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ter is, however, less marked and is narrowed or sub-obsolete 

 at middle. Texana differs further from harperi in the longer 

 mental declivity, this beginning at or but little in advance of 

 the middle, in the somewhat less transverse prothorax, and 

 the generally less coarse and dense punctuation of the upper 

 surface. The elytra are finely alutaceous in texana, scarcely 

 so in harperi. 



Few specimens have been seen, all from Texas, and most 

 of them collected by Belfrage. LeConte described his type 

 from New Braunfels. In the original description, allusion 

 is made to a second example believed to be identical but 

 differing in having the clypeal margin " feebly hemihexagonal." 

 This example I find, on examination, to be a specimen of my 

 thoracica described in the present paper. 



82. E>. langwida Lee. 



Elongate-oblong-oval, head and thorax rufotestaceous, elytra yel- 

 lowish testaceous; upper surface without perceptible alutaceous sculp- 

 ture. Mental declivity feebly oblique, not or scarcely margined and 

 as a rule defined only by the row of seta?. Clypeal margin broadly 

 rotundate, clypeal suture moderately impressed, head closely punctate. 

 Prothorax three-fifths wider than long, widest at middle, sides 

 feebly convergent or subparallel in basal half, broadly arcuate and 

 convergent anteriorly; punctuation moderately coarse, the punctures 

 separated by about their own diameters, the surface somewhat uneven. 

 Elytra a little more than three times as long as the prothorax, sides 

 broadly arcuate and parallel; costas distinct, a little more convex, 

 each with a row of five distant punctures; intercostal areas only mod- 

 erately wide, the first with broadly confused punctuation, on the 

 second more narrowly so, on the third only slightly irregular, except 

 near the base. Body beneath moderately punctate, the punctures 

 not conspicuously sparser and finer medially. Upper tooth of front 

 tibiag usually nearly twice as distant from the apex as from the base, 

 sometimes a little nearer the middle tooth than the latter is from the 

 apical one, though as a rule the teeth are nearly equidistant. Hind 

 thighs rather stout. Ungual tooth subapical, nearly as long as the 

 superior portion of the claw, its tip three times as distant from the 

 base as from the apex of the claw. Length 5.8-6.8 mm.; width 

 2.85-3.5 mm. 



This little species is apparently rather common in Florida. 

 Specimens are known to me from St. Augustine, Enterprise, 

 Crescent City, Tampa and Key Largo. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXXV. (11) MARCH, 1909. 



