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2 — Elytra without large punctures in series at any part of the disk, black, the spots 

 small and flavate, the anterior triangular, not extending inwardly to outer third, 

 the posterior very small, transversely oval, at outer fourth, twice as far from the 

 apex as from the side margin. Length 4.7 mm. ; width 2.6 mm. Southern 

 New England to Indiana obliteratum Lee. 



Elytra with coarse punctures in short series toward base and inner two-thirds, black, 

 the spots large and generally rufescent 3 



3 — Coarse punctures very few in number, the remainder of the disk with the punc- 

 tures very sparse and subobsolete ; posterior spot transverse and only very feebly 

 sinuate anteriorly. Length 3.8-4.0 mm. ; width 2.3 mm. Indiana, Iowa and 

 Kansas quadriguttatum Say 



Coarse punctures numerous and close-set in the series, the general punctuation usu- 

 ally more evident ; posterior transverse spot strongly arcuate, its anterior margin 

 deeply sinuate ; body slightly smaller and distinctly narrower. Length, 3.8 mm. ; 

 width 2.1 mm. Colorado? (Cab. Levette) ornatum, sp. nov. 



4 — Body deep black throughout, rather narrowly oval ; impressed area of the me- 

 tasternum in the male sparsely punctate, the fulvous hairs longer. Length 

 4.0-4.2 mm. ; width 2.4-2.5 mm. Rhode Island to Indiana and Iowa. 



piceum Mehk. 



Body castaneous, more broadly oval, the metasternal area of the male larger, more 

 closely punctured and clothed with shorter hairs ; sculpture similar to that of 

 piceum and quadriguttatum. Length 4.5 mm. ; width 2.7 mm. Indiana. 



amplum, sp. nov. 



In quadriguttatum the first two, of the five joints constituting the 

 antennal club, are equal in size and smaller than the last three ; in 

 ornatum, however, the seventh joint is distinctly larger than the eighth. 



Cyparium Erichs. 



The two species now known to me may be distinguished as fol- 

 lows : — 



Broader and somewhat oblong-oval, castaneous in color, the legs paler ; antennae 

 pale throughout. Length 3.2-3.3 mm. ; width 1. 9-2.0 mm. North Carolina. 

 [iu/'stn'atum Reit] flavipes Lee. 



Narrower and evenly oval, the body black throughout, the head rufescent and the 

 legs rufo-piceous ; antennae pale, the 5-jointed club blackish ; eyes rather less 

 widely separated on the front ; punctures of the six abbreviated elytral series 

 much smaller. Length 3.5 mm. ; width 2.0 mm. Texas (Brownsville). 



ater, sp. nov. 



The characters given by Reitter to distinguish substriatum (Ver- 

 hand. Nat. Ver. Briinn, XVIII) are completely those of flavipes, and 

 the name must therefore be relegated to synonymy. 



