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completely deprived of spots except the two discal ones of the pro- 

 notum, which are reduced to minute points. The basal spots of 

 the elytra are more elongate here than in terminata, and are always 

 broadly coalescent, while in the latter they are frequently separated, 

 the outer one occasionally disappearing. 



NEGALIUS n. gen. 



Body strongly cuneiform and convex, the wings apparently not quite as 

 long as the elytra, the inflexed sides of the latter narrow, exposing the side- 

 pieces of the sterna. Head even, nearly flat anteriorly, the antennae arising 

 just hefore and within the eyes and but moderately distant at base, short, 

 filiform, compressed, the joints compactly joined and nearly parallel-sided ; 

 eyes moderate, oval, feebly emarginate at the middle anteriorly ; mandibles 

 small, stout, almost rectangularly bent in the middle, the apical portion 

 polished and longitudinally trisulcate, the apex broadly subtruncate and ser- 

 rate, the teeth being four or five in number ; maxillary palpi moderate, rather 

 slender, the last joint subparallel and truncate ; epistoma transverse, trun- 

 cate at apex, the suture very fine, not noticeably impressed ; labrum short, 

 transverse, subtruncate at apex, the angles rounded. Metasternum moder- 

 ately long, the middle coxae not extending to the posterior margin. Legs 

 rather long and slender ; tibial spurs all very slender, those of the anterior 

 and intermediate very unequal, the longer nearly twice as long as the shorter, 

 the posterior but slightly unequal in length ; tarsi shorter than the tibiae, the 

 claws slender, feebly arcuate, with a small very slender acute oblique tooth 

 near the base. 



This genus belongs near Phodaga and has the basal joint of the 

 anterior tarsi similarly modified in the male, but differs in its long 

 tibiae, unmodified in the male, correspondingly short tarsi, man- 

 dibular structure and toothed claws, the latter being rather cleft 

 than toothed in Phodaga. The single species is altogether different 

 in general habitus from Phodaga alticeps. 



IV. marmoratus n. sp. — Rather short and convex, strongly cuneiform, 

 black throughout; integuments dull, the pubescence cinereous, minute and 

 appressed, sparse on the head and pronotum, but forming small uneven 

 sparsely placed spots on the elytra, these pubescent areas being feebly 

 depressed or eroded. Head subquadrate, feebly, evenly convex, sparsely, 

 extremely minutely punctate, the punctures being entirely filled by the 

 hairs ; occiput evenly arcuate viewed posteriorly ; antennse one-third longer 

 than the head, in structure nearly as in Phodaga alticeps, but not attenuate 

 toward apex. Prothorax subrectangular, slightly wider than long and a little 

 narrower than the head, broadly tumid posteriorly ; sides parallel, broadly 

 rounded at apex ; disk finely canaliculate along the middle, finely, very feebly 

 and sparsely punctate. Scutellum triangular, polished. Elytra at base about 



