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the latter abruptly coarsely, densely so near the base and at the sides, else- 

 where shining and almost inipiinctate, the transverse impression feeble and not 

 at all shining ; beak slender, rather feebly but ev-enly arcuate, somewhat ab- 

 ruptly thicker very near the base in the densely punctured part, distinctly 

 longer than the prothorax ; antennae slender, the second funicular joint nearly 

 twice as long as wide and one-half longer than the third, the latter a little 

 longer than wide. Prothorax barely one-fifth wider than long, the sides sub- 

 parallel in basal two-thirds, then strongly rounded and convergent to the apex, 

 the later strongly constricted and subtubulate ; base transverse, the median 

 lobe very small but prominent, scarcely rounded and rather cuspiform ; disk 

 with narrow ill-defined non-entire impunctate line, the punctures deep, one- 

 third as wide as the scutellum, dense but narrowly separated. Elqtru two- 

 fifths longer than wide, fully twice as long as the prothorax and a little wider 

 than the latter, the humeri slightly prominent, the sides very feebly conver- 

 gent ; apex somewhat abruptly and obtusely rounded ; disk with moderately 

 fine deep strise, the intervals subequal, flat, about twice as wide as the grooves, 

 each with a more or less uneven single series of moderately large but shallow, 

 sul)transverse, somewhat close-set punctures. Abdomen i-ather closely punc- 

 tured. Prosternura abruptly, deeply sulcate, the sulcus extending deeply 

 nearly to the posterior limits of the coxfe, the latter separated by about their 

 own width. Length 4.0 mm. ; width 1.7 mm. 



Texas. 



A distinct species somewhat resembling- angusta in form. The 

 tarsal claws are unusually long. A single specimen. 



4 Pseudoliaris faiista n. sp. — Oblong-oval, convex, black and highly 

 polished throughout, the setaj small, very sparse, not conspicuous, the elytra 

 without dispersed squamules but with a small feebly condensed spot at the 

 base of the third interval. Head minutely, sparsely but rather deeply punc- 

 tulate, the impression feeble; beak rather stout, evenly, moderately arcuate, 

 feebly tapering, deeply, densely punctate and about as long as the prothorax ; 

 antennje inserted at the middle, the basal joint of the funicle not quite as long 

 as the next three, the second obconical, one-half longer than wide, club rather 

 large, abrupt, densely pubescent, with the basal joint constituting one-third of 

 the mass. Prothorax nearly one-half wider than long, the sides nearly straight 

 and parallel to slightly beyond the middle, then broadly rounded and conver- 

 gent, the subapical constriction very broad and feeble ; base transverse, the 

 median lohe moderate in width, very prominent and rounded ; disk rather 

 coarsely, very deeply, moderately closely punctate, without impunctate line, 

 the punctures rather uneven in distribution, fully one-third as wide as the 

 scutellum and generally separated by about one-half of their own diameters. 

 .Scutellum strongly transverse, lunate. Elytra distinctly wider than the pro- 

 thorax and not quite twice as long, the humeri moderately prominent ; sides 

 distinctly convergent, nearly straight, the apex broadly rounded ; disk deeply, 

 not very coarsely striate, the intervals twice as wide as the grooves, each with 

 a single series of very coarse, transversely oval, moderately distant punctures. 

 Annals N. Y. Acad. Sn., VI, Oct. 1892.— 37 



