THE PsELAPHID2 OF NorTH AMERICA. 53 
slender, third to seventh joints moniliform; eighth to tenth 
gradually wider, equal in length; tenth twice as wide as long; 
eleventh much wider, a little longer than wide, truncate at the 
base, ovate, obtuse. Maxillary palpi with the last joint nearly 
twice as long as wide. Space behind the mentum hairy. 
Prothorax widest at the middle, length and width equal, wider 
than the head; sides, anteriorly, strongly arcuate toward the 
neck, convergent and perceptibly sinuate to the base; the neck 
is about three-fifths as wide as the base; disk very convex, 
impunctate, sulcus narrow in the middle where it touches a 
deep oblong fovea, nearly reaching the base, and connecting 
with the deep lateral pubescent fovere. lytra, across the 
prominent shoulders, slightly wider than the prothorax, the 
length being about one-half greater; very convex, impunctate; 
sutural lines close together, nearly straight, the discal lines 
narrow, more than one-half as long as the elytra. Addomen 
narrower than the elytra, convex, impunctate, sides anteriorly 
parallel, with two short carinz at the base; the three basal 
segments are gradually shorter. Legs long. On each side 
of the anterior limit of the metasternum is a transverse, 
pubescent, fovea; prosternal fovea large, transverse. 4, inter- 
mediate femora enlarged, lunate; antennal club more robust. 
Habitat. Florida. 
Eupuectus, Leach. 
TABLE OF THE SPECIES OF EUPLECTUS. 
12, Pronotum without longitudinal sulcus. 
22 Abdominal dorsals not carinate. 
Head longer than wide, last antennal joint acuminate. Length 
1.6 mm. - : - - - - - - leviceps. 5& 
21 Two dorsals carinate. 
3° Pronotal fovez connected by a transverse sulcus. 
Head wider than long; terminal antennal joint elongate, acumi- 
nate. Length1.6mm. - : - - - - crinttus. 5> 
Head longer than wide, the terminal antennal joint obtuse-ovate, 
penultimate joints sharp-edged disks. Length 1.4 mm. 
- - - - . - . - - - - decorus. £6 
