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and prothorax combined, two-fifths longer than prothorax, deflexed 

 at basal third; not expanded laterally at antennal insertion, apical 

 third nearly cylindrical; more coarsely punctate laterally, with a row 

 of confluent punctures above antennal insertion bearing scales, punc- 

 tures to near tip bear minute scales. Female beak as long as head 

 and prothorax combined, three-fifths longer than prothorax, evenly, 

 strongly curved; nearly cylindrical beyond antennal insertion; finely 

 sparsely punctured to tip, punctures bearing minute scales. Antennae 

 inserted at distance from eye equal to width of frons, of male at basal 

 fourth of beak, of female at basal fifth; first segment equals next two, 

 second segment shorter than next two, club 0.21 by 0.08 mm. Eyes 

 moderately prominent; frons slightly wider than dorsal tip of beak, 

 with deep median sulcus and one lateral row of somewhat confluent 

 punctures. Prothorax at base two-fifths wider than long, middle 

 narrower than base, apex five-sevenths as wide as base; sides beyond 

 moderately basal lateral expansion nearly parallel to middle, rounded 

 to constricted apex; in profile dorsal surface slightly arcuate; puncta- 

 tion moderately deep, 0.03 mm. in diameter, interspaces about equal 

 to diameter of punctures, somewhat alutaceous. Elytra at humeri 

 two-fifths wider than prothorax at base, three times as long as pro- 

 thorax, length to width as 16:13; intervals tvnce as wide as striae, 

 rather convex, generally wdth one row of fine scales; striae deep, fine. 

 Scutellum triangular, 0.06 by 0.06 mm., nearly smooth. Front femora 

 about 3.25 times as long as wide. Claws with acute basal tooth. 



Special male characters: Tibiae 2 and 3 armed with short, dentate 

 mucrones. 



Types: I hereby designate the lectotype of this species as the male 

 specimen (USNM 1246) labeled Massachusetts. Cotype in the J. L, 

 LeConte Collection labeled with an orange disc signifying the Southern 

 States (MCZ 368). 



Material examined: Lectotype and 100 specimens. 



Known distribution: 



United States: Alabama: Mobile, Apr. 18, 1910, W. D. Pierce (USNM); 

 Tuscaloosa, May 21, 1955, at light, B. D. Valentine; 5 miles north of York, July 

 1954, D. G. Kissinger (DGK). Connecticut: Shelton, June 15, 1934, M. P. Zoppe 

 (USNM); West Haven, Sept. 15, 1944 (USNM). District of Columbia: Wood- 

 ridge, July 3, 1919, L. L. Buchanan (USNM). Florida: Dunedin, Feb. 30, 1926, 

 W. S. Blatchley (CU, USNM); Lake Harney, May 4, E. A, Schwarz (USNM). 

 Georgia: Griffin (UK); Okefenokee Swamp, May 7, 1953, N. J. and E. L. Sleeper 

 (ELS). Illinois: Funkhouser, May 21, 1950 (INHS); Herod, May 29, 1936 

 (INHS); McClure, June 25, 1931, on locust (INHS); Muncie, Aug. 31, 1907 

 (USNM); Palisades State Park, July 4, 1946 (INHS); Pittsfield, Pike Co. (UC); 

 Starved Rock State Park, July 4, 1941 (INHS); Valmeyer, Aug. 25, 1949, on red 

 clover (INHS). Indiana: (Blatchley and Leng, 1916) common throughout the 

 State. Maryland: Beltsville, May 21, 1922, L. L. Buchanan (USNM); Glen 

 Echo, Aug. 3, 1922, L. L, Buchanan (USNM); Sparrow Point, July 4, 1932 (UC); 



