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a little raised on the middle, irre;];-iilarly aud obliquely wrinkled; the pits 

 of the subniari^in, three in number each side, smaller than that of the 

 middle, the one next the eye largest; base of the head prominent, convex, 

 smooth, impunctate, the adjoining surface scooped out, and a little 

 wrinkled anterior to the ocelli. Antennae pale, castaneous or ferrugi- 

 nous, the second joint slender, and not quite as long as the third ; fourth 

 and fifth longer, subequal. Rostrum pale castaneous, reaching not quite 

 to the intermediate coxa3 ; the basal joint a little shorter than the throat ; 

 the second joint moderately compressed, a little widened and arched, 

 longer than either of the others ; third joint a little compressed and 

 widened, longer than the fourth ; the fourth more slender, shortest. Buc- 

 culsB dark piceous, a little roughened, longer than the basal joint of the 

 rostrum, and inclosing it. Pronotum rather more convex than in the pre- 

 ceding species, the sides a little more narrowing anteriorly, remotely 

 ciliated, the anterior angles not so much prolonged, the exterior margin 

 gently curving toward them ; anterior margin less deeply and not so 

 squarely emarginated as in the preceding species, the collum-like rim 

 flat, with a distinct rim on the middle of the margin; transverse line 

 deeply impressed, with few aud tine punctures, the pit at each end of 

 the line small, round, but distinct, the sides with a very few fine punct- 

 ures, aud a very few only behind the middle; humeral angles convexly 

 ridged, the sides exterior to them steep, with short but distinct sinuses 

 on the posterior margin. Scutellum narrow at tip, the surface distinctly, 

 irregularly, and a little coarsely punctate from near the base to the tip, 

 the tip depressed and a little rugulose; the transverse, impressed line 

 at base minutely punctate. Legs rufo-castaneous, the tarsi ocherous; 

 anterior tibite a little expanded, armed on the outer edge with about 

 eight slender spines. Corium a little rufopiceous, obsoletely rugose, a 

 little coarsely punctate at base and on the basal parts of the sutures, 

 the disk almost impunctate, and the base and apex of the costal area 

 finely but closely punctate; costal margin at base with three setigerous 

 pits; membrane brownish, extending beyond the abdomen. Venter 

 rufo-piceous, highly polished, impunctate; the posterior edges of the 

 segments each side of disk as far as to the counexivum with minute teeth ; 

 the center of the margin of the penultimate segment with a small de- 

 pression carrying minute, rastrate lines; the counexivum with a few 

 minute tubercles on each segment. 



Length 5i-6 millimeters. Width of base of pronotum 3-3i millime- 

 ters. 



From South Carolina and Georgia. 



In one specimen, the rastrated impression on the edge of the penulti- 

 mate ventral segment is not apparent. 



A specimen from South Carolina, agreeing with the typical form i n 

 other resi)ects, has the rostrum extenduig to the posterior line of the 

 intermediate coxiTi. This species bears close resemblance to the dwarfed 

 males of the preceding one. 



