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margine ad humerum indistincte dilatato." This satisfies the 

 form from North CaroHna very well, where the humeral red spot 

 extends only to between the fourth and fifth striae. The variety 

 from Mobile may be characterized as follows: 



Cymindis elegans ssp. mobilensis nov. — Similar in form, size and 

 coloration to elegans Lee, except that the base of the elytra is rufous 

 from side to side; pale side margins of the pro thorax not quite so wide; 

 outer side of the sixth strial interval toward base more definitely carinu- 

 late; erect pubescence of the upper surface similarly sparse but notably 

 longer, especially on the elytra. Length 9.8-10.5 mm.; width 3.3-3.7 

 mm. Alabama (Mobile). 



The elytra in mobilensis are narrower and more elongate-oval 

 than in elegans. 



Lecalida n. gen. 

 In this genus, which is allied to Calleida in many characters, the 

 general form, coloration and habitus of the body much more closely 

 resembles Platynus than Calleida. There is no trace of metallic 

 coloration, and the basally narrowed prothorax, with broadly re- 

 flexed side margins, is quite unlike anything observable in the latter 

 genus. The mentum tooth is long and well developed, the maxillary 

 palpi slender and of normal structure, the last joint of the labial 

 broadly securiform, especially in the male. The anterior tarsi of 

 the male have the first three joints biseriately squamulose beneath, 

 the lobes of the fourth joint finely spongy; the middle tarsi are 

 simply hairy beneath, the first joint canaliculate except apically. 

 On the dorsal surface the tarsal joints are coarsely canaliculate along 

 the median line. The claws are well developed and are closely 

 fimbriate beneath. The type of the genus is the following: 



Lecalida pimalis n. sp. — Form elongate, moderately convex, shining, 

 glabrous, the elytra micro-reticulate but almost as shining as the anterior 

 parts, which are pale rufous, the elytra piceous, with rufous reflexed 

 margins; under surface and legs rufous, the abdomen in great part 

 more obscure; head fully three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, with 

 very prominent eyes; surface smooth and impunctate, with a few feeble 

 rugulse subbasally and two or three long plicae antero-laterally ; mandibles 

 short, thick, circularly arcuate externally; labrum arcuato-truncate, flat, 

 one-half wider than long; antennae slender, dark red-brown, two-fifths 

 as long as the body; prothorax a fifth ( 9 ) to sixth (cf ) wider than long, 

 widest before the middle, the sides circularly rounded, becoming broadly 

 sinuate and parallel basally, the angles about right, sharp; margins 

 broadly, strongly and equally reflexed; base barely as wide as the apex, 



