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pubescence very short; antennae (cf ) long and slender, pale, fully as 

 long as the body; prothorax slightly transverse, parallel, with very 

 evenly rounded sides, the feebly granuliform punctures almost 

 wanting broadly toward the middle of the evenly convex prcinotum, 

 the base but barely narrower than the apex; scutellum very densely 

 punctulate and ashy-pubescent; elytra evidently more than twice 

 as long as wide, a fifth wider than the prothorax, the sides very 

 feebly converging from base to the very obtuse apex, the punctures 

 minute and extremely dense, less so at apex and decidedly more dis- 

 tinct and sparser, with the hairs more erect and stiffer, between the 

 anterior band and the base; femora strongly clavate, with the legs 

 rapidly shorter postero-anteriorly. Length (cf) 7-6 mm.; width 

 2.2 mm. California (locality unrecorded). [P. obliquus Csy., 

 Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., VI, p. 26] obliquus Csy. 



Posterior fasciae similarly very oblique; body relatively shorter, broader 

 and more depressed, black, the anterior parts and the elytra before 

 the anterior fascia sometimes ferruginous; head finely, closely 

 punctulate; antennae (cf) slender and filiform, pale to blackish, 

 not quite as long as the body, the joints very much shorter than in 

 obliquus; prothorax shorter than in that species and more narrowed 

 basally, more strongly rounded at the sides, the base much more 

 considerably narrower than the apex, the sculpture nearly similar, 

 rather closely and roughly punctured laterally, broadly subimpunc- 

 tate medially; elytra but little more than twice as long as wide, 

 subparallel and nearly straight at the sides, very obtuse at apex, rela- 

 tively very much broader than in obliquus, being more than a fourth 

 wider than the prothorax, almost similarly though somewhat more 

 densely and less finely sculptured; legs differing but little sexually, 

 the male femora less swollen than in obliquus; abdomen similarly 

 polished and minutely, very sparsely punctulate and setulose. 

 Length (cf, 9) 6.2-7.7 mm.; width 2.0-2.7 mm - California (Sta. 

 Clara Co.), Harford harfordi n. sp. 



Posterior fasciae transverse or nearly so 9 



9 Body slender, the elytra notably impressed suturally behind the 

 scutellum, black or piceous-black, the pronotum more or less, an- 

 terior two-fifths of the elytra and the anterior part of the under sur- 

 face usually the pro- and mesosterna, pale testaceous; pubescence 

 very short, a little longer, more erect and bristling anteriorly as 

 usual; antennae (cf ) pale, very slender, as long as the body, or ( 9 ) 

 three-fourths as long as the body, with the tenth joint two and one- 

 half times as long as wide; prothorax evidently shorter than wide, 

 rounded at the sides, more narrowed basally than apically, sparsely 

 punctate medially, the smooth line broad and subconvex basally; 

 elytra in general nearly as in the preceding but narrower; legs dif- 

 fering sexually much less than in the preceding, the femora moder- 

 ately swollen, much shorter (cf ) and less swollen than in obliquus. 

 Length (cf, 9) 5.3-6.8 mm.; width 1.5-1.9 mm. California (Sta. 

 Cruz Mts.). [P. decussatus Lee., Rept. Expl. and Surv., Ent., XII, 

 1857, p. 60] decussatus Lee. 



Body rather stout, the elytra not or scarcely at all impressed behind the 



