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runs. r,. casky, 





tiiiil I'lylni jiiili'i-. Ucail lpr(ia<l iiful hirgt- ; oypsi siiiull. lurf proiiiinciil, iiiid id ad- 

 v;iin'i' iif |>i)si(M'icpr iiiiirli's llicir iiwii k-iinili. Prnthoriix iiiirrnwcr than the liciid. 

 rather ;i|r<iiinly iiarniwi'd lii'liinil: iinttTinr und p)steri«ir angles widl developed; 

 sides l)iil slightly iirciiate ; lateral striae disiinct. Seiitelluni very small and trans- 

 verse. Klytra iiiueh iiarrmver than (irothorax, slii;litly longer than head and pm- 

 tliorax tiigetlier, enli'-c and ohtur^eiy icmiided l)ehilid ; .sidi?s parallel and straight. 

 Ahdiiniinal segments very short, second, third and fourth eipial, liftli almost twiee 

 the length of tlio fourth : antennae as long as the prothorax anil elytra tfigether: 

 first joint inoderiite, first three decreasing gradually in size, fourth a little more 

 ehmgati'd than the third ; joints live to ten eipial in length and width, eleventh 

 e(|Ual in width I ml niuch Imiger : piiheseence dense tciwaril t he lij). Length I." mm. 

 Female.. — Head narrower than prntlicirax. whieh is suli-(|uadrnte und scarcely 

 narrowed behind. Klytra nmre than oiu-half as long again as the head and pro- 

 thiirax together, niunded mure aculely liehind than in the male, and as wide as 

 the prothorax. Antennae rather shorter than the elytra, and slightly enlarged at 

 tip. Length 1.7 miri. 



IMato Vir. Kiirs. 1(» ami Kh/. 



Tilt' iiliovt' (It sevi|)liciii ui' till' mail' is tiikcii f'nuii lieOoiite'is typo of 

 /ni/nrii/iis. whicli wa.x coiisiilerod liy Cnitcli a.s identical with the male tiC 

 ftiisif/iis. Hy e(iiii|iiiriiio: the speciiiieTi with the (lescriptimi and tiirtire of 

 the male ui' the liitter s])ecies as iriveii hy Sturm. I can hut tiirree with 

 him ill this deeisiiin. The (Hily diflf'ereiiee hetweeii the type oi' /m/iiriiliis 

 and ptrleetly normal speeimens id' iitixlllnx % is. that in the ftirmer the 

 head and protluirax are mure devehiped liiterally, and the elytra have he- 

 enme denuded nt' the tisiia! setiturm ]iulii'seence. 



The species is (•(i-.nmon .•tiid ensmnpulitan. 



L*i). Ij. deiltivuruis n. sp. Male. -Form moderately elongated, dc|)ressed ; 

 sides parallel, riinetures id' head and jirothovax small, deep und sparse; elytra 

 striate. Surface shining: color deep reddish testaceous; integuments dense. Pii- 

 besceiK'e of head very short and s|)arse. that on prothorax more plentiful, that of 

 elytra exceedingly sj)arse ami longer. Jl.'ad suh-iiuadrate: front of epistoma trans- 

 verse, the sides lieing straight and ]tan llel, thus forming u short i|uadrale i)rojec- 

 tion of the head in front of the line j fining the bases of the anteiimie; median 

 line well marked. Prothorax a litt'c wider than the head, l)ro;tiler than long; 

 ;interior and posterior angles well m. irked; sides straight, slightly converging pos- 

 teriorly: latenil striae disi inct, partially doulile. Klytra one-third as long again 

 as the head and prothorax ti. gel her. as wide as the la Iter, en I ire and evenly rounded 

 behind ; sides slightly arciia;e. .\ntennae as long as elytra, tirsi joint one-lialf as 

 long as the entire remainder, and provided anteriorly with a short, apical and ar- 

 cuate tooth, which is nearly perpendicular to the axis of the joint : joints two to 

 eight moniliform, third and eighth joint seipial, snb-globulurnnd much the smallest, 

 thi'ee outer joints enlarged, bill iiol llaltened. Ki'litrth I.Smm. 



I'late Vil. JMii. 11. 



Two specimi '.s, Texas (Sehwarz i. 1 liiive imt heiiii ahle to identity 

 the t'eniiile as yet. hut it prohahly lacks the tuoth (if the tirst aiitonnal 

 jiiiut. This species hears ;i certain resemhlance to lieittcr's iiiicicnniis. 



