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geneous in a great many characters — although preserving a cer- 

 tain facies which is unmistakable — its separation from ©yslobus 

 may be premature. 



The use of the terminal spur of the posterior tibiae in the 

 separation of the genera of the Strangaliodes is rather mislead- 

 ing, except when employed in a relative sense, because this spur 

 is generally present in at least a rudimentary state; in the genus 

 before us it appears to lose all significance, as it would evidently 

 be unwarrantable to separate the species with less developed spur 

 from those in which it is more prominent, because of their great 

 similarity in the more important characters and their great 

 variability in others of less moment. 



The humeri of such species as granicollis are dentate when 

 viewed vertically, this appearance being the vertical projection 

 of the obliquely elevated basal margin of the elytra. In grani- 

 collis the second ventral segment is transversely tumid or sub- 

 carinate in the middle throughout its width. I have not ob- 

 served this character in any other species. 



A, g^ranulata n. sp. — Form elongate-ovoidal, slightly widest at 

 posterior third of elytra, convex, blackish-castaneous, finely and very 

 densely granulose throughout the pronotum and elytra, the granules 

 each with a very minute, obsolete n(m-setigerous puncture, the long, 

 rather dense, erect black setae arising from the interspaces, not regu- 

 larly arranged on the elytra ; along the sides of the pronotum the 

 granulations are slightly pale, and along the fl.anks of the elytra there 

 are three or four small spots of whitish tint. Head moderate, hemispheri- 

 cal ; beak distinctly longer and much narrower, broadly, transversely, 

 and very evenly convex, without trace of medial carina, transversely 

 and strongly impressed at base, about one-half longer than wide, 

 dilated at tip, granulations becoming small and more squamiform at 

 the base of the head, very dense throughout ; antennae rather robust; 

 scape scarcely attaining the posterior margin of the eye, feebly clavate, 

 shorter than the funicle ; first joint of the latter much longer than the 

 second, outer joints short, moniliform, seventh slightly longer than the 

 sixth ; club robust, oval, pointed, very feebly annulated. Prothorax 

 nearly one-fourth wider than long ; sides broadly arcuate, nearly even 

 throughout the length ; base and apex truncate, the former distinctly 

 wider ; ocular lobes rather small, but distinct ; disk broadly, evenly 

 convex, narrowly and deeply canaliculate in the middle, from apical 

 to basal fifth. Elytra about two-thirds longer than wide, about one- 

 third wider than the prothorax, broadly emarginateat base; sides very 

 feebly arcuate ; humeri obsolete, very broadly rounded, the sides not at 

 all dentate, but forming an unrounded acute' angle with the emargina- 



