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October, 1903, in pine, from A. L- Herrera, under his number 
872. 
This species is not closely allied to any known species north 
of Mexico, and apparently "is quite different from any of the 
nineteen species recognized from Central America and Mexico 
by Blandford. 
Pityophthorus herrcrai n. sp. Female type, length 2.5 mm.; elongate, 
cylindrical, piceous. Head broad, flat, finely rugosely punctured; pubes- 
cent and fringed with long, yellow hairs; the anterior margin with a smooth 
shining triangular elevation; eyes emarginate; antennae missing. Pro- 
thorax slightly more than half as long as elytra, slightly narrowed from 
base to anterior margin, which is broadly rounded, faintly roughened, 
but not serrate; anterior rugosities confused, extending toward side 
margin, where they are much finer; posterior half with distinct longitu- 
dinal space, broader towards base, not elevated; punctures rather coarse 
and dense, becoming very fine towards the sides, but without interstitial 
minute points; anterior half and sides with fine sparse pubescence; pos- 
terior dorsal surface glabrous. Elytra pubescent only towards side margin 
and on declivity; strial punctures irregular but in approximate rows 
the interspace towards the suture and side margin with an occasional 
puncture; declivity with sutural interspaces slightly elevated and rough- 
ened with a few small irregular granules; apex slightly produced; the 
second interspace broad, flat, shining; the third scarcely elevated, 
punctured, but without distinct granules; the first stria is close to the 
first interspace, faintly impressed and punctured; the second stria is close 
to the third interspace, distinctly punctured. 
Male type, length 2.55 mm.; differs from the female in the glabrous, 
shining, evenly punctured front, with strongly elevated, smooth, shining 
posterior margin, and a faintly elevated, shining lateral margin; antennae 
yellowish-red, club with two slightly curved sutures, basal joint glabrous, 
shining; prothorax with anterior rugosities coarser; posterior half with 
broader dorsal _ space ; elytra pubescent only along sides towards the 
margin, pubescence denser and longer on the sides of the declivity, but 
the vertex and face of the declivity are glabrous; the sutural and third 
interspaces more distinctly elevated and roughened with coarser granules. 
9 Type. No. 7512 U. S. Nat. Mus., Mexico, from A. L- 
Herrera, under his number 696. 
c? Type. No. 7512 U. S- Nat. Mus., from A. L- Herrera, 
under his number 694. One additional female with number 
696 is smaller, 2.25 mm., but agrees exactly in other characters. 
This appears to come close to P. confusus, Bland., but differs 
in the smooth punctation of the prothorax instead of " inter- 
stitial punctation of minute points" mentioned in the descrip- 
tion of confusus. 
