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II — Sinus before the basal thoracic angles deep, rendering the angles 

 laterally prominent; antennal pubescence moderate. Form rather 

 ventricose, the hind body only moderately elongate; coloration and 

 sculpture nearly as in all the preceding species, the elytra black, 

 without bluish tinge; head but slightly elongate, four-fifths as 

 wide as the prothorax, the punctures strong and close-set, the 

 pubescence rather long, fulvous; frontal red spot more or less evi- 

 dent; eyes very prominent; tempora converging and arcuate; 

 antennae slender, the basal joint ferruginous, with blackish tip, the 

 next three black, the remainder pale red-brown; prqthorax dis- 

 tinctly elongate, widest at the middle, where the sides are rather 

 strongly rounded, thence oblique and less arcuate anteriorly, more 

 oblique behind to the rather deep sinus, the basal angles obtusely 

 rounded at tip; surface moderately and closely punctate and sub- 

 rugulose, gradually feebly reflexed at the sides, the edge abruptly 

 upturned; foveae deeply concave; elytra three-fourths longer than 

 wide, distinctly more than twice as wide as the prothorax, rather 

 more convex than usual, the humeri more rapidly rounded; striae 

 rather fine but deep, punctulate, the ground punctures and pubes- 

 cence nearly as in janus; punctures of the subscutellar series widely 

 separated. Length (cf) 16.5 mm.; width 5.8 mm. Florida (New 

 Augustine), — Ganung. [G. dubia Lee.]. Probably described by 

 Dejean from a LeConte specimen from southern Georgia. 



lecontei Dej. 



Sinus toward base of the thoracic sides broad and feebler, the sides 

 becoming subparallel thence to the base; antennae bristling basally 

 with long shaggy pubescence. Form still more ventricose, the 

 elytra relatively broader and not so convex; coloration as in the 

 preceding; head nearly as in lecontei but with the punctures be- 

 coming very fine and sparser basally, the eyes even more con- 

 spicuously prominent and the tempora even more oblique to the 

 narrow neck; central red spot distinct; antennae slender, pale 

 brown, the basal joint brighter rufous, not dark at tip, joints three 

 to five not more than piceous; prothorax slightly broader though 

 longer than wide, the sides nearly similar, except basally, the basal 

 angles very much more broadly rounded; surface more finely punc- 

 tured and with shorter, finer pubescence, less reflexed at the sides, 

 the foveae narrower, remote from the'sides, not forming part of the 

 reflexed angles so evidently as in lecontei; elytra two-thirds longer 

 than wide, nearly two and one-half times as wide as the prothorax, 

 less convex but otherwise nearly similar, except that the punctures 

 of the subscutellar series are rather more close-set and more distinct. 

 Length (9) 16.5 mm.; width 6.3 mm. Texas (near El Paso), — 

 Dunn crinicomis n. sp. 



12 — Body elongate, moderately ventricose and only feebly convex; 

 coloration as in all the preceding species, the black elytra never 

 with very evident bluish bloom; head oval, rather more than three- 

 fourths as wide as the prothorax, with a central rufous spot some- 

 times elevated in prolongation of the anterior axial convexity; 

 punctures close-set, the erect vestiture bristling; eyes very promi- 



