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very noticeably in the structure of the bead, but having the pro- 

 thorax fully one-half wider than long and the elytra nearly four 

 times as long as the latter. It will be noticed in Eulabis, Apba- 

 notus, Eleates, Eledona, and perhaps some other genera having the 

 elytra finely costate, that the ridges are margined at each side with 

 a row of minute punctures. This may possibly indicate a bond of 

 mutual consanguinity. 



PHAJLERIA Latr. 



The eyes in some of our species of Phaleria are extremely large 

 and separated beneath only Iry a very narrow interval. At first 

 this might certainly be thought to indicate generic difference, but a 

 series can be formed showing a gradual widening of the interval, 

 until in punctipes the eyes are relatively not much larger than in 

 the European hemisphserica or our own globosa. A similar series 

 can be formed showing a gradual lengthening of the metasternum 

 from globosa to longula and others. We have here, therefore, two 

 more variable elements in this unusually plastic genus. 



P. gracilipes n. sp. — Very narrow, moderately convex, strongly shin- 

 ing, pale flavo-testaceous throughout, not at all maculate ; margins not fimbri- 

 ate. Head moderate, very minutely, feebly and sparsely punctate, the eyes 

 very large, feebly emarginate by the sides of the head, separated beneath by 

 a very narrow interval and with the inner sides acutely rounded ; antennae 

 short and robust, joints six to ten wider than long, the eleventh as long as 

 wide, obtusely rounded. Prothorax fully four-fifths wider than long, the apex 

 about two-thirds as wide as the base, feebly, evenly emarginate in circular 

 arc, the angles right and very narrowly rounded, not at all prominent ; base 

 transverse, the angles slightly obtnse but not distinctly rounded ; sides evenly, 

 feebly arcuate ; disk impunctate, without trace of beaded basal margin but 

 with two short feeble striate impressions which are widely distant and near 

 the base. Elytra at base not distinctly wider than the prothorax, about three 

 times as long as the latter, obtusely rounded at apex, distinctly striate, the 

 stria? very finely, indistinctly punctate, rather feebly impressed toward base, 

 very deeply so toward apex, the intervals then becoming very strongly con- 

 vex, extremely minutely, rather sparsely punctate throughout. Abdomen 

 polished, very minutely and sparsely punctate. Legs rather slender, the 

 posterior tibise but slightly larger from base to apex and not very densely 

 spinose. Length 4.5 mm.; width 1.9 mm. 



Texas. Mr. W. Jiilich. 



The smallest and by far the most slender of the species with 

 elongate metasternum, allied only to debilis, but very much more 



