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carinas, merely having in a common transverse line near the base, 

 a fovea at each side at the summit of the flank, and three, clearly- 

 defined, toward the middle of the disk, not united by a transverse 

 impression. The elytra overlap and are individually rounded 

 at apex as in Euconnus, but leave exposed a declivous dorsal 

 pygidium of small extent. The prosternum is deeply emarginate 

 before the coxae, and the mesosterum strongly carinate, as in all the 

 other genera of this tribe. The hind coxae are almost completely 

 contiguous. Legs well developed, the femora all extremely 

 clavate, the tibiae thickened and densely pubescent but narrowed 

 at base, the tarsi filiform and slightly compressed, the first four 

 joints of the posterior decreasing very slightly and uniformly in 

 length. The hind coxae extend to the extreme sides of the body, 

 and the met-episterna are not in the least exposed. 



The species may be described as follows : — 



1. ]V. scbmitti n. sp. — Moderately stout, polished, subim punctate; an- 

 terior parts and antennae dark rufo-piceous, the elytra and legs paler, dark 

 rufo-testaceous; pubescence very abundant, coarse, pale in color, bristling 

 densely backward from the occiput, short and not very conspicuous on the 

 prothorax, close-set, even, moderate in length and distinctly recurved on the 

 elytra. Head transversly oval, the base broadly rounded; eyes moderately 

 large, subanterior, somewhat convex, much wider than long and composed of 

 large, well developed and very convex contiguous lenses. Antennie stout, not 

 quite % as long as the body; second joint shorter and very much thinner 

 than the first, only slightly thicker than the following, feebly obconic, much 

 shorter than the next two and % longer than wide; three and four equal, 

 cylindric, just visibly longer than wide; fifth a little wider, quadrate; sixth 

 still a little wider, more obviously beaded at base, slightly wider than long, 

 conic at apex; seventh abruptly % wider, very nearly as long as wide; eight 

 to ten perfectly similar to the seventh, but just visibly wider and successively 

 slightely more transverse; joints seven to ten strongly conic at apex; outer 

 five transversely truncate and strongly beaded at base; eleventh slightly 

 thicker, ogival but not oblique at tip, not quite as long as the two preceding. 

 Prothorax rather large, nearly as long as wide, ^ wider than the head^ 

 rounded at the sides anteriorly, broadly constricted toward base, nar- 

 rowed toward apex, the latter truncate and % as wide as the base. Elytra 

 elongate-oval, nearly % longer than wide, almost 2^^ times longer than the 

 prothorax and barely % wider, broadly, evenly arcuate at the sides, rather 

 obtuse at apex; humeral plica rather long, the subhumeral impression large 

 and conspicuous, gradually evanescent; fovese distinct, not very approximate, 

 the inner the stronger; subsutural impressions rather strong, the suture feebly 

 elevated but not definitely beaded toward base. Abdomen very densely pubes- 

 cent, dark brown, the last two segments pale. Length 2. 1 mm. ; width 

 0.78 mm. 



