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11 Median fovea large, pubescent; abdominal carine including 
one-third of the segmental width. ¢ antennz very long, the 
club slender. Length, 2.0-2.2 mm. Penna., New York, III. 
(sanguinea ? each) valida. 243 
12 Median fovea small, nude. 
Basal abdominal fovee including one-fourth of the segmental 
width, antennal club loose, the penultimate joints not elongate 
nor compressed. Anterior trochanters blunt. Length, 1.8- 
2.0 mm. New York to Missouri. - - conguncta, 243 
Basal abdominal carine including one-third of the segmental 
width, antennal club three-jointed, dilated, compressed in 4, 
densely covered with black pubescence. Anterior trochan- 
ters with a sharp-pointed tubercle. Length, 1.7-1.8 mm. 
Penna., Ill. - - - - - - - brendelti 244 
Prothorax with three equal, small, pubescent fovee, connecting groove 
wanting. Last three joints of the ¢ antennz contorted in various 
ways. (nisa, Casey). 
Prothorax as long as wide, convex, abdominal carinz wanting. 
The pubescent basal abdominal lines equal in lergth to one-third 
of the segmental width. Length, 2.0mm. Virginia. 
luniger. 245 
Basal pubescent patch not wider than the distance between the 
sutural lines. Length,1.8 mm. III. = - perpunctata, 27S 
Prothorax wider than long, less convex. 
Abdominal carine including two-fifths of the segmental width. 
Length, 2.2 mm. Virginia. Cy Tie - cavicornis. 24£& 
Abdominal carine including one-third of the segmental width. 
Length, 1.8 mm. Arizona. - : - - elegans, 2%b 
Prothorax with three large, equal, pubescent fovez, sexual marks on 
the dorsal segments. (Sryaxis, Sauley). 
Elytra impunctate, lateral margin and declivous sides nearly parallel, not 
divergent posteriorly. 
Prothorax widest just before the middle, not very convex longitu- 
dinally, ¢ with three of the dorsal segments sculptured, the 
fourth produced over the fifth. Length, 2.0 mm. East of 
Alleghanies. = - - - - - abdominalis. 278 
Prothorax widest just behind the middle, longitudinally convex, 4 
with two segments sculptured, the third produced over the 
fourth. Length, 1.8 mm. Florida, Georgia, Tennessee. 
floridana. &78 
Elytra with the sides divergent. 
Occipital foveze open toward the eyes or very near them. 
Impunctate, ¢ with two dorsal segments sculptured. Length, 1.9 mm. 
Tennessee, Virginia. - - - - - - intermedia, %*9 
Punctulate. 
A faint linear impression from the occipital fovez to the corres- 
ponding frontal tubercle. ¢ with two segments sculptured, 
