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the posterior very short, three-fourths as long as the second ; fifth 

 fully as long as the two preceding; ungues small, arcuate, simple. 



The anterior tarsi seem at first sight to be five-jointed, which 

 would place this singular genus among the Oxypodates of Rey, 

 where its very short basal joint of the hind tarsi would completely 

 isolate it. There can be but little doubt, however, that the appa- 

 rent fourth joint of the anterior tarsus is rigidly connected with the 

 fifth, of which it forms the troublesome basal node, and that Eury- 

 pronota is more appropriately placed in the vicinity of Colpodota, 

 from which it is readily distinguishable by its very large prothorax 

 and short basal joint of the tarsi. 



E. discreta h. sp. — Black, the pronotum, elytra, legs and antemise 

 toward base pale testaceous ; integuments polished, sparsely pubescent, the 

 abdomen bristling with long setae toward apex. Head wider than long, eub- 

 orbicular, three-fifths as wide as the prothorax, finely, sparsely punctate ; 

 antennae nearly one-half as long as the body, joints five to eleven equal in 

 width. Prothorax large, transversely subelliptical in form, nearly one-half 

 wider than long, the base broadly, evenly arcuate, nearly continuous in cur- 

 vature with the sides ; apex truncate, the angles very obtuse and rounded ; 

 disk evenly, broadly convex, with feeble trace of a fine longitudinal impressed 

 line toward the middle, finely feebly and sparsely punctate. Elytra more 

 closely and strongly punctate, transverse, parallel, broadly eniarginate at 

 base, much narrower than the prothorax and with the suture scarcely more 

 than three-fourths as long as the latter. Abdomen as long as the anterior 

 parts, as wide as the elytra, parallel, feebly narrowed toward apex, finely, 

 very sparsely punctate, more closely so toward base ; border moderate. Length 

 1.7-1.9 mm.; width 0.45-0.5 mm. 



Iowa (Cedar Rapids). Dr. E. Brendel, 



Readily recognizable by the very large prothorax, which is visibly 

 larger in the male than in the female. The European Colpodota 

 fuvgi Grav., possesses some structural features nearly similar to 

 those of the present species, the pronotum for example being trans- 

 versely subelliptical, with nearly obsolete hind angles, but the basal 

 joint of the hind tarsi is much longer, the prothorax not wider than 

 the elytra, and the fourth and fifth abdominal segments equal. 



E. SCOpula n. sp. — Moderately slender and convex, pale flavo-testaeeous, 

 the head black ; elytra slightly less pale and more brownish ; abdomen with a 

 blackish spot occupying the fourth segment more or less ; integuments shin- 

 ing, finely subasperately and closely punctate, the head a little more spai'sely 

 and the elytra rather more densely and strongly than the pronotum; abdo- 

 men moderately closely punctate ; pubescence dense, moderately long, even 

 and erect, longer sparser and decumbent on the abdomen, the latter bristling 



