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somewhat closely punctate, with a narrow and incomplete median impunctate 

 line, the sculpture becoming gradually longitudinally rugose at the sides and 

 more feebly so beneath. Scutellum small, rounded. Elytra oval, obtusely 

 rounded behind, distinctly longer than wide, slightly wider than the protho- 

 rax, the humeral protuberances small and very feeble; disk coarsely, evenly 

 striate, the striie widely and deeply impressed, strongl}' and not very closely 

 punctate, the convex intervals sparsely punctulate and somewhat unevenly 

 creased, becoming subcariniform toward the sides and apex. Abdomen pol- 

 ished, scarcely at ail punctate, the fifth ventral with scattered punctures; legs 

 rather short, not strongly sculptured, the femoral tooth distinct. Length 2.8- 

 3.0 mm.; width 1.5 mm. 



New Mexico (San Augustine). Mr. Coekerell. 



This species is the smallest of the genus known to me, and is 

 allied rather closely to ovalis, being distinguishable b^' its much 

 narrower form, paler coloration, less punctate abdomen, relativel\^ 

 less finely and densely sculptured pronotum and other features. 



Of the three specimens before me, one has a deep and smooth 

 circular pit at the middle of the fifth ventral, the other two having 

 onlj' a shallow and feebly defined impression at the same point. 

 It is possible that the first may be the male, but I can dis- 

 cover no other differences, either in the form of the body or struc- 

 ture of the beak. 



PARACAMPTUS n. gen. 



Body narrowly oval, convex, the pronotum projecting anteriorly 

 and concealing the head, the met-episterna distinct ; epiraera not 

 visible, the suture if present concealed by the dense indument. 

 Head deeply inserted, the eyes small, coarsely- faceted, widely 

 separated and not concealed in repose, the ocular lobes feebly 

 developed. Beak short, parallel, narrow and nearly straight, 

 completely concealed in repose in a deep excavation extending 

 far into the mesosternum ; scrobes short, deep, lateral, attaining 

 the lower angle of the eyes. Antennie with the scape short, the 

 funicle slender, seven-jointed, the basal joint, and the second less 

 strongly, elongate, the seventh wider, obconical and more pubes- 

 cent; club oval, compressed, annulate toward apex, the basal 

 joint large and j)ubescent throughout. Coxae all wide!}' separated, 

 the posterior remote, attaining the met-episterna. Metasternum 

 elongate. Abdomen with the first two segments long, separated 

 by a fine and feebly arcuate suture ; third and fourth short, the 

 fifth nearly as long as the two preceding, rounded at apex, the 



