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4 — Form rather stout, shining, the head and pronotum very obsoletely 

 micro-reticulate, the elytra rather strongly so, the abdomen distinctly; 

 color pale flavate, the head piceous -black, the elytra broadly infumate 

 toward the external apical angles; legs and antennae pale flavate as 

 usual; head with scattered coarse punctures except broadly along the 

 median line ; prothorax very nearly twice as wide as long, distinctly 

 wider than the head, which is relatively smaller than in fasciata, similar in 

 outline and punctuation; elytra about a sixth wider and nearly one-half 

 longer than the prothorax, with the humeri less exposed than in fasciata, 

 the punctures similarly fine but not quite so sparse, especially toward 

 the outer apical angles; abdomen nearly similar; antennae rather more 

 Incrassate distally. Male wanting; female with -the sixth tergite nearly 

 as in fasciata, the sinus at the ape-, rather more abruptly formed and 

 more broadly transverse at the bottom but equally shallow. Length 

 (much extended) 2.4-2.6 mm. ; width 0.7-0.87 mm. New York (Catsklll 



Mts.) ocnlaris n. sp. 



Form as in ocularis, polished, pale flavate, the head and elytral apex— disap- 

 pearlng at the suture — black; head and pronotum without trace of micro- 

 reticulatlon, the elytra and abdomen rather distinctly reticulate; head 

 coarsely, sparsely punctate except along a broad median line, the an- 

 tennae moderately Incrassate distally ; prothorax slightly, though dis- 

 tinctly, wider than the head, nearly twice as wide as long, rounded at 

 the sides, broadly arcuate at base, with a few sparse punctures as in 

 the preceding species; elytra slightly wider and one-half longer than the 

 prothorax, the humeri only slightly exposed, the punctures unusually 

 distinct and asperate but sparse; ahdomen as in ocularis, the tergites 

 punctulate only at the apices. Male with the two short apical processes 

 of the sixth tergite nearly as in fasciata, the surface at the middle swollen, 

 smooth and produced posteriorly in an acute lobe which nearly attains 

 the line of apices of the processes; external apical angles of the elytra 

 narrowly, distinctly and prominently swollen, the surface near them 

 broadly concave. Length 2.2-2.4 mm.; width 0.8-0.85 mm. Texas 



(Dallas),— H.F. Wickham angnlaris n. ep. 



Form less stout, smaller in size, polished, pale rufo-flavate, the head dark 

 rufo-piceous, the elytra generally pale throughout, sometimes feebly 

 infumate along the immediate apex externally; integuments of the an- 

 terior parts without trace of micro-reticulation, the elytra and abdo- 

 men very obsoletely reticulate; head nearly as in angularis; prothorax 

 distinctly wider than the head, fully three-fourths wider than long, 

 widest anteriorly with the sides rounded, more convergent thence to the 

 base, the latter broadly arcuate, the surface with a few scattered punc- 

 tures as In /aaciato; elytra unusually short and transverse, slightly 

 wider and-about a third longer than the prothorax, finely, asperulately and 

 very sparsely punctate; abdomen at base rather distinctly narrower than 

 the elytra gradually tapering thence to thp apex, the tergites finely 

 punctulate except broadly toward base. Male with the short processes 

 at the apex of the sixth tergite acutely angulate at tip, the median lobe 

 advanced nearly to the line of their apices as in angularis but more 

 broadly angulate, the surface more broadly and feebly swollen; ex- 

 ternal apical angles of the elytra only very feebly and broadly swol- 



