136 Journal New York Entomological Society. [v i. viii. 



Epipleurce much narrower, almost flat and but slightly descending externally ; epis- 

 toma rounded, the suture fine but rather more distinct ; punctures granulato- 

 asperate ; last antennal joint short and transverse, somewhat obliquely but broadly 

 rounded at tip ; pronotum not at all impressed at base and with the sinuations 

 very feeble. [Paralitargus, sg. nov.] 7 



4 — Last antennal joint elongate, the tip obliquely and rectilinearly truncate ; pronotal 

 punctures simple. [Alitargus, sg. nov.] 5 



Last antennal joint short and very broadly, subobliquely arcuato- truncate at apex ; 

 pronotal punctures minute, slightly elevated and subannulate. [Litargellus, sg. 

 nov.] 6 



5 — Rather narrowly oval, moderately convex, shining, piceous or darker, finely, rather 

 closely punctate, the pronotum with two feeble subbasal impressions, the basal 

 sinuations small but evident ; elytra with humeral, post-scutellar, subsutural and 

 transverse post-median paler maculation and also with a very feeble paler spot at 

 the side margin at two-sevenths, the paler spots clothed with paler pubescence. 

 Length 1. 75-1. 9 mm ; width 0.9-1.0 mm. Texas to California (Los Angeles). 



balteatus Lee. 



Var A — Similar but larger, more elongate-oval and more depressed, the body 



generally darker, the subbasal impressions of the pronotum feebler and less 



linear, the elytra similarly maculate. Length 2.2-2.4 mm., width 1.0-1.15 



mm. California (San Francisco) transversus Lee. 



6 — Body oval and strongly convex, shining, the punctures sparse, the pubescence fine 

 and rather sparse, closely decumbent and even ; prothorax about two and one- 

 half times as wide as long, the sides strongly converging from base to apex and 

 moderately arcuate, flavo-testaceous, sometimes transversely clouded with piceous 

 in the central part ; elytra flavo-testaceous, each with three incomplete narrow 

 piceous fasciae, the two posterior anteriorly arcuate, the subbasal less obvious. 

 Length 1. 5-1. 75 mm. ; width 0.73-0.83 mm. New York and Pennsylvania to 

 New Mexico (Las Cruces) nebulosus Lee. 



7 — Elytra with the post-median pale fascia transverse, or, to a slight degree, 

 posteriorly oblique toward the suture. Body narrowly oblong-oval, rather 

 convex, not coarsely but strongly, somewhat closely and asperately punctate, 

 blackish throughout above, the elytra each with an oblique pale spot from the 

 humeri nearly to the suture at two-sevenths and a more or less narrow fascia at 

 four-sevenths, which is virtually entire. Length 1. 6-1. 9 mm.; width o. 7-I.0 

 mm. Rhode Island and Illinois to Florida (Palm Beach) didesmus Say 



Elytra with the posterior pale area median and anteriorly oblique toward the suture. 

 Body narrowly oval and convex, not densely but strongly, evenly and asperately 

 punctate, the pubescence shorter and sparser but coarse and rather pale in color ; 

 integuments piceous above, the elytra each with an oblique subbasal pale spot 

 nearly as in didesmus and also having an equally broad and conspicuous pale spot 

 extending from the sides, just behind the middle, almost to the suture well before 

 the middle and near the apex of the subbasal spot. Length 1.6 mm. ; width 

 0.78 mm. Dakota — Mr. Wickham asperulus, sp. nov. 



In 6-punctatus and its varieties the epistoma of the male is clothed 

 densely with an extremely fine short pale pubescence, which is want- 





