TENEBRIONID^E 87 



sparsely punctate, the side margins minutely granulose; abdomen 

 convex, paler in color, strongly but sparsely punctate. Length 

 12. o mm.; width 5.7 mm. Kansas. [Asida anastomosis Say]. 



anastomosis Say 



A Nearly similar but shorter and with the hind body relatively a 

 little more inflated, the first costa feebler and frequently in great 

 part almost obsolete, the elongate cell, formed between the second 

 costa and the short costa near the posterior part of the surface 

 between the second costa and side margin, very much less oblique 

 in direction than in anastomosis, the sides more rapidly rounding 

 inwardly behind and the humeral angles more exposed and slightly 

 prominent; prothorax nearly similar but widest at the middle and 

 with the apical as well as the basal angles more acute and slightly 

 more prominent; antennae slightly more slender. Length 11.4- 

 II. 6 mm.; width 5.75-5.8 mm. Texas (El Paso), Dunn. 



salebrosa n. subsp. 



Body smaller, relatively shorter, rather convex, black, the pale hairs 

 longer but less numerous; head sparsely punctured, the long hairs 

 becoming short anteriorly; antennae rather stouter than in anasto- 

 mosis; palpi moderate, the last joint recti-triangular and but little 

 longer than wide as usual; prothorax a third wider than long, formed 

 nearly as in salebrosa but with the side margins more thickened, the 

 punctures sparser and more irregular and with the impunctate areas 

 larger and irregular, the median line broader toward base; elytra 

 nearly as in salebrosa but barely one-half longer than wide and with 

 the humeri not prominent, the base equal in width to the thoracic 

 base, the ridges similar but more elevated, the shining depressions 

 more coarsely punctured, especially toward the suture, and with 

 the sparse granules more evident; side margins more evidently 

 thickened and granulose. Length 10.0 mm.; width 4.7 mm. Mex- 

 ico (Chihuahua near the city), H. F. Wickham. 



*breviuscula n. sp. 



4 Form rather slender, stouter in the female, very dark brown or 

 piceous in color, the hairs unusually short and coarse, strongly 

 recurved and subdecumbent; head feebly impressed, finely, sparsely 

 punctate, more strongly and closely on the occiput, the antennae 

 moderate; prothorax decidedly shorter than in anastomosis, two- 

 fifths wider than long, widest at the middle, the apical sinus shal- 

 lower and the transverse base becoming posteriorly oblique near the 

 angles, which are right to slightly acute; sides subevenly and rather 

 broadly rounded, less sinuate basally than in anastomosis, the margins 

 more thickened; surface strongly, rather sparsely and unevenly 

 punctate, the median line not so well defined, moderately subre- 

 flexed laterally; elytra oval, widest slightly behind the middle, 

 otherwise nearly as in anastomosis but more coarsely punctate and 

 with the ridges more pronounced and not so densely punctate or 

 pubescent. Length (cf, 9) 11.4-13.0 mm.; width 5.3-5.9 mm. 



Arizona (Globe) exoleta n. sp. 



Form still more slender than either of the preceding and with the apical 



