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striction, the apex half as wide as the base, which is broadly bisinuate, 

 the lobe small and narrowly rounded; punctures deep and moderately 

 coarse, very close-set, denser laterally, the median smooth line visible 

 centrally; scutellum slightly transverse, rounded, impressed centrally 

 but not apically; elytra scarcely more than a fourth longer than wide, 

 not wider than the prothorax, except at the rather prominent humeri, 

 and about one-half longer; grooves nearly smooth and not coarse, the 

 intervals three or four times as wide as the grooves and with feeble 

 punctures, moderately close in single series and usually having a notably 

 transversely lineate character; vestiture indistinct, the cluster at the 

 base of the third interval small; under surface closely, rather coarsely 

 punctate, the legs slender. Length (9) 3-0 mm.; width 1.45 mm. 

 California (locality unrecorded). 



May be placed near pusilla Lee, but larger, stouter and more 

 strongly and closely sculptured, the interstitial punctures much 

 more transverse than in any other. 



Avilobaris amplexa n. sp. — Stout, oval, convex, dark piceous, the 

 elytra and legs rufous; surface strongly shining; beak in the female 

 arcuate, not very slender, as long as the head and prothorax and finely, 

 not densely punctate; prothorax two-fifths wider than long, the sides 

 arcuate and rather strongly converging from base to the apical tubulation, 

 which is half as wide as the very feebly bisinuate base, the lobe moderately 

 conspicuous and rounded; punctures rather small but deep, distinctly 

 separated, gradually a little stronger and dense laterad, the smooth line 

 subobsolete; scutellum with numerous punctures, slightly transverse, 

 angulate behind; elytra not a fourth longer than wide, slightly wider 

 than the prothorax and four-sevenths longer, obtusely ovoidal in form, 

 the humeral callus moderate; grooves and intervals nearly as in the 

 preceding, the former somewhat coarser; interstitial punctures small, 

 feeble, moderately separated and in subeven single series, more confused 

 basally, not evidently transverse in form; under surface rather coarsely 

 and closely punctate, the legs somewhat slender. Length (9 ) 3-65 mm.; 

 width 1.65 mm. Indiana (near Evansville). 



Related to scolopax but relatively broader or decidedly less 

 elongate, also with finer thoracic as well as interstitial punctures 

 and less abbreviated scutellum; the beak is more finely and less 

 rugosely punctate. 



Aulobaris misera n. sp. — Much smaller, rather stout, rufo-ferruginous 

 throughout, except the under surface, which is blackish; beak shorter, 

 feebly arcuate, not very slender, shorter than the head and prothorax in 

 both sexes, slightly shorter and stouter and with more rugose sculpture 

 (cT), or more slender, with fine punctulation ( 9 ) ; prothorax shorter than 

 usual, a third to nearly half wider than long, the sides strongly con- 

 verging and arcuate from the base to the constriction, which is feeble, 

 the apex fully half as wide as the base, sometimes rather more; punctures 



