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wider than the prothorax and nearly twice as long, the sides parallel and 

 very feebly arcuate in basal two-thirds, then gradually convergent, the apex 

 rather narrowly rounded; humeral callus small and but slightly prominent; 

 disk deeply, abruptly, moderately coarsely striate, the intervals flat or feebly 

 concave, from one-half to once wider than the grooves, each with a single 

 series of small, not very deep, close-set and uneven punctures. Abdomen 

 strongly but not densely punctate. Prosternum fiat, with a fine transverse 

 impressed line behind the apex, the latter feebly sinuate in the middle; coxae 

 rather large, separated by fully three-fourths of their own width. Length 

 3.5 mm. ; width 1.4 mm. 



Wisconsin. 



This species is not closely allied to any other and appears to form 

 one of the transitions from the species with stout beaks and remote 

 anterior coxae, to those with very slender straight beaks and more 

 narrowly separated coxa3. The unique specimen is a female. 



11 Liuinoftaris secllisa n. sp. — Oval, moderately stout, rather feebly, 

 evenly convex above, shining, piceous, the legs rufous ; vestiture very uneven, 

 consisting, on the pronotum, of large broad and pale scales toward the sides 

 and before the scutellum, the scales becoming narrower and posteriorly oblique 

 anteriorly and toward the middle, elsewhere dark in color, smaller and incon- 

 spicuous ; on the elytra the large pale scales form a short line on the third 

 interval behind the middle, and several small spots along the base, elsewhere 

 narrow, elongate, darker and of different sizes from very minute setae to con- 

 spicuous scales ; on the under surface they are elongate and rather sparse 

 throughout. Head almost completely impunctate but minutely granulato- 

 reticulate, the impression distinct ; beak cylindrical, rather stout toward base, 

 evenly, feebly arcuate, with bristling scales just before the eyes, a little longer 

 than the head and prothorax in the female, but not quite as long as the pro- 

 thorax in the male, rather coarsely, sublinearly punctate ; antennae inserted 

 at the middle in the female or distinctly beyond in the male, the basal joint 

 of the funicle as long as the next three, second but slightly longer than the 

 third, club moderate, the basal joint forming much more than one-half the 

 mass, densely pubescent but gradually more sparsely so and slightly shining 

 toward base. Prothorax nearly as long as wide, the sides parallel and scarcely 

 arcuate to apical third, then broadly rounded and convergent to the apex, 

 which is about one-half as wide as the base ; apical constriction almost obso- 

 lete ; base transverse, broadly bisinuate ; disk with a wide entire and con- 

 spicuous polished impunctate line, the punctures coarse and dense. Scutellum 

 small, glabrous, a little longer than wide. Elytra slightly wider and about 

 one-half longer than the prothorax, evenly hemi-elliptical, the humeral callus 

 feeble ; disk with rather fine, moderately deep, finely, conspicuously and re- 

 motely punctured striae, the intervals flat, fully twice as wide as the grooves, 

 finely, confusedly, very deeply but not densely punctate throughout. Pro- 

 sternum flat, separating the coxae by much more than their own width. 

 Length 2.5-3.2 mm.; width 1.1-1.4 mm. 



Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., VI, Oct. 1892.— 42 



