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ceding; antennae long, black throughout, fully three- fifths as long 

 as the body, the third joint distinctly shorter and more slender than 

 the fourth; prothorax very nearly as long as wide, the sides strongly 

 rounded, converging and straighter toward apex and base, more 

 reflexed at base along the foveae as in the preceding species; basal 

 angles very obtuse, rounded, the apical sharp; base slightly nar- 

 rower than the rather deeply sinuate apex; fovese very deep, with a 

 few small punctures, not traceable quite as far as the middle of the 

 length; impressions obsolete, the stria entire; elytra widest at the 

 middle, the evenly arcuate sides rapidly rounding at base, three- 

 fifths longer than wide, very nearly twice as wide as the prothorax; 

 apex very gradually rounding, the sinus feeble; striae fine, grooved, 

 slightly coarser at tip, very finely but distinctly, closely punctulate 

 almost to the apex, the scutellar rather long, punctulate; intervals 

 nearly flat, the third with four small punctures; met-episterna twice 

 as long as wide; tarsi slender. Length (9) 7.2-7.5 mm.; width 

 2.7-2.85 mm. North Carolina (Southern Pines) and Alabama,— 

 Loding ovalipenne n. sp. 



Body more slender, only moderately convex, the elytra less oval and 

 more oblong 8 



8 — Form elongate, shining, deep black, the anterior parts obscurely 

 viridate; legs pale, with dark knees and nearly black tarsi; head 

 slightly elongate, nearly four-fifths as wide as the prothorax, the 

 eyes large and rather more prominent than in the preceding species, 

 the impressions similar; antennae very slender, black, with slightly 

 less dark basal joint, nearly three-fourths as long as the body; 

 prothorax small, about as long as wide, with evenly rounded and 

 finely reflexed sides, more converging basally, where as usual they 

 are more reflexed along the deep and feebly punctulate foveae, 

 which are traceable almost to the middle; base distinctly narrower 

 than the feebly sinuate apex; surface nearly as in the preceding 

 species, the stria entire, unusually impressed; elytra nearly three- 

 fifths longer than wide, almost twice as wide as the prothorax, very 

 gradually narrowing behind, the sinus oblique but almost obsolete; 

 sides rather rapidly rounding at base; striae rather fine, grooved but 

 also unusually impressed, finely punctulate except posteriad; in- 

 tervals slightly convex, the third with four to five punctures; met- 

 episterna nearly twice as long as wide; anterior male tarsi narrowly 

 dilated. Length (cf 9) 6.3-6.8 mm.; width 2.18-2.3 mm. North 

 Carolina (Southern Pines), — Manee pinorum n. sp. 



Form somewhat similar but less elongate, nearly similar in coloration 

 and lustre but with entirely pale legs; head, eyes and antennae 

 nearly similar, the first antennal joint piceo-rufous; prothorax 

 almost similar throughout, but a little wider, the foveal region less 

 punctulate, the foveae deep, easily traceable to the middle of the 

 length; transverse impressions more evident, the stria finer and 

 less impressed and not entire but ending anteriorly at the anterior 

 impression; elytra only one-half longer than wide, four-fifths wider 

 than the prothorax, gradually rounded but somewhat more obtuse 

 behind, the humeri still more rapidly rounded; striae finer, not so 



