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ulato-reticulate ; elytra feebly shining, indistinctly punctate, feebly pubes- 

 cent ; abdomen polished, strongly, closely punctate toward base, very minutely 

 and remotely so toward tip, the pubescence longer, sparse but distinct. Head 

 transverse, very nearly as wide as the prothorax, the eyes small, at more 

 than their length from the base ; antennae feebly incrassate, rather longer 

 than the prothorax and elytra, the outer joints but slightly wider than long. 

 Prothorax large, one-fourth wider than long, widest and rather strongly rounded 

 at apical third, the sides strongly and distinctl}^ sinuate in more than basal 

 half; base broadly arcuate, rather narrower than the apex; basal angles 

 obtuse, scarcely at all blunt ; disk broadly convex, even, with a very feebly 

 impressed line along the middle. Elytra slightly wider than long, equal iu 

 width to the prothorax and but very slightly longer ; sides parallel ; humeri 

 slightly exposed at base. Abdomen fully two-thirds longer than the anterior 

 parts, perfectly parallel, about as wide as the elytra. Posterior tarsi about 

 two-thirds as long as the tibi«. Length 2.4 mm. ; width 0.5 mm. • 



New York. 



Evidently allied to the preceding, but distinguishable very readily 

 by the slender and more parallel form, longer abdomen, more shining 

 elytra, longer and more slender antennae, smaller eyes and several 

 other structural features. 



ASTHEl^ESITA n. gen. 



Body minute, parallel, not very narrow, somewhat convex. Head 

 long, ovo-conoidal, convex, the eyes very small, at some distance 

 from the mandibles and antennae, and at fully twice their own 

 length from the base; labrum rather elongate, rounded; infra- 

 lateral carina very feeble, subobsolete. Antenna? long, evenly and 

 gradually incrassate, the second joint nearly as long as the next 

 two ; third strongly obconical ; four to ten equal in length, trans- 

 verse, gradually wider, the tenth more than twice as wide as long ; 

 eleventh ovoidal, as long as the preceding two. Mentum trape- 

 zoidal, truncate. Ligula with a slender terminal process which is 

 distinctly bifid at apex ; labial palpi three-jointed. Maxillary palpi 

 normal, the third joint much longer than the second, the fourth very 

 minute, oblique. Prothorax narrowed and sinuate toward base, 

 nearly as in Leptusa. Elytra well developed, broadly emarginate 

 at apex, the suture not distinctly beaded. Abdomen very feebly 

 narrowed toward base, the first three segments deeply impressed 

 at base; fifth very much shorter than the fourth, the latter not at 

 all impressed. Middle coxae and sterna as in Leptusa. Metasternal 

 side-pieces narrow, parallel. Legs short ; tarsi stout, 4-4-5-jointed, 



