368 A Preliminary Monograph of the 



Size very small ; body depressed ; eyes smaller and more finely 

 faceted, the tempora slightly visible behind them but not promi- 

 nent 63 uniformis 



Body very slender and linear ; pronotum with two parallel, approxi- 

 mate and very distinct impressions ; body black, elytra more or 

 less pale. 



Antennae shorter, as long as the head and prothorax 64 filum 



Antennae longer, more slender, distinctly longer than the head and 

 prothorax ; legs pale. 

 Prothorax nearly one-fourth wider than long, and strongly nar- 

 rowed toward base ; pubescence coarse 65 decolorata§ 



Prothorax about one-fifth wider than long, more feebly narrowed 

 toward base ; pubescence shorter and very fine. . . .66 tantillus 



45 T. pudicu«« n. sp. — Rather robust and convex, black through- 

 out ; legs, antennae and palpi piceous-black, tarsi flavate ; pubescence 

 very minute, slender and moderately dense, not conspicuous ; body 

 shining, head and prothorax alutaceous. Head distinctly narrower 

 than the prothorax, fully as long as wide, rather convex, finely reticu- 

 late, minutely and densely punctate ; prominences small, not very pro- 

 nounced ; eyes small, moderately convex, not very coarsely faceted, 

 and but slightly prominent ; antennae short, slightly shorter than the 

 head and prothorax, rather slender, very feebly incrassate ; joints two 

 to four uniformly and very rapidly decreasing in length, fourth scarcely 

 as long as wide, tenth slightly wider than long. Prothorax slightly 

 shorter than the head, one-third wider than long, widest at anterior 

 third, where the sides are rather narrowly, evenly rounded and coarc- 

 tate to the apex, rather strongly convergent and nearly straight toward 

 base ; the latter broadly arcuate, three-fourths as wide as the disk and 

 much narrower than the apex; the latter broadly and very feebly arcu- 

 ate ; apical angles slightly obtuse, but very slightly rounded, basal 

 more broadly so ; disk excessively feebly and indistinctly bi-impressed, 

 broadly convex, minutely, densely granulose, very minutely, scarcely 

 perceptibly and moderately densely punctate, without smooth median 

 line ; surface scarcely visibly tumid in the middle near the basal mar- 

 gin. Elytra slightly wider than long, one-fourth wider and two-fifths 

 longer than the prothorax, very broadly, feebly impressed on the suture 

 near the base, somewhat coarsely, very feebly and densely punctate, 

 shining. Abdomen very slightly narrower than the elytra, parallel; 

 sides feebly arcuate; border moderate ; surface shining, rather coarsely 

 and feebly reticulate, minutely and not very densely punctate. Legs 

 very slender. Length 1.5 mm. 



New Jersey (Cape May 6). 



This very small species may be distinguished by its rather ro- 

 bust form and somewhat transverse unimpressed prothorax. 



