NEARCTIC BEETLES MELIGETHES EASTON 



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sides very narrowly bordered. Punctures on disc as course as those 

 of the pronotum but separated by two diameters, gradually much 

 finer and more diffuse towards the apex, each bearing a fine recumbent 

 hair reaching the puncture behind. Surface between with distinct, 

 fine, chiefly transverse, microscopical reticulation. 



Scutellum finely diffusely punctured, strongly reticulate. 



Figure 76. — a-f, Meligethes canadensis, new species : a, dorsal view of median lobe of aedeagus; 

 b, lateral view of same; c, dorsal view of tegmen of aedeagus; d, lateral view of same; e, 

 ventral view of ovipositor; /, left front tibia and tarsus, g-k, M. atratus Olivier: g, dorsal 

 view of median lobe of aedeagus; h, lateral view of same; i, dorsal view of tegmen of 

 aedeagus; ;, lateral view of same; k, ventral view of ovipositor. Scale A (a-d. f). 0.2 mm.; 

 scale B (e, g-k), 0.2S mm. 



