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sions above the antennae small and feeble; ocellus well developed, pallid; 

 antennae of the usual structure, pale, the club black; prothorax distinctly 

 less than twice as wide as long, the sides strongly converging and evenly 

 arcuate from base to apex; basal lobe rather narrow, strong and rapidly 

 formed; surface slightly deplanate at base between the lobe and the sides, 

 strongly, rather closely punctate and evenly clothed with somewhat long 

 fusco-fulvous hairs; scutellum acutely triangular, obscurely pubescent; 

 elytra nearly two-thirds longer than wide, as wide as the prothorax and 

 nearly three times as long, gradually parabolic posteriorly; punctures not 

 coarse but deep and conspicuous, widely separated, the sparse vestiture 

 like that of the pronotum; legs slender, short as usual, with the tarsi 

 rather long and very slender. Length (9) 4.0-4.2 mm.; width 1.9-2.0 

 mm. Indiana. 



The two female types of this species are exactly alike and were 

 received from the Levette collection as having been taken in In- 

 diana, but they represent a species quite different from any other 

 known to me at present. 



Attagenus nigripes n. sp. Oblong, convex, moderately slender and 

 shining, very deep black throughout, the legs black, with piceous tarsi; 

 pubescence above even, not dense, blackish in color and inconspicuous; 

 on the under surface it becomes longer, coarser, rather dense, gray in 

 color and conspicuous; head (cf ) rather small, barely two-fifths as wide 

 as the prothorax, densely punctate, not impressed apically, the ocellus 

 small; antennae short, deep black throughout, the last joint long, rather 

 compressed and velvety-black in the male; prothorax short, more than 

 twice as wide as long, the sides strongly converging and evenly arcuate 

 from base to apex, the basal lobe very moderate; flattening of the base at 

 each side very feeble; surface not coarsely but deeply, closely and con- 

 spicuously punctate; scutellum as usual; elytra two-fifths to one-half 

 longer than wide, as wide as the prothorax and more than three times as 

 long, parallel, broadly rounded in about apical third; punctures rather 

 fine but deep, well separated; epipleura flat, closely punctured, disap- 

 pearing as usual behind the middle. Length (cf 9 ) 3.2-3.75 mm.; 

 width 1. 6-1. 8 mm. California (Milpitas, Sta. Clara Co., R. J. Smith; 

 Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras Co., Blaisdell). Three examples. 



This species is not closely allied to any other, the dense bristling 

 gray pubescence of the under surface, intensely black color through- 

 out and the obscure vestiture of the upper surface, giving it a pe- 

 culiarity of habitus which can be recognized readily. 



Attagenus sparsus n. sp. Outline oblong-oval, rather stout and some- 

 what less convex than usual, polished, pale brownish-testaceous through- 

 out, more blackish beneath, the legs very pale; pubescence beneath fus- 

 cous, rather sparse and not concealing the somewhat loosely punctate 

 integument; hairs throughout the upper surface very long, erect, blackish 

 and bristling though sparse; head (c?) two-fifths as wide as the prothorax, 



