246 HENRY L. VIERECK. 



Paruopes liageni n. sp. 



9 . 12 mm. Head.^F&c.e with a cuneiform flat depression, of whicli the base 

 lies between the insertion of the antennae, and the ai)ex about in the middle of 

 the space between the anterior ocellus and the anteunge, a shining punctured 

 cuneiform space diverges obliquely to each side of the central depression ; the 

 rest of the face with contiguous punctures like on the cheeks; punctures of cly- 

 peus contiguous, but smaller than those on the face, the sides of the clypeus 

 convex, its anterior margin curved in, no posterior nor lateral suture; malar 

 space present but not higher than the terminal joint of the flagellum is wide. 



Thorax. — Pronotum seen from above presents three lateral points, an anterior 

 and posterior, and the third one-fourth the length of the pronotum from the 

 anterior point and extending laterad further than the anterior point, surface of 

 pronotum uneven, punctures contiguous, from one-half to again as large as those 

 on the head ; mesouotum narrower behind than in front, punctured like the pro- 

 notum, parapsidal grooves distinctly arched posteriorly, straight anteriorly sepa- 

 rating the median dark space from the parapsides, median dark space rugulose, 

 punctured like the cheeks, and near the posterior border punctured like the 

 parapsides, posterior half of parapsides with a slight longitudinal depression ; 

 punctures of tegulfe strong, partly contiguous, partly separated; mesopleura 

 triangular, with sharp edges, sculpture like the pronotum and with an oblique 

 narrow space reticulated ; scutelluni sharply separated from the mesonotum and 

 postscutellum, postlateral edges rugulose, otherwise punctured like the pronotum 

 or nearly, a deep oval pit on each side near the tegulfe ; postscutellum with a 

 quadrate produced portion extending slightly upward and backward nearly be- 

 yond the metathorax, the produced portion sculptured much like the scutellum, 

 the edge sharp, sides of postscutellum rugulose, separated from the metathorax 

 by a slight ridge, process as broad at apex as at base. 



Abdomen. — First abdominal segment about three times as broad as long, slightly 

 narrower anteriorly than posteriorly, anterior edge curved, deeply depi'essed in 

 three places, the median depression deepest, on the disc is a smooth sjjace ; disc 

 with large irregularly separated punctures on the sides, the punctures are adjoin- 

 ing and decidedly smaller than on the disc; second segment not quite so long as 

 the first, punctures on the anterior margin shallow small and adjoining the rest 

 of the segment like the first, the posterior lateral angles produced into a sharper 

 tooth than the corresponding angles on the first, a median longitudinal impunc- 

 tate space is present ; third segment as long as the first and .second, its brownish 

 nonspinose edge (corresponding to the lateral lirownish edges of the second seg- 

 ment) extending about as far as the length of the second segment, and to this 

 extent the sides of the third segment are paralled ; beyond the abdomen forms a 

 rather obtuse angle which is rounded ; the edge is irregularly spinose and has 

 about twenty short blunt visible spines, depressions deep, parallel, with the 

 oblique edges of the segment and about one-third as long as the segment, punc- 

 tures adjoining, except at base and apex, where they are separated by smooth 

 spaces, a narrow longitudinal impunctate space on the dark portion of the third 

 segment. 



CoZor.— Deep blue to purple, with greenish reflections and tints, base of seg- 

 ments purple and blackish, clypeus and mesonotum anteriorly black, the black 

 part of mesonotum with two faint longitudinal raised lines extending back from 

 the anterior margin, flagellum and greater part of mandibles and ventei black, 

 middle of mandibles and all tarsi brownish. 



