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normal, iridescent, with a purplish hue to naked eye ; marginal fringe 

 rather long ; venation dusky yellowish. Body bearing sparse short whit- 

 ish hairs. 



Antennae n-jointed, elbowed. Scape long, its base slender, slightly 

 curved, as long as the next four joints combined ; pedicel short, oval, 

 much longer than the following joint ; 3, 4, and 5, shortest, subequal, 5 

 slightly longer, each about half the length of the pedicel, globular ; 6 

 longer and wider, next the smallest joint after 3, 4, and 5 ; 7 the longest 

 funiclejoint, cylindrical, much thicker than 6, and slightly more so than 

 8, equal in width to 9 and 10 ; 8 smaller than 9 and ic, larger than 4 ; 9 

 next the longest funiclejoint, equal in width to 7 and 10, the latter short 

 but longer than 4 ; n or the club, about as long as 8, 9. and 10 combined, 

 the thickest joint cylindrical. Antennae pubescent, shorter than body. 



From three specimens. 



Male. Length, o.Si mm. The same. More slender. Antennae 13- 

 jointed, filiform. Scape short, longer than the following joint, the latter, 

 the pedicel, rounded, not half as long as the first funiclejoint. The fol- 

 lowing joints cylindrical, about equal, or slightly longer cephalad. 

 Apical joint, or the club, subconical. 



From a single specimen. 



Bred supposedly from the eggs of Anthonomns quadrigibbitt 

 Say, in the fruit of Crattcgus, June 18, 1905, sent in by Mr. J 

 H. Beattie from Fort Valley, Georgia, in connection with the 

 Deciduous Fruit Insect Investigations, Bureau of Entomology, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. 



Type. No. 8435, U. S. N. M. i I , i ? . 



Descriptions of New Coleoptera from Arizona with 



Notes on Some other Species. 



BY HENRY SKINNER. 



Plusiotis beyeri n. sp. 



Form oval, somewhat elongate ; surface bright apple green. Head 

 sparsely punctate, clypeal margin narrowly refiexed. Antennae piceous, 

 basal joints rose pink. Thorax not twice as wide as long, a little narower 

 at apex, broadest at middle, hind angles nearly rectangular, surface finely 

 punctate with no admixture of coarser punctures. Elytra very little wider 

 at base than the thorax, broadest at the middle, surface very obsoletely 

 striate, the striations under a lens appearing confused. Body beneath 

 lighter and of a more golden tint ; metasternum coarsely punctate. Legs 

 entirely rose pink with a pearly opalescence, except the femora of the 

 first pair which are golden apple green. Length 31 mm. 



