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verse, parallel, each broadly feebly and obliquely sigmoid at apex ; humeri 

 broadly exposed and transverse at base; disk minutely, feebly punctate like 

 the pronotum, broadly impressed behind the scutellum. Abdomen parallel, 

 slightly longer than the anterior parts, much narrower than the elytra, rather 

 wider than the prothorax, finely, feebly, almost evenly, not densely punctate, 

 the transverse impressions of the three basal segments equal, strong, coarsely 

 but very sparsely punctate ; border thick, not very deep. Legs rather long 

 and slender, the tarsi moderate in length. Length 2.6 mm. ; width 0.75 mm. 



New York. 



Closely resembles the European carbonaria Mann., but differs in 

 its relatively larger head and smaller prothorax, much more widely 

 exposed elytral humeri and shorter, much less conspicuous pubes- 

 cence. 



AJfEUROTA n. gen. 



Body linear and rather depressed. Head large, transverse at 

 base, feebly sinuate in the middle, borne on an extremely short, 

 narrow neck which is less than one-fourth as wide as the base; eyes 

 large, feebly convex, before the middle ; tempora long, parallel, 

 feebly arcuate. Antennae widely separated, feebly incrassate, the 

 second joint nearly as long as the next two; third strongly obconi- 

 cal, nearly twice as long as wide; tenth slightly wider than long. 

 Labrum short, truncate. Infralateral carina completely obsolete ; 

 gular sutures distant, parallel. Mentum very short, strongly trans- 

 verse, trapezoidal, deeply sinuate at apex, the sinus filled with a 

 transparent hypoglottis. Maxillary palpi rather small and slender, 

 the fourth joint minute, oblique. Ligula not distinct, the labial 

 palpi very small, apparently three-jointed. Prothorax small, cordi- 

 form, the flanks feebly inflexed and not separated by a fine line; 

 base finely and distinctly margined, the basal angles sharply defined. 

 Elytra well developed. Abdomen much shorter than the anterior 

 parts, the sides straight and almost imperceptibly divergent from 

 base to apex ; first three segments deeply impressed and impunctate 

 at base ; fourth and fifth equal and a little longer, unimpressed, 

 Prosternum moderately developed before the coxse. Middle coxae 

 separated by one-third of their width, the acetabula deep and well- 

 defined ; mesosternal process narrowly truncate and extending 

 slightly beyond the middle. Legs short but rather slender ; tarsi 

 4-5-5-jointed, the posterior distinctly shorter than the tibiae, Avith 

 the basal joint moderate, not longer than the next two. 



The type of this genus is a minute species having a peculiar 



