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and more transverse, nearly I3 wider than long; seventh nearly }{ wider than 

 the sixth, ^ wider than long, conic in apical half; eighth fully % wider than 

 the preceding, conic in apical third, }4 wider than long; ninth and tenth very 

 slightly wider, about }4 wider than long; eleventh scarcely stouter, oval, 

 ogival at tip, not as long as the two preceding. Proihorax not quite as long 

 as wide, nearly ^5 wider than the head, broadly rounded at the sides an- 

 teriorly, slightly narrowed toward base; surface near the base with two large 

 median fovese and a small fovea at each side, also with a small pit at the basal 

 margin behind the lateral fovea and disconnected; transverse impression al- 

 most completely obsolete. Elytra oval, rather feebly narrowed at base, 3^ 

 longer than wide, distinctly more than twice as long as the prothorax and 

 nearly % wider, widest but slightly before the middle, the sides broadly and 

 almost evenly arcuate; humeral plica and impression small and feeble; fovese 

 small, deep and approximate ; subsutural impressions very feeble, the suture 

 beaded only very near the base, and feebly, the bead expanding at base. 

 Femora subequally and rather feebly clavate. Length 1.3 mm.; width 

 0.45 mm. 



New York (Hudson Yalley). Mr. H. H. Smith. 



There are no means of clirectl}^ determining the sex of the 

 unique type, the external characters in the present subgenus be- 

 ing extremely feeble, but, from analogy with affinis in the pubes- 

 cence of the elytra, it is a female. The species may be readily 

 known from any of those which precede by its black color, with 

 pale legs and antennae, and it may also be distinguished by the 

 punctate elytra. 



9. E. afflnis n. sp. — Narrowly suboval and moderately ventricose, pol- 

 ished, the elytra sparsely punctulate, black throughout above, the last two 

 ventral segments paler ; legs and antennae pale rufo-testaceous ; pubescence 

 abundant, pale, bristling backward at the sides of the head and occiput and 

 outward on the pronotum, closely recurved and rather short on the elytra, 

 where it is finer, shorter and still denser toward the suture posteriorly, the 

 hairs near the suture inclined obliquely theretoward, sparsely intermixed 

 throughout with short erect setse. Head well developed, distinctly wider than 

 long, subcircular in outline behind the eyes, which are moderate in size, an- 

 terior and somewhat prominent ; antennal prominences small and feeble ; 

 clypeus simple, rectilinear ly truncate. Antennse as long as the head and pro- 

 thorax, the club stout and very abrupt ; second joirrt obconic, }4 longer than 

 wide, as long and nearly as wide as the first, equal in length to the next two 

 and slightly thicker ; three to six equal in width, cylindric ; third as long as 

 wide ; fourth and fifth a little shorter ; sixth distinctly wider than long ; 

 seventh 34 wider, oval, nearly fg wider than long ; eighth % wider than the 

 seventh, suboval, slightly wider than long ; ninth and tenth very slightly 

 wider, % and % wider than long respectively ; eleventh scarcely thicker, not 

 quite as long as the two preceding, ogival at tip. Prothorax fully as long as 

 wide and only very slightly wider than the head, rounded at the sides ante- 



