

NOIITII AMKIIICAN Cor.KOI'TEIlA. 



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M>i i>iilir<'; siiliw 



oqiiiil in lcni»tli 



nt 8l|l)-(;liiiiii|iic. 



I 8iil>-i'i|mil, lii-e 



Iflii'il ; ili'Vciilli 

 int.'MIIMf, Wllicll 



liritli mill tfiith 

 inl i^ iiiiii'li iiiir 

 " I'ro|i,,itiMiinl|v 



.IT llic s '('(ind 

 I'M to the '.'"'11- 

 to Itutli sexes. 



■s Mini :nil(Miiiii.' 

 >.iiNi'lv, 111, mull 

 rill"', •.niiiiivcrso 

 lit anil sitimtod 

 ,'lilly iiiirni\vi'(| 

 nt ; sides iiiMil- 

 1 ti) jiniiliiinix, 

 'iifly the entire 

 ' lii'.ni, |ir<>tliii- 

 tiliiinsl exiicily 

 "ienitely pii- 

 •'qiliil t(, tint 

 i"ini is m1s(. 

 'H|ierce|iiilply 

 ■' ■iiiil ei|iml, 

 '"•ilinii stiinll. 



'IliTi' spoms 



'\' tliJiii tlint 

 li's|i|(.ei)iis, 

 'I' 'Hid finer; 

 f pnstei-inr 

 .\- eniivoY, a 

 ides vorv 

 rlii'd teeth ; 

 ti'M ecjiial to 

 II tlio latter. 

 -Ill-face oov- 

 ly rounded 

 liriiptlv en- 



larjjeil, cylindrical unci suti-ei|iiiil ; all tlicjnint- are coarsely jiubeacent. Alidoniliml 

 segments neiirlv e<|nal. Iji>ni;th 1.0—2.1 nitu. 



I) ('.. Mi.-ii. I'liitr vr, FiL'. <;. 



\h»'s Hot ii|>iii'ar tn lie very (•(iiminiii. 



!i. li. ailllNtllM I.ec.— Form (oiivex. SiirfaoR of head iind iirotlmrax thickly 

 and very coarsely , cinctured, ^'"'"■"'••i' > elytrii punctir,<>-ntriate. Body, Ici^s itnd 

 aiitciina« very clark ferriii;inoiis. Head suh-trianiiular ; eyes rather lariie, verv 

 eotivcx and proiiiinenl ; triinsverse groove not prominent. I'rolhorax t'lpial in 

 width lo hreadth iiero.ss the eyes, very short and convex ; sides very arcuate ante- 

 riorly, ami converfrinc posteriorly; anterior angles evenly rounded; jiosterior an- 

 gles pi-nminenl and projecting: lateral grooves very well nuirked. Klytra equal 

 ill length to twice the head and pi'olhorax together, lonvcx and evenly roumleil 

 liehind. entire ; sides slightly arcuate ; siirl'a>'j covered sparstdy with rather short 

 setae urranged in rows. Ahdoininiil segments 8uli-equal. Antenniie hut slightly 

 longer than head ami prothorax together; last three joints suddenly longer, and 

 last joint hroadest, strongly llalteiied and Itroadly carinaled; ;ill coiirsidy pulies- 

 cent. The female antennae arc rather shorter, and tlie last joint normally conical. 

 The e[iistoma also seems to he a little more acutely einargitnited in the female. 

 Sciitelliim tra"sverse, suh-triangnlar. Length 1.4 — 2.0 mm. 



IMiito VI. Ki-T' 7. 



A very comiiioii, widely (lifViiscl species. 'i'lii' elytni iire iisuallv 

 eldiuled pdsteriorly with a diirker e:istiiiieuiis tint. 



II). li. te»tBCe*U»( Fall.) — Korin moderately elongated, dcr rcssed. Head and 

 ]>roiliorax ratlior fimdy pMiictured ; punctures of head sligli.ly more scattered; 

 elytra foveo-striolate; hody, legs and antennae testaceous; inlcgiimeiils dense. 

 Head suh-triangular ; eyes moderate, convex ;ind slightly in advance of posterior 

 angles; transverse groove and median line very evident. I'rolhorax quadrate, 

 covered with short and sparse setae ; sides converging liehind, slightly in % , almost 

 parallel in 9 ' anterior angles very plainly toothed ; posterior angles right ; lateral 

 sx-iae strongly developed. Elytra elongated : as wide as. or wider than jirolhorux ; 

 one-half as long again as the lic.id and jirotlnu'ax together, covering entire alido- 

 mcn \'-'.,i\ tlie exception of the ti|i of the fifth ventral segment; rather ohtusely 

 tr'.ncatcd hehind. and covereil with very sliort and sparse setae arra:igod in rows; 

 second, third ;nid I'onrih ahdoiiiinal segments equal ; first and fifth suli-e(|Ual, and 

 e,ich aliout half as long again as the second ; all sparsely ])uliescent. Antennae 'J, 

 nearly oipial in length to entire hody, last seven joints equal and <!ylindrical. first 

 joint nearly equal to the next two in length, and mueh the most robust of any : 

 second and third joints ccpial in leiiglh. .\nlcniiae 9 ecpial in length to elytra ; 

 first joint largest, last three longer than the preceiliiig, and very slightly broader. 

 Sciitellum sub-triangular. LiMigtb I. .3—1.!) mm. 

 Plate VI. Fijr. 8, 9. 



This is a enimiioii oosiiiopoiitiin species. 



11. li. niteiis Lee. — Form elongated, depressed. Head ;ind prothorax testa- 

 ceous; elytra paler, thinner and translucent; legs and antennae testaceous ; surface 

 shining: punctuation of bead :ind prothorax very sparse and line. Head sub- 

 triungular; eyes moderate, situated very near the posterior angles; transverse 

 groove well developed ; median line not distinct. Prothorax sub-quadrate. a:« wide 



