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entirely corneous, broadly rounded at apex, the disk abruptly, strongly, 

 transversely impressed and thinned in apical third ; antennae filiform. 



Head completely devoid of any trace of ocelli ; body small Tellica 



Head with two distinct and widely distant ocelli ; body large Tilea 



It is not possible to state at present whether the rather numerous 

 European species of Lesteva display notable variation in tarsal 

 structure, but certainly our pallipes and cribratulus are not at all 

 conformable with pubescens and longelytrata which I have under 

 observation, since both differ radically in tarsal structure, and cribra- 

 tulus also in its much longer elytra, subclavate antennae and nar- 

 rower, more convex form of the body. 



PSEUDOLESTETA n. gen. 



The three forms described by LeConte have been combined to 

 form the single species pallipes. My material is not sufficiently 

 extensive to enable me to pronounce any opinion of value, but, 

 although extremely similar in form, it is possible that pallipes and 

 higuttula {^ picesceyis) may really be distinct, at least the two 

 oblique spots of the latter seem to be very constant and character- 

 istic; the true pallipes is entirely black with the legs pale flavate. 

 Pseudolesteva is limited to the Atlantic regions of the continent. 



TETALES n. gen. 



A single species, remarkably distinct from Ps. pallipes in general 

 habitus, forms the type of this genus, which is also confined as far 

 as known to the Atlantic faunal regions. These two genera of the 

 Atlantic slope are much more closely allied to the true Lesteva than 

 those of the Pacific fauna, and the latter are furthermore remarkable 

 as a group in having the pronotum deeply impressed at the sides. 



T. cribratulus n. sp. — Pale and uniform brownish-testaceous through- 

 out, the legs slightly paler ; surface rather shining ; pubescence uniform, 

 moderate in length, not dense. Head much wider than long, distinctly nar- 

 rower than the prothorax and about as wide as an elytron, finely densely and 

 distinctly punctate, indefinitely biimpressed, transversely impressed between 

 the antennae, the epistomal suture visible near the sides ; ocelli distinct, just 

 behind the line of the posterior limit of the eyes, distant by one third of the 

 total width ; eyes well developed, setose ; tempora less than one-half as long ; 

 antennae very slender, one-half as long as the body, second joint rather longer 

 than the third, fifth nearly three times as long as wide, eighth shorter than 

 the seventh or ninth. Prothorax oue-fourlh wider than long, the sides evenly 



