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very feeble and the sutural notch broad; disk rather finely striate, 

 the intervals rather finely, moderately densely punctured. Proster- 

 nurn rather deeply but very narrowly sulcate, the coxae large, pro- 

 minent, separated by scarcely more than one-fourth of their own 

 width. Length 3.2 mm. ; width 1.3 mm. 



Texas (Columbus). Cab. LeConte. The unique type is the only 

 specimen which I have seen ; it is a female. This species is allied 

 to albescens, in spite of the great dissimilarity in form of the body ; 

 the arrangement of the vestiture beneath is almost identical, but 

 lutescens does not possess the denuded subapical spot of the elytra, 

 is much more coarsely punctate, and differs in so many characters 

 that there cannot, I think, be the least doubt of its distinctness. 



7 BarinilS Clirticollis n. sp. — Rather narrowly oblong-oval, some- 

 what convex, polished, black, the legs dark rufo-piceous ; vestiture yellowish, 

 consisting, on the pronotum, of dense elongate-oval scales in lateral third, on 

 the elytra of nearly similar scales almost uniformly but not very densely dis- 

 tributed throughout, becoming finer and still sparser on the flanks, very sparse 

 throughout beneath, except on the met-episterna, where they are much denser, 

 also denser at the sides of the last three ventral segments. Head dull, finely, 

 sparsely punctate, the impression distinct ; beak short, thick, very strongly 

 arcuate, not as long as the prothorax, coarsely but sparsely punctate, some- 

 what squamulose above the eyes ; antennae slender, the basal joint of the funi- 

 cle not quite as long as the remainder, club moderate. Prothorax short, two- 

 fifths wider than long, the sides parallel and straight to apical third, then 

 gradually rounded convergent and nearly straight to the apex, which is three- 

 fifths as wide as the base, the latter transverse, the median lobe broad and 

 feeble; disk coarsely, rather sparsely punctate, the punctures round, deep, 

 perforate and isolated, with a narrow and irregular impunctate line. Scutel- 

 lum small, oval, tumid and glabrous. Elytra slightly wider than the prothorax 

 and nearly two and one-half times as long, elongate hemi-elliptical, obtusely 

 rounded at apex, the humeri not laterally prominent ; disk deeply striate, the 

 intervals flat, from two to three times as wide as the grooves, coarsely, con- 

 fusedly but not very densely punctate. Abdomen finely, remotely punctate, 

 the basal segment coarsely and much more closely so. Anterior coxae sepa- 

 rated by about one-half of their own width. Length 2.7-3.0 mm. ; width 

 1.0-1.2 mm. 



Missouri ; Louisiana. 



The description is drawn from the male, the abdomen having a 

 small deep elongate-oval impression near the base. This species is 

 allied to lutescens, but differs in its shorter prothorax, narrower 

 form, more slender, much sparser scales of the elytra and more 

 widely separated anterior coxae. 



