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In the general uniform color this species resembles paulonotaius 

 Pic, but the squamiform hairs on the elytra instead of forming 

 transverse fascia, are irregularly placed, giving it a motley appear- 

 ance; the interspaces of the elytra being fully twice as wide as 

 the strial punctures, and the suberect hairs of the elytra not 

 quite as long as in that species. 



I take pleasure in naming this after Mr. Herbert S. Barber. 



Neohedobia, new genus. 



Mentum triangular, labrum very short and transverse, palpi short, basal 

 joint smallest, not curved; second and third joints obconic and a little elon- 

 gate; terminal joint longer, widest at about the middle, the apex pointed. 

 Antennae inserted at the sides of the front before the eyes, filiform (not 

 compressed); basal joint oval, stout, a little longer than wide; second, third 

 and fourth joints subequal in length, moniliform; joints 5 to 10 subequal 

 in length, scarcely triangular, a little longer than wide; eleventh joint dis- 

 tinctly longer than the tenth, oval and pointed at the apex. Head deflexed; 

 eyes globose, prominent but not large; front not margined over the base 

 of the antennae. Prothorax narrower than the elytra, not margined at 

 sides nor excavated beneath. Elytra parallel, seriate-punctate. Pro- 

 sternum without intercoxal process; mesosternum short, the coxae narrowly 

 separated; metasternum as long as the two ventral segments; hind coxae 

 not sulcate, moderately separated, the intercoxal process broadly rounded. 

 Ventral segments 1 to 4 nearly subequal in length, the third and fourth 

 just visibly shorter; fifth segment two times as long as the fourth with a 

 shallow depression near the apex. Legs rather short and stout; femora not 

 elavate; tibiae longer than tarsi, the former straight, nearly parallel, with 

 one small spur; the latter narrow, slightly pubescent beneath, first joint 

 equal in length to the three following joints united; third and fourth joints 

 short, the fourth distinctly transverse, not emarginate; last joint oblong; 

 claws strongly divaricate. 



Genotype. Neohedobia texana Fisher. 



This genus is closely allied to Hedobia but differs from it by 

 having the third and fourth antennal joints moniliform, not 

 subtriangular nor compressed; tarsi not as long as the tibiae; 

 tarsal joints less broad and scarcely pubescent; also by having 

 the elytra seriate-punctate. From Eucrada it differs by having 

 the antennae filiform and not pectinate or strongly serrate as in 

 that genus. 



Neohedobia texana, new species. 



Male. Oblong, moderately elongate, piceous, antennae and tarsi piceo- 

 testaceous. Antennae rather short, a little more than half the length of 

 the body; the tenth joint one-fifth longer than wide. Head rather densely 



