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arcuate, the punctures fine but strong and moderately close-set ; elytra distinctly 

 longer than wide, finely but strongly, not very closely punctate ; pubescence 

 coarse and distinct. Length I.3-I.8 mm. ; width 0.9-1.25 mm. New York 

 to Texas and Iowa ; [fetnoralis Lee. ] terminatus Say 



Prothorax flavo-testaceous, with a broad parabolic basal spot of black not extending 

 to the apex, the sides strongly discontinuous, feebly convergent, evenly and 

 strongly arcuate, the punctures fine, strong and very close-set ; elytra broadly 

 oval, not longer than wide, with the apical fourth abruptly pale, the punctures 

 strong but very small, finer and closer than in terminatus, the pubescence rather 

 short and fine, darker in color and less conspicuous. Length 1.7 mm.; width 

 1.25 mm. Texas (Austin) partitus, sp. nov. 



84 — Form broadly oval, the elytra not longer than wide, black, shining, the pubescence 

 coarse, suberect, cinereous and conspicuous ; head, legs and pronotum pale 

 testaceous, the latter slightly infuscate before the scutellum, the sides continuous, 

 strongly, convergent, evenly and rather feebly arcuate ; elytra minutely, sparsely 

 punctulate, the apical margin narrowly and indefinitely pale, the scutellum black. 

 Length 1.25 mm.; width 0.9 mm. Texas (Columbus) Houston!, sp. nov. 



Form narrowly oval, the elytra distinctly longer than wide ; head and legs pale, the 

 elytra narrowly paler at apex, almost imperceptibly so in brunnescens ; sides of 

 the prothorax continuous but a little more arcuate than those of the elytra, rather 

 strongly convergent 85 



85 — Pronotum testaceous, gradually infuscate in the middle toward base, finely but 

 rather strongly and closely punctulate ; elytra black, shining, rather strongly and 

 somewhat closely punctured, the pubescence cinereous, only moderate in length 

 and coarseness. Length 1. 2-1.3 nun.; width 0.8-0.85 mm - North Carolina 

 (Asheville), .' appalacheus, sp. nov. 



Pronotum pale fiavo- testaceous throughout, the elytra very pale brown, sometimes, 

 slightly darker and picescent in a large triangular nubilous basal region on the 

 suture, rather sparsely and very finely punctate, the pubescence quite long, coarse 

 suberect, bristling and conspicuous ; under surface blackish-piceous, the abdomen 

 paler. Length 1.3-1.6111111.; width O.9-I.05 mm. Texas (Brownsville) — Mr. 

 Wickham brunnescens, sp. nov. 



86 — Oval, much longer than wide, shining, pale flavo-testaceous throughout above and 

 beneath, the legs still paler; head and pronotum subimpunctate, the latter short, 

 the sides continuous but more arcuate, moderately convergent ; elytra distinctly 

 elongate, minutely, sparsely punctate, with a slightly transverse common sutural 

 spot at apical third, which is feebly arcuate anteriorly and semicircular behind ;. 

 pubescence only moderate in length. Length 1 . 3 mm. ; width o. 88 mm. Florida. 



stigma, sp. nov. 



Oval, minute, not much longer than wide, very pale albido-flavate, the legs very pale J 

 sterna of the hind body, and sometimes the median basal parts of the abdomen, 

 black ; pronotum short and very transverse, scarcely punctulate, the sides not 

 quite continuous, feebly arcuate and moderately convergent, pale, with a short 

 transverse black spot before the scutellum ; elytra scarcely as long as wide, pale, 

 with a sharply defined deep black design, consisting of a large common basal 

 spot semicircularly rounded behind, continued narrowly along the basal margin, 



