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half wider than the prothornx, parallel, evenly ronnded behind, 

 rather coarsely, evenly and sparselj' perforato-punctate. Length 

 5.8 mm.; width 2.2 mm. 



Arizona, — Cab. LeConte. The specimen described seems to be 

 a female, the fifth ventral lieing evenly- and liroadlv ronnded be- 

 hind, the genital segment thin, flat, coriaceous and almost circu- 

 larly rounded. 



"J. K. lecoiitei n. sp. — Oblong-oval, stout and strongly convex, soine- 

 ■\vliat shining, pale castaneons in color, the legs and antennae throughout paler 

 and more flavate; pubescence pale, sparse but very long, erect and bristling 

 from every part, with some shorter and more decumlient hairs of the saiiie 

 color. Head wider than long, three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, the eyes 

 at some distance from the base; antennie slender, gradually attenuate toward 

 apex, not two-fifths as long as the body, the Joints elongate, the second much 

 the smallest. Prothorax three-fourths wider than long, almost evenly ellip- 

 tical, the sides parallel, evenly and strongly arcuate, and the angles all broadly 

 rounded and obsolete; apex and base arcuate; lateral edges finely serridate; 

 disk evenly convex, coarsely and irregularly punctate, the punctures dense in 

 parts. Etytra three-fourths longer than wide, slightly Avider than the pro- 

 thorax, parallel and straight at the sides, the apex evenly rounded; sutural 

 angles right and not in the least blunt; side margins finely reflexed, the con- 

 cavity with a single series of more pronounced punctures; disk very coarsely 

 and deeply perforato-punctate, the punctures uneven in size and separated by 

 but little more than their own widths. Abdomen finely, sparsely punctulate, 

 the legs long and moderately slender. Length 5.8 mm. ; width 2.5 mm. 



Arizona (Benson). Mr. Dunn. 



The single tj'pe before me is evidently' a female, the fifth ven- 

 tral being flat and ver^^ evenly- rounded behind. This species dif- 

 fers from testaceus in its stouter form, relativel}' much larger 

 prothorax, smaller head with very much smaller e^^es, and in its 

 closer and coarser punctuation. 



Since this revision of the Mel^-ridtie was written, I have received 

 a tolerably complete set of the European genera, and find that 

 there is in general but little affinity with our representatives of 

 the famil}', tlie. American species being smaller, duller and much 

 less conspicuous insects as a rule. The American Dasytes and 

 Dolichosoma are evidentl}- congeneric with the European, or at 

 an}' rate very closely allied, but all our other genera, including 

 Alymeris and Eurelymis, are widely difterent from their most 

 closel}'^ related European analogues. 



