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Body smaller and more narrowly rhomboid-oval, rather shining, bright 

 rufous, the head and beak blackish; squamules above yellowish, 

 minute, slender, sparse and very inconspicuous, the broad whiter 

 scales beneath very narrowly separated; beak in the male a little 

 longer than the head and prothorax, nearly straight, abruptly bent 

 at base and vertically thicker at the middle than between this and 

 the basal arcuation, this being the usual structure; antennae inserted 

 at apical third, the tooth of the club prominent, obtuse, the last 

 funicular joint transverse, pointed within; prothorax much less 

 transverse than in the two preceding, a third wider than long, the 

 sides converging and barely visibly arcuate, rounding at apex; 

 punctures very moderate in size, rather dense throughout, the median 

 smooth line indistinct; elytra with prominent humeri, the oblique 

 sides only feebly arcuate, the apex obtuse, not quite a fourth longer 

 than wide and not twice as long as the prothorax, the grooves coarse, 

 deep, punctate; intervals one or two times as wide as the grooves, 

 confusedly and coarsely punctate. Length (d^) 3.5 mm.; width 

 1.6 mm. New York semiruber n. sp. 



6 — Prothorax very short and transverse, three-fifths wider than long. 

 Body and legs deep black throughout, the squamules of the upper 

 surface small, whitish and not conspicuous on the elytra, white, 

 oval and dense beneath; beak in the female shining, coarsely, 

 sparsely punctate, three-fourths as long as the elytra, abruptly bent 

 at base, the antennae inserted near two-thirds, the club rather large, 

 elongate-oval; prothorax with the converging sides broadly, sub- 

 evenly arcuate; surface impressed slightly near the apex; punctures 

 not very coarse, deep, close but not quite in contact, the median 

 line narrow and irregular though subentire; elytra relatively longer 

 than usual, with very prominent but obtuse humeri, moderately 

 oblique sides and rather broadly obtuse apex, much more than twice 

 as long as the prothorax; grooves rather coarse, deep, punctured; 

 intervals subequal, nearly twice as wide as the grooves, the punctures 

 moderately coarse and confused. Length (9) 3-8 mm.; width 1.9 

 mm. A single example received from a foreign dealer, with the 

 locality "Columbia" and with a MS name by an undicipherable 

 author advena n. sp. 



Prothorax much less transverse, the elytra relatively normal in length.. .7 



7 — Legs throughout somewhat obscure rufous. Body larger than in any 

 other of this section, stout, subrhomboid-oval, scarcely shining, 

 brownish-black; beak in the female straight or very nearly so, 

 abruptly bent at base, barely at all shorter than the elytra, the 

 antennae inserted at three-fifths, the club normal, oval; prothorax 

 not quite one-half wider than long, the sides subevenly arcuate, 

 becoming more parallel at base; punctures decidedly coarse, deep, 

 close but not in actual contact, the smooth line distinct but not 

 entire; elytra short, parabolic, with prominent humeri, evidently 

 not twice as long as the prothorax; grooves coarse, deep and abrupt, 

 the intervals subequal, twice as wide as the grooves to evidently 

 less, coarsely and confusedly punctate, the squamules small and 

 slender, sparse, pale but not at all conspicuous. Length (9) 4-2- 



