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eyes on a line ranch behind them. Occiput smooth on the basal line, 

 broadly a little convex. Autennte rafo piceous, darker on the middle of 

 the segments ; second joint a very little shorter than the third. Rostrum 

 ferruginous, or pale rufopiceous, reaching almost to the intermediate 

 coxfe; the second joint longest, very slightly compressed, pubescent. 

 Pronotum smooth, transverse, a little narrowed anteriorly, curving 

 toward the anterior angles, which are angularly rounded ; the surface 

 coarsely, closely punctured, obsoletely, remotely so on the disk, obso- 

 letely transversely impressed, each side with a roundish or oblong 

 faint impression ; the anterior submargin with an arcuated line of punct- 

 ures, the raargin itself impunctured; posterior margin subtruncated, 

 the edge abruptly decurved, just interior to the humeri a little im- 

 pressed ; the humeri a little roundedly elevated ; the lateral angles 

 rectangular. Disk of tbe propleurte, and prosternum, coarsely punct- 

 ured, the other parts polished, impunctured. Sides of the prosternum 

 elevated, continuing almost to tbe apex of the second rostral joint ; run- 

 ning obliquely inwards from the anterior angle is a short, slightly 

 elevated carina. Scutellum broad, reaching beyond the line of the tip of 

 the fourth ventral segment, remotely coarsely, posteriorly finely, punct- 

 ured; the tip narrow, faintly impressed, reaching a little beyond the 

 inner corner of corium. Corium sometimes tinged with rufous, pol- 

 ished, distinctly closely punctures, those of the disk finer, more obsolete ; 

 membrane milk-white, tinged with brown at base. Embolium grooved, 

 punctured. Venter deeply punctured on the sides and behind; genital 

 segment densely punctured. Connexival edge wide, thin, the submar- 

 gin widely depressed. Female. 



Length Sf millimeters. Width of pronotum 2 millimeters. 



Hah. — ^Maryland, near Baltimore, December 24, under a stone; Ando- 

 ver, Mass., Mr. Sanborn. 



2. 21. picimis new sp. 



Oval, rufo-piceous above, more narrowly rounded both before and be- 

 hind than in the preceding species. Head a little more bluutl^^ rounded 

 in front, tbe edge very narrowly, but more abruptly recurved; the sur- 

 face slightly convex, minutely punctured, obsoletely wrinkled ; the sub- 

 margin remotely ciliated, having two sunken points on each cbeek, and 

 a sunken point next each eye; the tylus i)ercurrent to the tip, faintly 

 wrinkled, carried farther back than in the preceding. Antenna? ferru- 

 ginous, not so stout as in the preceding ; the basal joint a little nar- 

 rowed at tip; second subequal to the third, but not as stout ; fourth and 

 fifth longer, subequal. Eostrum not quite reaching to the intermediate 

 coxie, ferruginous or pale piceous; the second joint longest, a very little 

 compressed. Pronotum piceous-black, broader than long, proportionately 

 longer than in the preceding species; the sides a little more narrowed 

 obliquely toward the front, remotely ciliated, and more broadly rounded 

 at the boundary of the anterior angles ; anterior margin deeply siuuated, 



