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ing through three-fifths of the prothorax, the club large, attenuately oval, 

 with the second joint only two-thirds as long as the first, or (9) very 

 much smaller, extending only through about two-fifths, the club much 

 smaller and its joints slightly less unequal; prothorax twice as wide 

 as long (9), or shorter and with more arcuate sides (cf), the basal 

 lobe truncate; punctures fine and widely separated; elytra oblong, wider 

 than the prothorax, parallel, with feebly arcuate sides and rapidly very 

 obtuse apex, rapidly narrowed before the somewhat prominent humeral 

 swellings; punctures rather strong but well separated; under surface 

 closely and strongly punctured throughout. Length (4 cf , 3 9 ) 2.2-2.5 

 mm.; width 1.2-1.5 mm. New Mexico (Jemez Springs), Woodgate. 



The outline in this species is more oblong and parallel than in 

 apicale, before which it should stand, the very indefinite discal 

 condensation of cinereous hairs on the elytra approaching the con- 

 dition of entire absence of anything but the subapical condensation 

 characterizing apicale. 



E'ytra with uniform pubescence. 



Cryptorhopalum grisescens n. sp. Oblong-oval, moderately convex 

 and shining, black, the elytra nubilously rufescent except toward base 

 and the suture basally; pubescence throughout not very long or close but 

 pale luteous-gray in color, shorter and slightly closer on the under surface; 

 head small, somewhat less so in the male, not coarsely but closely punc- 

 tate, sparsely basally, the ocellus dark and small but prominent; antennae 

 ferruginous, sometimes clouded in part, the club (cf ) extending fully to 

 basal third of the prothorax and oval, the second joint barely three-fifths 

 as long as the first, the suture rather impressed, or (9 ) much smaller, 

 not extending quite to the middle, the joints less unequal though still 

 with the second notably smaller than the first; prothorax scarcely twice as 

 wide as long in either sex, the sides more converging but only slightly less 

 arcuate in the female ; basal lobe truncate (cf ) , or more arcuate at tip ( 9 ) ; 

 punctures very fine, sparse; elytra at the moderately prominent humeral 

 swellings wider than the prothorax, about a third longer than wide, shorter 

 in the male, the sides from the humeri to the rapidly and very broadly 

 rounded apex only very slightly arcuate; punctures decidedly coarse and 

 close-set, especially in the male, slightly irregular in form and sometimes 

 triangular; under surface shining, though strongly and closely punctate; 

 legs ferrug nous, the femora sometimes blackish basally. Length (cf 9 ) 

 2.3-2.45 mm.; width 1.3-1.4 mm. Arizona (Tugson), Tucker. Two 

 examples. 



This species does not appear to be closely allied to any other and, 

 because of its paler and more ashy, sparse and even vestiture, may 

 lead the division having the elytra uniformly pubescent. 



Cryptorhopalum uteanum n. sp. Male oblong, parallel, not very ob- 

 tusely rounded behind, black, somewhat shining, the elytra frequently 



