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elongate scales which are ferruginous and white, confusedly mottled 

 over the entire surface of the elytra, white at the sides and base of the 

 pronotum and on the under surface. Beak very small, shorter and 

 narrower than the head, rapidly attenuate; sides straight; alae obsolete; 

 front broadly convex, with a small fovea between the anterior portions 

 of the eyes; the latter convex and prominent, beak broadly declivous at 

 apex; antennae rather short; scape very short, robust, and arcuate, 

 much shorter than the funicle, very gradually enlarged from base to 

 apex; first joint of the funicle rather robust, scarcely as long as the 

 next two together, outer joints slightly enlarged and more densely 

 setose, seventh slightly longer than wide. Prof Tioracc very short, nearly 

 two-thirds wider than long, widest in the middle; sides feebly arcuate, 

 slightly convergent and nearly straight thence to the base; apex dis- 

 tinctly constricted; disk very slightly wider than the head, very 

 slightly impressed in the middle near the base, finely and very densely 

 punctate. Scutellum rather distinct, somewhat pointed. Elytra at 

 the narrowly rounded and rather prominent humeri one-third wider 

 than the prothorax; sides parallel, nearly straight, fully twice as long 

 as wide; acute at apex; disk rather coarsely and feebly striate; striae 

 with rather coarse, feebly impressed, and approximate punctures, each 

 bearing a minute, pale seta; intervals feebly convex, nearly smooth; 

 setae extremely sparse and not distinct. Abdomen convex; first suture 

 broadly, rather feebly emarginate in a circular arc in the middle half; 

 second segment nearly as long as the next two together; third longer 

 than the fourth; rather densely clothed with recumbent squamose pubes- 

 cence and with very long, slender, sparse, erect setae . Anterior and 

 middle tibiae rather strongly sinuate internally near the apex. Cotyloid 

 surfaces of the posterior tibiae very oblique. Length 4.2 mm. 



New Mexico (Fort Win gate 1). 



The single representative of this very distinct and aberrant 

 species I owe to the kindness of Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, who dis- 

 coTered it in the locality above indicated. It is the smallest 

 species known within our faunal limits. 



