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Head as in LV. tomentosa, but less deeply and densely punc- 
tured, especially in the middle, where it is to be seen in a 
certain light as a small, fine, linear, longitudinal impression. 
Antenne with the ninth and tenth joints less trapezoidal, more 
rounded, the eleventh less truncate at the base and more ovoid 
than oval in comparison with the preceding species. Pro- 
thorax less impressed at the sides near the basal angles, punc- 
tuation feeble and sparse, the median basal puncture more 
conspicuous. £/ytra as in JV. tomentosa, inconspicuously 
punctulate, and not as wide across the shoulders. Abdomen 
sparsely punctulate, the basal segment rather shorter and the 
carine farther apart than in the preceding species. The 
sexual characters of the ¢ on the third segment are similar, 
but the median elevation is smaller, and the fourth segment is 
narrowly produced at the middle of the tip. The ninth and 
tenth joints of the antenne are longer than in the 9. 
Habitat. Southern States and north to Illinois and Ne- 
braska. We regard it as a more southern variety of JV. 
tomentosa. 
N. MARITIMA, Casey. Dark red, pubescence not dense. 
Length, 1.0 mm. 
flead sparsely punctured near the eyes, impunctate in the 
middle. Antenne as in JV. cencinata. Prothorax minutely 
punctulate, strongly sinuate near the basal angles, basal 
median fovea minute, the lateral ones deep, larger at one- 
fourth of the length from the base. /ytra wider than long, 
and at the apex’ four-fifths wider than the prothorax; disk 
strongly convex, discal lines long, two-thirds of the elytral 
length. Addomen with the basal carine short, including one- 
half of the segmental width.. ¢ basal segment behind, deflexed 
in the middle, the deflected part transversely excavated, its 
lower margin reflexed, having in the middle a small tubercle; 
second segment short, with an anteriorly arcuate excavation 
in the middle third surrounding a strongly elevated carinate 
tubercle which bears two sete. Its posterior surface is feebly 
and minutely tuberculate, the surface each side of the central 
