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thighs clavate. The form of the whole bod}- resembles that 

 of Dccarthron longuJmn. 



Habitat. Louisiana, South Carolina. 



E. RUFUS, Lee. Larger than E. glabei', differing in the 

 form of the prothorax, which is described as less narrow 

 behind and less sinuate at the sides near the base. Length, 

 1.25 mm. Alabama. Unknown to us. 



PsELAPTUs, Leconte. 



Head broadly excavated in front obtusely elevated each side 

 above the distant antennal foveas, front not retuse, convex, 

 (produced). Antennce eleven jointed, first and second joints 

 a little stouter and longer, cylindrical; third to eighth shorter; 

 ninth and tenth a Httle broader and slightly longer; eleventh 

 pointed, oval, one-half longer than wide, and double the width 

 of the tenth, outer part pubescent, with long hairs. Maxillary 

 ■pal^i as in Bryaxis, second joint long, clavate, third rounded, 

 fourth elongate oval, acute, with a terminal seta. Prothorax 

 very convex, campanulate, feebly transversely impressed near 

 the base, without foveje. Elytra convex, wider behind, with- 

 out strife or punctures. Abdomen with dorsal segments con- 

 vex, finely margined, the first longer, with two short parallel 

 carinse not very widely separated, intermediate ventral seg- 

 ments short. 



P. BELFRAGEi, Lec. Rufous, pubesceuce fine, sericeous; 

 head broadly impressed in front, prothorax without fovese. 

 Elytra impunctate without stride. First dorsal segment with 

 two parallel lines. Posterior tibise long, slightly curved. The 

 frontal impression is less deep at the middle than at the sides. 

 Length, i.o mm. 



Habitat. Texas. 



Verticinotus, Brendel. 

 Elongate, polished, thinly pubescent, prothorax subglobose, 

 without lateral foveas, elytra without basal fove«, abdomen 

 not broadly margined, with a linear transverse bar at the 



