890 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



about flvti punctures each at each side and a few othera isolated toward 

 the sides and apex aa usual, the sides distiuctly convergiac;; elytra 

 rather longer tban wide, not quite as long as the prothoraxand scarcely 

 at all wider, the medial series close-set and strong; exteriorly there is 

 another nearly entire parallel series of very fine, widely spaced punc- 

 tures, the latter irregularly aggregated near the suture as usual; abdo- 

 men finely but unusually distinctly and not very sparsely punctulate 

 toward the sides. Length 6.6 mm.; width 0.76 mm. New York to 

 Iowa. [=/u«ctcep* Fvl., i. litt.] fasciceps Lee. 



Antennae shorter and more compact, dUtioctly and gradually thicker distally 

 to the apex, the subapical joints much more strongly transverse, the 

 third very small, globular, much shorter tban the slightly elongate sec- 

 ond joint; body very small in size, slender, colored like the preceding, 

 except that the prothorax is paler testaceous tban the parts posterior 

 thereto; head piceous-black, nearly similar in form, the hind angles 

 much less broadly rounded, the punctures toward the sides small but 

 distinct and less close-set, the post-ocular line narrower and less punc- 

 tate, the under surface strongly, sparsely punctate; prothorax elongate, 

 slightly wider than the head, the sides strongly converging throughout 

 and nearly straight, the surface punctured nearly as iufuscictpt; elytra 

 elongate, subequal in width to the prothorax and a little ehorier, simi- 

 larly though more finely punctate; abdomen more finely punctulate, 

 rather more broadly and abruptly impunctate along the middle. Length 

 3.6 mm.; width 0.6 mm. New Jersey and Virginia (Fort Monroe) ; — 

 rare on sea-beaches facosns Csy. 



• — Body rather slender and convex, almost perfectly parallel, pale rufo- 

 testaceous, with the legs concolorous, the abdomen piceousand the head 

 black; antennae dusky testaceous, brJKhter toward base; head behind 

 the antennae distinctly elongate, varying from subparallel to distinctly 

 inflated basally, the sides nearly straight, the angles at bat^e well 

 rounded; punctures not very coarse but deep, elongate, separated by 

 fully twice their own widths toward the sides; post-ocular line flat with 

 obtusely rounded edges, very deeply and more closely punctate, the 

 punctures of the under surface strong, perforate, moderately close-set 

 over the entire surface; prothorax elongate, not quite as wide as the 

 head, with the sides only moderately converging throughout and almost 

 straight, the apical angles narrowly rounded, the punctures of the dorsal 

 series only extending to basal third; su^tlateral series of about five 

 punctures, and there is externally and anteriorly a small group of punc- 

 tures; elytra hubquadrate, unusually small, much shorter than the 

 prothorax and equal thereto In width, strongly and moderately coarsely 

 punctured, the punctures of the two equal parallel discal series similar, 

 fine and Irregular; narrowly alons the suture, and, between these and 

 the first discal series, are a few sparse punctures tending to linear 

 arrangement; abdomen rather closely and distinctly punctulate toward 

 the sides. Length 6.0 mm. ; width 0.86 mm. New York (Long Island) 

 and Virginia to Kansas and Colorado (Greeley) melanopi 



