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under surface, legs and antennae pale rufo-testaceous. Head extremely finely 

 and feebly punctate ; antennae moderately slender, third joint about as long 

 as the next two together, club nearly as long as the six preceding joints com- 

 bined, rather compact, nearly symmetrical, the eleventh joint as long as the 

 two preceding together. Prothorax of the usual form, more than twice as wide 

 as long, feebly lobed in the middle at base ; basal bead apparently entirely 

 obsolete ; surface very minutely, sparsely and extremely feebly punctate. 

 Scutellum ogival, one-half wider than long. Elytra about two and one-half 

 times as long as the prothorax, very strongly rounded at apex, highly polished, 

 without reticulation except the feeblest possible trace at the immediate apex, 

 the sutural bead continuous nearly to the base, very fine ; two discal striae 

 distinct, neai'ly equal in length, vanishing at between one-third and one-fourth 

 the lengtli from the base, the first coincident with the suture at the extreme 

 apex, the second approaching but not uniting with the first at posterior fourth 

 or fifth ; disk with rows of excessively fine feeble punctures, which become 

 slightly more distinct at the sides, the series not accompanied by impressed 

 lines. Abdomen minutely reticulate, coarsely pubescent. Legs moderate ; 

 posterior tibise slender, subcylindrical toward apex ; spurs distinct, the tarsi 

 slender, fully three-fourths as long as the tibise, with the first joint less than 

 one-half as long as the second. Length 2.3 mm. 



Atlantic States. 



The nietasternum is polished, not reticulate and not perceptibly 

 punctate, the process rather short, strongly rounded at apex, the 

 mesosternum widely visible at the sides of the apex, but reduced to 

 a fine acutely elevated bead in the middle. 



This species has heretofore been considered identical with the 

 European bicolor, but specimens of the latter sent me by Reitter 

 and confirmed as to their identity by the tables of Flach, show con- 

 clusively that it is very distinct. In the true bicolor, the elytra are 

 reticulate at least as far as the middle, the metasternum is coarsel}^ 

 and deeply punctate, the form is much more elongate, the size is 

 larger and the elytral spots more difi'used. LeContei seems to 

 coincide much more closely with the lepidus of M. Tournier's 

 recently published table (L'Ent. Gen. I, p. 89), but is probably 

 distinct, as the European species of this group seem to be uniformly 

 more slender and attenuate behind, and have a large part of the 

 elytra distinctly reticulate. 



O. Vittatlis Lee. — Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1868, p. 50. — Evenly elliptical, 

 or very feebly attenuate behind, about two-thirds longer than wide, strongly 

 convex, highly polished, pale castaneous above, each elytron with a broad, 

 veiy diflused median vitta of paler flavo-testaceous, more distinct toward base 

 and not quite attaining the apex ; under surface, legs and antennae pale flavo- 



