basal im- 

 pressions deep, punctured ; color brown or blackish, paler at the margins ; 

 dorsal punctures 4 18. rectangulus. 



D. 



Body more elongate and linear than in any of the preceding species : head 

 as wide and nearly as long as the prothorax ; front tarsi of (^ moderately 

 dilated, 4th joint bllobed, middle tarsi slightly dilated ; prothorax narrowed 

 behind, with flattened rectangular angles ; elytra with long scutellar stria ; 

 palpi longer and more pointed than in the other groups of Philodes Lee. 



a. Elytra each with three distinct rows of dorsal punctures. 



4-25 mm. Testaceous, head and part of elytra dusky; basal impressions 

 of prothorax large, deep, not punctured ; body depressed ; eyes small. 



19. a 1 1 e r n a n 3. 



b. Elytra with the rows of dorsal punctures obsolete, only the posterior 

 puncture of the second stria obvious. 



4-25 mm. Dark brown, prothorax paler, with the basal impressions less 

 deep, but also not punctured ; body less depressed, eyes larger aud more 

 prominent 20. t e n e r. 



Bibliography and Re7narks. 



1. S. carbonarius BrulU, h^c. Ann. Lye. N. York, iv, 409 ; Harpalus 

 carb. Dej., Sp. Gen. iv, 398. 



2. S. spretus DeJ., Sp. Gen. v, 845. 



3. S. 1 i ra b a 11 s Lee, Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv., xi, 2, Ins. 28: S. indistinctus 

 Motsch. Bull. Mosc, 1859, 2, 134. 



4. S. f u 1 i g i n o s u s Dej., Sp. Gen., iv. 423 ; Lee. Ann. Lye. N. York, iv, 

 410 ; iS. versicolor Kirby, Faun. Bor. Am., iv, 4G ; S. Juscipennis Lee, Ann. 

 Lye, N. York, iv, 410. 



5. S. p 1 eb ej u s Dej., Sp. Gen., iv, 424 ; var. immat. S. fuscatus Dej., ibid. 

 426. 



6. S. CO n j u n c t u s Lee, Ann. Lye, N. York, iv, 410 ; Trechus conj. Say, 

 Trans. Am. Phil Soc, ii, 90, ed. Lee. ii, 504 ; Acupalpvs miseUus Dej., Sp. Gen. 

 iv, 467 ; Ac rotundicoUis Hald., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Phil , i, 302 ; Ac lugubris, 

 Hald., ibid., i, 302. Found from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 



7. S. rotundatus Lee, New. Sp. Col., (Smiths. Inst.), 17. 



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