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comparatively coarsely and conspicuously punctate in apical half, impunctate 

 in the polished basal impressions, fifth very remotely, subasperately punctate ; 

 pubescence very short, extremely dense on the elytra, transverse on the pro- 

 notum, longer but very sparse on the abdomen. Hmd slightly wider than 

 long, a little narrower than the prothorax ; eyes large, rather prominent, at 

 their own length from the base ; neck fully one-half as wide as the head ; 

 antennae two-fifths as long as the body, slender, all the joints longer than 

 wide, first three equal, very long, together constituting one-third of its length, 

 remainder obconical, except the eleventh which is pointed and not as long as 

 the two preceding. Prothorax slightly wider than long, the sides rounded 

 anteriorly almost continuously around the apex from apical third, feebly 

 convergent and straight thence to the basal angles which are obtuse and not 

 rounded ; base broadly arcuate ; disk broadly, feebly flattened in the middle 

 toward base. Elytra two-fifths wider and one-half longer than the prothorax, 

 subquadrate ; sides parallel and straight ; humeri exposed at base ; surface 

 fiat, strongly impressed on tlie suture toward base. Abdomen quite distinctly 

 narrower than the elytra, as long as the anterior parts ; sides parallel and 

 straight, feebly convergent near the apex ; border moderate ; fifth segment 

 much longer than the fourth. Length 3.8 mm. ; width 0.75 mm. 



Texas (Austin). 



The type is a male, having a strongly elevated carina in apical 

 half of the first visible dorsal plate, the carina projecting posteriorly 

 to a slight extent ; the fifth segment also has a small feeble carina 

 in the middle near the base. One specimen. 



G. texana n. sp. — Narrow, parallel, pale brown, the head blackish; 

 abdomen more rufous, with a large feeble blackish cloud near the apex ; legs 

 very pale ; antennje blackish, paler toward base ; head and pronotum very 

 minutely, densely punctate, strongly shining ; elytra more coarsely and aspe- 

 rately but not quite so densely punctate, rather shining ; abdomen polished, 

 finely, moderately closely punctate, very sparsely so on the fifth segment ; 

 anterior parts finely, very densely, the abdomen much more coarsely and 

 sparsely, pubescent. Head distinctly shorted and narrower than the protho- 

 rax, slightly wider than long, the neck one-half as wide ; eyes large, at fully 

 their own length from the base ; antennae slender, a little longer than the 

 prothorax and elytra, the first joint much longer than the second or third, the 

 latter elongate, equal, fourth to tenth obconical, longer than wide, eleventh 

 slender, pointed, scarcely as long as the two preceding. Prothorax nearly as 

 long as wide, rounded near the apex, the latter feebly arcuate in the middle ; 

 sides feebly convergent and straight from apical fourth to the basal angles, 

 the latter obtuse but not rounded ; base very feebly arcuate, subtruncate ; disk 

 almost imperceptibly impressed along the median line and feebly flattened in 

 the middle before the base. Elytra quadrate, one-third wider and longer than 

 the prothorax ; sides parallel and nearly straight ; humeri distinctly exposed 

 at base ; disk narrowly, strongly impressed on the suture toward base. Abdo- 

 men scarcely wider than the prothorax, a little longer than the anterior parts, 



