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but with numerous intermixed punctures basally ; median 

 line obsoletely subcarinate between the interocular and inter- 

 antennal fovese. Prothorax sHghtly wider than long, sides 

 nearly parallel in basal half, thence obliquely narrowed and 

 feebly constricted ; dorsum broadly impressed basally, the 

 impression bounded in front by a feeble transverse tumidity 

 a little in advance of the middle ; surface finely obscurely 

 punctate with numerous scattered coarser punctures. Elytra 

 conspicuously wider than the prothorax ; humeri short, 

 oblique ; sides parallel to about apical third thence gradually 

 arcuately narrowed to apex, the sutural notch very small. 

 Body beneath and legs substantially as in concavus. Length 

 (exclusive of beak) 13 mm. ; width 4.3 mm. 



Described from a single example — probably a female — kindly 

 given me by Mr. Edwin A. Bischofif. The type is one of a series 

 of five specimens taken at Murray Hill near Berkeley Heights, 

 New Jersey, by Mr. Bischoff who writes me that they were 

 beaten from a large flowering thistle early in September. 



This fine species is rather closely similar in size and general 

 appearance to concavus, but differs most notably in the disparity 

 in width of the prothorax and elytra, and in its relatively short 

 and stout antennal club, which in concavus is much narrower and 

 very distinctly longer than half the funicle. There are also 

 several minor differences such as the more parallel sides of the 

 prothorax, relatively shorter 2d funicular joint, stronger more 

 oblong elytral punctures, and smaller apical sutural notch. 



I am placing with the type a specimen taken by myself at 

 Farmington, New Hampshire, in my early collecting days, and 

 long held as concavus in accordance with the identification then 

 made for me. It agrees well in essential features with the type 

 of hischoffi and is probably identical. It is a little smaller and 

 with shorter beak and probably a male. Of the four remaining 

 examples taken by Mr. Bischoff three remain in his collection, 

 and one is in the collection of Mr. C. W. Leng. 



