338 Trans. Acad. Set. of St. Louis. 



Euromota n. gen. 



This genus is also represented by a single species, very dis- 

 tinct in facies; it may be briefly described as follows: — 



Form moderately stoat, rather stroDgly convex, highly polished, wholly 

 devoid of minute sculpture, very finely and sparsely punctate through- 

 out anteriorly, still more sparsely on the abdomen, the pubescence 

 rather long, erect and sparse but pale and distinct, less obvious on the 

 abdomen; color dark rufo-piceous, the abdomen black or blackish; legs 

 pale tebtaeeous, the antennae fuscous, paler basally; head rather longer 

 than wide, the sides behind the somewhat small but very prominent 

 eyes subparallel and feebly arcuate, thence moderately rounding and 

 converging to the neck, which is four-flfths as wide; antennae very 

 slender, moderately incrassate distally, extending fully to the tips of the 

 elytra, the second and third joints elongate, subequal but shorter than 

 the first, four to nine longer than wide, tenth as long as wide, the 

 eleventh not quite as long as the two preceding combined, pointed; 

 prothorax slightly though obviously wider than the head, only very 

 slightly wider than long, widest near apical third, where the sides are 

 broadly arcuate, thence distinctly converging and straight to the 

 obtuse and well rounded basal angles, the base rather feebly arcuate, 

 the surface narrowly and very feebly impressed along the median line 

 from the middle nearly to the base; elytra two -fifths wider and a third 

 longer than the prothorax, subparallel, broadly impressed on the suture 

 behind the scutellum, the humeri well exposed at base; abdomen paral- 

 lel, distinctly narrower than the elytra, the tergites convex behind the 

 impressions; legs rather long and slender, the tarsi 'short. Length 

 2.6-3.3 mm.; width 0.68-0.8 mm. Virginia (Fort Monroe) and New 

 Jersey iDcida n. sp. 



No positive indications of sexual identity are discernible 

 among the five specimens at hand. The genus Euromota 

 may possibly have some affinity with Gnypeta^ but is well 

 distinguished by the short basal joints of the hind tarsi. 



Taphrodota u. gen. 



The type and only known species of this genus may be 

 described as follows : — 



Body rather stout, moderately convex, dull in lustre, strongly micro-retic- 

 ulate throughout, the reticulae of the abdomen larger and more trans- 

 verse in form; punctures very fine, indistinct except on the elytra, where 

 they are dense, sparser on the abdomen, which is shining; pubescence 

 short, decumbent, inconspicnous; color blackish- piceous, the abdomen 



