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yellowish-white, very uneven, consisting of lai'ger and smaller squamules 

 which are always long and slender, only distinct on the pronotiim in a narrow 

 rather abrupt and dense marginal vitta, on the elytral intervals very remotely 

 dispersed in single series, with a distinct spot at the base of the third ; 

 beneath, the sqnamiiles are very fine and sparse throughout, except on the 

 met-episterna where they are coarser and dense, becoming sparser posteriorly. 

 Head minutely but only moderately sparsely punctate, the impression feeble 

 but distinct and broadly angulate in profile ; beak cylindrical, rather slender, 

 subequal throughout, evenly, distinctly arcuate, scarcely as long as the pro- 

 thorax in the male, a little longer than the latter but not sensibly more slender 

 in the female, finely, lineately punctate, the punctures denser and confused 

 at the sides toward base ; antennae inserted well beyond tlie middle in both 

 sexes, the first funicular joint as long as the next three, the second scarcely 

 one-half as long as the first and one-half longer than the third, club moderate, 

 strongly annulate in apical half, the basal joint constituting one-half the mass, 

 obconioal, densely pubescent, only just visibly less densely so very near the 

 base. Prothorax scarcely one-fifth wider than long, shaped nearly as in limbifer, 

 although a little less convex, the punctures fine but deep, somewhat sparsely 

 distributed, the median line narrow but evident. Scutellum small, quadrate, 

 glabrous and shining. Eltjtra but very slightly wider than the prothorax and 

 barely two-thirds longer, heini-elliptical, rather obtdsely rounded behind, the 

 humeral callus almost obsolete; disk deejjly but not coarsely striate, the 

 grooves distinctly crenulate toward base ; intervals twice as wide as the 

 grooves, each with a single series of small, rather feeble and irregular, not 

 vei'y close-set punctures. Abdomen rather finely, not densely punctate. Pro- 

 sternum flat, the anterior constriction moderate, not crossing the middle parts 

 but represented there by a series of three or four punctures ; anterior coxae 

 rather small, remote, separated by a little more than their own width. Length 

 3.2 mm. ; width 1.3 mm. 



Texas (Austin). 



Somewhat allied to limbifer, but differing greatly in its more 

 depressed form and much finer sculpture, the scales at the sides of 

 the pronotum are not broad as in the species mentioned, and form a 

 border which is only one-half as wide. Two specimens. 



4 Limnobaris ta1>ida n. sp.-rOblong-oval, subparallel, narrow and 

 rather strongly depressed, somewhat shining, piceous-black, the legs and 

 antennae slightly rufescent ; integuments subglabrous, very sparsely clothed 

 with long and conspicuous yellowish-white setae, slightly more robust and 

 distinct but still sparse in lateral fifth of the pronotum, very sparse through- 

 out beneath. Head glabrous, minutely, very sparsely punctate, the transverse 

 impression deep and distinct ; beak rather stout, evenly, somewhat feebly 

 arcuate, almost equal in diameter throughout, coarsely, densely, rugosely 

 punctate, with some coarse bristling squamules at the base, about equal in 

 length to the prothorax ; antennae inserted at apical third, scape long, first 

 funicular joint as long as the next three, second one-half longer than the third. 



