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et arcuatis. Corpus breviter ovatum, parum fornicatum, nitidum, 
glabrum. 
This group seems to be confined to North America. 
Typus : Attel. analis, Illig. ; Sch. 
Congen.: Attel. similis,* -Kirby. 
Sect. III. Synolabus, Jekel. 
Caput cum rostro paulo brevius quam in Sect. I. Antennae ut iu 
ilia. Thorax et elytra ut in Sect. II., his tantum magis posterius decli- 
vibus. Pedes ut in ilia, sed femoribus anticis subtus uni-dentatis. Coxae 
ut in ilia. Corpus breviter ovatum, non fornicatum, nitidum, glabrum. 
This group is like the preceding, until now limited to North 
America. 
Typus : Attel. bipustulatus, Fahr. 
Congen. : Attel. nigripes, Say ; Sch. 
Attel. scutellaris, Say. (P) 
I have seen one or two other North American species, belonging, as 
far as I can recollect, to this limited group. 
* Against the opinion of the American entomologists, I regard the 
Kirbyian species as a very distinct one. As such are recorded speci¬ 
mens collected by the late Edward Doubleday, showing the following 
important differences: —Generally smaller, shorter and flatter than 
Attel. analis ; the red-coloured parts of the body are of a subsangui- 
neous hue (light castaneo-rufous in Attel. analis) ; the interstices of the 
elytra are thinly transversely strigose (a character omitted by Kirby, who 
may have seen them smooth), and, in consequence, less glossy than the 
thorax, whilst they are really as smooth and glossy as that organ is in 
Attel. analis. 
