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middle of the first segment. Length (cf ) 2.35 mm.; width 0.8 mm. 

 New York confinis Lee. 



Body nearly similar to that of confinis but with the beak in the male 

 not so short, being as long as the prothorax, with the antennae at 

 four-sevenths; prothorax nearly similar, but with the sides less 

 converging and more strongly, subevenly arcuate to the apex, which 

 is more briefly and less sharply tubulate; elytra longer, one-half 

 longer than wide, only a fifth wider than the prothorax and more than 

 two and one-half times as long, more gradually and narrowly round- 

 ing behind; striae almost similar but relatively coarser at base; 

 interstitial series composed of very minute, distant and feeble 

 punctures, even less distinct than in confinis. Length (cT) 2.35 mm.; 

 width 0.78 mm. Iowa civica n. sp. 



Body more narrowly elongate-oval, deep black and shining throughout; 

 beak in the male feebly, evenly arcuate but more so than in confinis, 

 equal in length to the prothorax, the antennae at four-sevenths, the 

 sculpture strong but loose; prothorax smaller, a sixth wider than 

 long, the sides less converging, parallel basally, evenly and rather 

 strongly arcuate throughout, the apex only very feebly and briefly 

 constricted and almost two-thirds as wide as the base; punctures 

 much deeper, coarser and separated by scarcely more than their own 

 diameters, the smooth line indistinct; elytra narrower and longer, 

 three-fifths longer than wide, nearly a fourth wider than the pro- 

 thorax and two and three-fourths times as long; sides just visibly, 

 converging, evenly and moderately arcuate throughout to the rather 

 rapidly rounding apex; striae moderate; intervals fully three times 

 as wide as the grooves, each with a single series of extremely minute 

 though observable, widely spaced punctures. Length (cf) 2.25 

 mm.; width 0.75 mm. Virginia (locality unrecorded). 



micans n. sp. 



32 — Elytral striae remotely, moderately punctate and crenulate. Body 

 oblong, rrtoderately convex, alutaceous and deep black throughout; 

 squamules above white, rather sparse but broader than usual and 

 very distinct, forming a single line on each strial interval; beneath 

 closer and more conspicuous than usual and rather dense on the 

 met-episterna; beak in the female roughly sculptured, slender, 

 feebly arcuate and as long as the prothorax, the antennae medial, 

 short, the club longer and thicker than in preceding types, as long 

 as the five preceding joints; prothorax a fifth wider than long, the 

 sides parallel, gently rounding in about apical half, the apex tubu- 

 late and three-fifths as wide as the base; punctures sparse, distinct, 

 the smooth median line not well defined; elytra oblong, with sub- 

 parallel arcuate sides and obtuse apex, just visibly wider than the 

 prothorax and barely twice as long; striae not coarse; intervals 

 three times as wide as the striae, with single series of fine and well 

 spaced punctures; prosternum with two small foveae arranged 

 transversely at apex. Length (9) 2.2 mm.; width 0.75 mm. 

 Texas (Columbus) benigna n. sp. 



Elytral striae with the punctures widely separated, not crenulating the 

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