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show a pale transverse fascia each side just before the middle; setae ex- 

 ceedingly minute and inconspicuous. Beak triangularly emarginate at 

 apex, with distinct nasal plate which is asymmetrically emarginate apic- 

 ally; beak feebly concave above and with median impressed line; scrobes 

 short, directed at lower edge of eyes but not attaining them. Funicle 

 seven-jointed, first joint slightly longer than the two following joints. 



Thorax convex, as long as wide, with feeble basal and apical constric- 

 tions; sides strongly arcuate. 



Elytra one-fifth wider than the thorax at base, gradually increasing in 

 width to just beyond middle, thence narrowing to apex; humeri not at all 

 prominent. 



Fore coxae separated by about twice the distance between the middle 

 coxae, more distant in the female. Fore femora very stout, the tibiae 

 bent inwardly at apex, their inner margins denticulate and not appreci- 

 ably sinuate. Scales of under surface mostly gray. Length 4 to 5.3 mm. 



cf. Hind tibiae clavate, widest at apical third; lower surface of tibia 

 convex and normally clothed with scales, basal half of upper surface squa- 

 mose, the apical half with a large smooth concavity bearing a few scattered 

 hairs. First ventral suture nearly straight, last segment normal. 



9 . Hind tibiae unmodified. First ventral suture angulate at middle, 

 ast segment strongly convex in transverse section. 



Eleven specimens taken in the Chisos Mountains, Texas, 

 July 19. There are two males in the collection of the Phila- 

 delphia Academy of Natural Sciences donated by Mr. Wenzel. 

 Very distinct by the secondary sexual characters from any- 

 thing heretofore described. It belongs near robustus, which 

 is a larger, more mottled species and has the pronotum bi- 

 sinuate in longitudinal profile, while in spatulatus this is 

 evenly arcuate. 



Pandeleteius defectus new species. 



Much like hilaris in size and general appearance, mottled with gray and 

 brown scales, darker each side of the scutellum and on an indistinct fascia 

 beyond middle of elytra. Upper surface with inconspicuous recumbent 

 setae, more noticeable on elytral apex. Beak very feebly concave, with 

 median impressed line; apex slightly emarginate, the nasal plate pro- 

 longed forward between the mandibles as in hilaris, but larger and more 

 obtuse; scrobes arcuate, passing beneath the eyes. Antennae with six- 

 jointed funicle, the joints all elongate, first subequal to next two, last 

 nearly as wide as long; club as long as five preceding joints. 



Thorax longer than wide, with distinct subapical and basal constric- 

 tions; sides moderately rounded. 



Elytra much wider at base than the thorax, humeri prominent. Fore 

 coxae separated by a distance which is somewhat less than twice the dis- 



