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large and evenly, strongly convex, nearly one-half wider than long, widest 

 just before the middle, tlie sides feebly convergent and nearly straight thence 

 to the base, broadly rounded to the apex which is broadly arcuate ; base 

 arcuate, rather wider than the apex ; basal angles obtuse and slighty rounded. 

 Elytra strongly transverse, slightly shorter than the prothorax, at base just 

 visibly narrower than the latter but equal at apex, the sides very feebly 

 divergent, nearly straight. Abdomen a little longer than the anterior parts, 

 as wide as the elytra ; sides subparallel but convergent behind ; border thick 

 toward base; first three segments impressed at base; fifth longer than the 

 fourth. Legs moderate ; tarsi all distinctly five-jointed, the posterior slender, 

 distinctly shorter than the tibise, the first joint fully as long as the next two; 

 middle coxse very slightly separated, the mesosternal process acute, prolonged 

 for nearly two-thirds their length, with the apex slightly free. Ungues long, 

 very slender, feebly and evenly arcuate. Length 1.6-1.75 mm. ; width 0.6 mm. 



Iowa ; Rhode Island. 



Rather abundant and probably occiirrin;?' in moss. The infra- 

 ocular ridge is very strong and well developed, the hyporaera 

 feebly inflexed and visible from the side. 



PIIL<E:0P0RA Erichs. 



A specimen before me labeled " North Carolina," agrees very well 

 with the original description of latens Er., but has the elytra gradu- 

 ally paler from base to apex and the body rather smaller, measuring 

 only 1.8 mm., while Erichson gives the length as "1^ lin. ;" the 

 first four segments of the abdomen are almost equally impressed 

 at base. The following is a larger, more linear species, altogether 

 different in facies, but having all the principal structural features of 

 Phloeopora : — 



P. ferniginea n. sp. — Pale yellowish-ferruginous, the head a little 

 darker ; abdomen brighter rufous, with a subapical piceous cloud ; legs pale ; 

 antenn?e fuscous, pale toward base ; head and pronotum finely, densely reticu- 

 late and dull, very minutely, indistinctly punctate, the latter almost opaque ; 

 elytra a little less dull, very minutely, densely but quite distinctly punctate, 

 the abdomen shining, finely, subasperately, rather closely punctate, with the 

 pubescence long, sparse but distinct ; pubescence of the anterior parts fine, 

 short, dense and distinct but not conspicuous. Head much shorter and nar- 

 rower than the prothorax, the antennae as long as the head and prothorax, 

 not very stout ; eyes at their own length from the base. Prothorax fully one- 

 third wider than long, widest just before the middle, the sides broadly, evenly 

 rounded to the apex which is broadly and feebly arcuate, distinctly conver- 

 gent and very feebly sinuate to the base, the latter broadly arcuate and 

 slightly wider than the apex ; basal angles obtuse ; disk evenly convex. 

 Elytra distinctly wider than long, scarcely perceptibly wider and longer than 



