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their own width ; antennae as long as the prothorax, situated at 

 the margin of the eyes, the third joint fully three times as long as 

 wide, a little longer than the second and much longer than the 

 fourth, sixth slightly longer than wide, tenth twice as wide as 

 long, the club compressed as usual. Prothorax four-fifths wider 

 than long ; apex beaded throughout the width, less than one-half 

 as wide as the base, the latter transverse, the scutellar lobe one- 

 fourth of the entire width, feeble and broadly subtruncate ; basal 

 angles right, not rounded ; sides broadly, evenly rounded from 

 base to apex. Scutellum parabolic, nearly as long as wide. Elytra 

 as long as wide, not quite twice as long as the prothorax, a little 

 wider at basal fourth than at base ; sides subparallel, feebly arcu- 

 ate ; apex equal to the base. Post-coxal plates not developed. 

 Legs stout ; posterior tibiae arcuate, the tarsi two-thirds as long as 

 the tibiae, with the first joint as long as the next two and equal to 

 the fifth. Length 3.5 mm. ; width 2.1 mm. 



North Carolina. The epipleurae of the elytra are well defined 

 throughout by the acute lateral edge, and are distinctly inflexed 

 from base to apex. 



SCAPHIDIUM Oliv. 



The emarginate eyes and produced acute basal angles of the pro- 

 thorax readily distinguish this genus from either of the preceding. 

 The double transverse sutures between the middle coxae, and be- 

 tween the mesosternal episternum and metasternum, are remark- 

 ably developed, and the apex of the metasternum appears to be 

 somewhat bilobed. The male is distinguished from the female by 

 a large depressed punctate and pubescent area occupying the me- 

 dian parts of the metasternum. We appear to have but two spe- 

 cies, w^hich may be separated by the following characters: — 



Elytra each with two transverse red spots which extend inward two-thirds 

 the entire width, the spots obsolete in var. jD2ceum....qiiaclrig1lttatllIll 



Elytra each with two small marginal spots of pale flavate, not extending 

 inward more than one-third of the width ; body more elongate ; size some- 

 what larger ; elytra without coarse discal punctures obliteratuin 



These species are evidently allied but appear to be sufficiently 

 distinct. I am unable at present to compare them with the Euro- 

 pean quadrimaculatiim Oliv., but they are probably closely related. 



