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unknown; female with the sixth ventral narrowed at tip; the latter 

 rather strongly, evenly arcuate. Length 8.0 mm. ; width 1.4 mm. Texas 



(Galveston) atronitens n. sp. 



Form rather slender, feebly fusiform, rather convex, shining, black, the 

 prothorax very faintly picescent; legs flavate, the antennae fuscous, flav- 

 ate toward tip; head very narrow, parallel and elongate, very much nar- 

 rower than the elytra, the sides straight and parallel for a long distance 

 behind the eyes, then rapidly rounding to the neck; eyes well devel- 

 oped, moderately prominent; punctures rather coarse and close -set 

 in basal half, the anterior half almost impunctate; prothorax distinctly 

 elongate, as long as the head and slightly wider, the sides parallel and 

 evenly, very distinctly arcuate, the punctures moderate in size, unusually 

 feebly impressed and not at all conspicuous, sparse; elytra distinctly 

 elongate, parallel, only very slightly longer but more distinctly wider 

 than the prothorax, the punctures small but strong, close-set and con- 

 fused throughout; abdomen as wide as the elytra, gradually tapering 

 posteriorly, finely and not very closely punctate, polished. Male un- 

 known; female with the sixth ventral as in atronitens. Length 6.5 mm., 

 width 1.28 mm. Virginia (Norfolk) .-parviceps n. sp. 



12 — Body stout, fusiform, moderately convex, polished, black, the elytra 



bright rufous with an elongate parallel sutural spot of black, extending 

 from the base to about apical fourth and slightly dilated behind; legs 

 pale flavate; antennae black, the two basal joints rufous; head narrow 

 and elongate, very much narrower than the elytra, the sid-3s feebly con- 

 verging behind the eyes and almost evenly, distinctly arcuate from the 

 eyes to the neck, the latter not quite three -fourths as wide as the head; 

 eyes moderate in size and prominence ; punctures rather small and moder- 

 ately close-set, the anterior half subimpunctate; prothorax distinctly 

 elongate, only very slightly narrower than the head, the sides parallel 

 and feebly arcuate; punctures rather coarse, impressed, sparse; elytra 

 large, longer than wide, the sides parallel and feebly arcuate, much 

 longer and wider than the prothorax, the punctures small but strong, 

 close-set and confused; abdomen distinctly narrower than the elytra, 

 finely, not very closely punctate. Male with the fifth ventral not modi- 

 fied at apex, the sixth with an acutely triangular notch nearly three - 

 fourths as wide as the apex and fully as deep as wide; female with the 

 elytra still larger, the abdomen broader and the head not wider than 

 the prothorax, the sixth ventral obtusely rounded at tip. Length 

 8.4 mm.; width L55-1.7 mm. Indiana and Illinois sellatnm Lee. 



13 — Form rather stout and convex, shining, black, the elytra rufous with 



the sutural bead sometimes darker especially at base; legs rufous, the 

 antennae dusky, rufous at base; head elongate, much narrower than the 

 elytra, the eyes rather prominent; punctures moderately coarse, rather 

 shallow and extremely sparse; prothorax much elongated, narrower 

 than the head, parallel, the sides feebly arcuate, the apex slightly nar- 

 rower than the base; punctures moderately coarse, shallow, impressed, 

 very sparse, with a more regular series along the smooth median area; 

 elytra slightly elongate, parallel, scarcely longer but distinctly wider than 

 the prothorax, the sides feebly arcuate; punctures very coarse, im- 

 pressed, sparse and only partially serial; abdomen as wide as the elytra 



