North American Species of Trogopliloeus. 377 



punctate line. Elytra subquadrate, two-fifths wider and nearly one- 

 half longer than the prothorax, feebly impressed near the suture 

 toward base; disk rather convex, very finely, densely punctate; 

 punctures separated by fully their own widths, with the inter- 

 spaces polished. Abdomen slightly narrower than the elytra, parallel; 

 sides feebly arcuate; border rather thick and shallow ; surface very 

 minutely, densely punctate. Legs slender. Length 2.1 mm. 



New Jersey (Cape May; Atlantic City 2). 

 Distinguished by its very fine, dense punctures and very 

 dense, cinereous pubescence. 



58 T. inqui§itus n. sp.— Moderately robust, feebly convex, the 

 elytra somewhat depressed, piceous; legs and antennae flavate, pubes- 

 cence very fine, short, not very dense; integuments feebly shining. 

 Head slightly narrower than the prothorax, very feebly convex, mi- 

 nutely and extremely densely punctate; prominences moderate, rather 

 strong; antennas short, rather slender, shorter than the head and pro- 

 thorax, very feebly incrassate; joints two to four very rapidly decreas- 

 ing in length, the former slender, as long as the next two together, and 

 more than three times as loDg as the fourth, which is slightly wider than 

 long, tenth decidedly transverse; eyes rather large, convex, and promi- 

 nent, very coarsely faceted. Prothorax one-fifth wider than long, 

 widest in the middle, where the sides are rounded and very obtusely 

 subangulate, thence excessively feebly convergent, almost parallel and 

 feebly arcuate to the apex, and rather feebly convergent and nearly 

 straight to the base, which is broadly arcuate, nearly five-sixths as wide 

 as the disk and but slightly narrower than the apex; the latter trans- 

 versely subtruncate; apical angles very narrowly rounded, basal more 

 broadly so; disk broadly, evenly convex, not impressed, minutely, very 

 densely punctate, with a narrow, feeble, impunctate median Line from 

 before the middle nearly to the base, which is not at all tumid. Elytra 

 very slightly wider than long, slightly more than one-fourth wider and 

 about one-third longer than the prothorax, rather broadly conjointly 

 impressed along the suture, finely, densely punctate; punctures slightly 

 larger than those of the pronotum and separated by fully twice their 

 own diameters. Ahdomen parallel, distinctly narrower than the elytra 

 sides very feebly arcuate ; border moderate but rather deep; surface 

 coarsely and rather strongly reticulate, minutely and somewhat densely 

 punctate. Legs slightly robust. Length 2.0 mm. 



Texas (Galveston 1). 



May be known from its allies which follow by its pale legs 

 and antenna?-, finer elytral punctuation, and shape of the pro- 

 thorax, which is unusually wide at base. 



ANNALS N. Y. ACAD. OF SCI., iv. Issued MaTch, 1889. 



