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B. caTicms n. sp. — Moderately slender, very convex, polished and 

 coarsely pubescent throughout, brownish-rufous in color, the elytra brighter. 

 Head distinctly wider than the prothorax, wider than long, coarsely but feebly 

 rugoso-punctate, polished, with a long carina above the flanks ; occiput tri- 

 cristate ; eyes at more than their own length from the base, well developed ; 

 nude fovecC joined by a circumambient sulcus ; antennae one-half as long as 

 the body, second joint longer than the third, three to eight equal in width 

 becoming shorter, ninth and tenth abruptly wider, slightly transverse, club 

 paler in color. Frothorax a little longer than wide, widest near apical third ; 

 median subbasal fovea large, lateral distinct ; median sulcus very feeble, on 

 each side of it a series of two or three acute recurved spines ; subbasal spini- 

 form tubercles distinct ; surface between the median fovea and base finely 

 carinate, two foveas also at the basal margin on each side of the middle, also 

 one on the flank just before the base and adjacent to another belonging to 

 the prosternal parapleurae. Elijtra about as long as wide ; sides subparallel, 

 broadly arcuate; humeri broadly exposed, rounded. Abdomen a little shorter 

 and narrower than the elytra, the basal carinas separated by rather more than 

 one-sixth of the entire width. Length 1.7 mm.; width O.ljS mm. 



North Carolina (Asheville). 



The description is taken from the male, the female being nearly 

 similar but having very much smaller and subrudimentary eyes. 

 The special sexual characters of the male affect the abdomen and 

 posterior legs only, the venter having a moderate rounded subapical 

 impression. The posterior trochanters have a compressed inferior 

 dentiform lobe, and an internal apical process which is slender and 

 contorted, the femora compressed, polished impunctate and feebly 

 concave internally nearly throughout the length, the lower margin 

 with a siuuation at basal third, the tibiae slender but gradually 

 dilated internally near the middle; terminal process entirely want- 

 ing ; tarsi normal. 



B. carolinae n. sp. — Slender, very convex, polished and coarsely pubes- 

 cent throughout, bright rufo-testaceous in color, the elytra still paler. Head 

 distinctly wider than the prothorax, nearly as long as wide, subscabrous ante- 

 riorly, finely, sparsely punctate behind, with two nude foveas connected by 

 the usual arcuate sulcus ; flanks carinate above ; occiput unicristate ; eyes 

 moderately developed, far in advance of the base ; antennae one-half as long 

 as the body, rather slender, the club gradual and rather heavy, second and 

 fifth joints subequal, longer than the third or fourth. Prothorax a little 

 longer than wide ; widest before the middle, the median subbasal fovea large ; 

 sulcus subobsolete, between two series each containing two or three acute 

 recurved spines, a similar spine also at the lateral margin just behind the 

 middle ; subbasal tubercles well developed ; lateral foveas distinct ; at the 

 basal margin two strong foveas at each side ; surface between the median fovea 



