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gradually attenuated to the base and reaching the side margin in 

 second fourth of the length; side margins finely pale as in ornata 

 and extending to the transverse apical fascia, which is abruptly 

 enlarged toward the suture, the large anterior pale area extending 

 to and along the first stria; under surface and legs evenly very pale 

 flavo-testaceous throughout, the head black; head nearly smooth, 

 almost three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, with large but only 

 moderately prominent eyes; antennae much more than half as long 

 as the body, fuscous, gradually paler basally; prothorax almost as 

 in ornata but shorter and broader, very nearly twice as wide as 

 long; elytra barely over a fourth longer than wide, more parallel 

 and less posteriorly inflated than in ornata, distinctly less than twice 

 as wide as the prothorax, the striation nearly as in ornata. Length 



4.8 mm.; width 2.1 mm. New York reperta n. sp. 



7 — Apical pale fascia of the elytra widest suturally 8 



Apical pale fascia widest outside of the middle of the width 11 



8 — ^Anterior pale spots of the elytra not extending posteriorly behind the 



middle 9 



Anterior pale spots extending behind the middle of the length. Sub- 

 tropical regions 10 



9 — Prothorax short, twice as wide as long, very shining throughout; 

 head deep black above and below; prothorax pale brownish-flavate, 

 feebly clouded centrally, the elytra piceous-black, with narrow pale 

 side margins as usual in this section, each with an anterior spot in 

 the form of an inverted comma, extending from the middle and, in 

 attenuated form, attaining the middle of the base, extending in- 

 ternally to the second stria and, externally, united for a short 

 distance with the lateral margin; apical fascia broad in more than 

 inner half, thence narrow to the pale margin; under surface and 

 legs very pale; head smooth and polished, with the anterior super- 

 ciliary puncture conspicuous, not quite four-fifths as wide as the 

 prothorax, with very prominent eyes; antennae half as long as the 

 body, pale and uniform testaceous throughout; prothorax widest 

 before the middle, with rather strongly rounded and widely reflexed 

 sides, becoming feebly sinuate before the sharp angles; surface 

 nearly smooth, the fine sparse rugulae scarcely discoverable, the 

 stria fine, not entire; elytra a third longer than wide, inflated pos- 

 teriorly, not quite twice as wide as the prothorax, the striae coarsely 

 impressed and punctate, fine, feeble and smooth apically, the 

 intervals as in ornata. Length 3.6 mm.; width 1.5 mm. Virginia. 



virginica n, sp. 

 A — Nearly as in virginica throughout, except that the antennae are 

 slightly more elongate, the prothorax still a trifle shorter and 

 more transverse, the anterior discal pale spot of the elytra not 

 prolonged to the base — or posteriorly quite to the middle of the 

 length — attaining the first stria and, externally, separated from 

 the pale margin by nearly two intervals, the inner enlargement of 

 the fine apical fascia small and quadrate. Length 4.0 mm.; 



