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thorax finely punctulate, fovea large. A/ytra one-third longer 
than the prothorax and the same width across the shoulders 
which are moderately prominent. Across the tips they are 
one-fourth wider. Lines deep near the base, intervals slightly 
and evenly convex. Addomen punctulate, first segment nearly 
as long as wide, arcuate behind, carine reaching to the~mid- 
dle, enclosing one-half the total width. ¢ intermediate thigh 
grooved from the lower third to near the knee, spine not 
prominent. 
Habitat. Eastern States. 
D. BRENDELLU, Casey. Piceous-brown, elytra red, anten- 
nz and legs paler brown. Length, 1.4 mm. Plate VIII, 
Fig. 43. 
flead quadrate, eyes prominent, very near the base, tempora 
straight, entirely transverse; occipital foveze deep, very far 
apart, lateral grooves convergent, dilated anteriorly and lost in 
the plane of the depressed middle portion of the front. The 
frontal margin anterior to the median plane is very narrowly 
retuse, the antennal tubercles more prominent than in the 
other species. Amtenne scarcely as long as the head and pro- 
thorax, first joint obconical, as thick as the tubercle, second 
oval, slightly smaller, third to seventh subequal, gradually 
becoming more transverse, eighth and ninth transversely oval, 
tenth three times as thick as the eighth and one-half longer 
than its width, ovate, truncate at the base Prothorax finely 
punctulate, slightly wider than long, fovea oblong, deeper at 
the base. //ytra one-half longer than the prothorax, measure 
across the shoulders the same, across the tips one-fifth wider. 
All impressed lines parallel, the basal fovea sharp, rounded, 
sides slightly arcuate, the intervals evenly and very broadly 
convex. Addomen with the first dorsal half as long as the 
width between the borders, straight, cylindrical longitudinally, 
evenly convex from side to side, carine three-fourths the 
length enclosing one-half the entire width. Legs strong, 4 
intermediate thigh with the usual gouge mark near the distal 
