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Anoplocurius canotiae, new species. 



Male. Unicolorous brown, shining. The sculpture of the head and pro- 

 thorax consisting of intervening lines forming a fine network; surface sparsely 

 clothed with long flying hairs. Prothorax with sides parallel to the posterior 

 third then obliquely narrowed to the base. Antennae filiform, not carinate 

 and without spines; first joint with the sculpture similar to the prothorax, 

 one-half as long as the third, slightly clavate and arcuate; second joint very 

 small, wider than long; third and following joints nearly equal in length; 

 joints three to twelve finely punctate, rather densely pubescent, with some 

 longer hairs on the inner side. Elytra about three times as long as the pro- 

 thorax; sides parallel; coarsely but not densely punctate over entire sur- 

 face, from each puncture arises a short white semi-erect hair. Underside of 

 head in front, and posterior part of prosternum with irregular transverse 

 striae. Metasternum and abdomen sparsely punctate, and sparsely clothed 

 with long white recumbent hairs. First ventral abdominal segment with a 

 large broad swelling on the median portion, of which the apical margin is 

 clothed with a series of long erect hairs. Legs feebly pubescent with short 

 hairs intermixed with longer erect ones. Hind femora extending to the mid- 

 dle of the fourth ventral abdominal segment. 



Length 7 mm., width 1.5 mm. 



Female. Differs from the male in having the third antennal joint about 

 one-half as long as the first and with a short spine at the apex; fourth joint 

 three-fourths as long as the third; joints four to eleven gradually decreasing 

 in length; joint twelve one-half as long as the eleventh. Hind femora extend- 

 ing to the fourth ventral abdominal segment. First ventral abdominal seg- 

 ment smooth at middle without any protuberance. 



Length 7 mm.; width 1.5 mm. 



Type Locality. Cotton City, Arizona. Elevation 1400 feet. 

 Mr. Geo. Hofer, collector. 



Other Localities. Sabino Canyon, Arizona. 



Type. Cat. No. 22821, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Described from 25 specimens, eleven males and fourteen fe- 

 males, recorded under Bureau of Entomology number, Hopk. U. 

 S. 10087e. Specimens reared from material collected March 12, 

 1919, by Mr. Geo. Hofer from dead branches of Canotia and sub- 

 mitted with the following note: "Larvae removed from be- 

 tween the bark and wood and from the heartwood of dead branches 

 of an unknown bush, which occurs on the edge of a strip of desert 

 near Cotton City." The plant has been identified by Dr. Paul 

 Standley, Botanist of the Smithsonian Institution as Canotia 

 holacantha Torrey. Another male specimen in the collection was 

 collected August 31, 1919, by Geo. Hofer, at Sabino Canyon, 

 Arizona, at light. 



