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stout, joints nearly equal; second joint slightly shorter than the 

 third; eleventh joint one-third longer than the tenth. Thorax 

 nearly twice as long as wide ; sides very feebly constricted at apical 

 fourth, strongly compressed behind the middle; base much narrower 

 than the apex; surface coarsely and rather densely punctate, slightly 

 transversely rugose; ante-scutellar impression deep and broad. 

 Elytra at base much wider than thorax ; humeri distinct ; sides feebly 

 divergent; apices conjointly rounded; disk feebly convex, with rows 

 of punctures moderately coarse at base, finer and less deeply impressed 

 towards apex; the lateral striae extending to apical fifth, the sutural 

 stria? shorter, the first two extending to middle and the next two 

 slightly beyond the middle; interval scarcely as wide as punctures, 

 finely and densely punctulate. Body beneath coarsely and very 

 sparsely punctate; color piceous, the middle of ventral segments and 

 ventral and dorsal surface of last segment paler. Length, 9.5-10.7 

 millim. 



Male. Fifth ventral segment feebly emarginate, the middle 

 longitudinally and apical margin feebly elevated; sixth ventral 

 broader than long, broadly oval with a slight triangular incision at 

 apex ; fifth dorsal truncate at apex ; sixth much narrower but slightly 

 longer than last ventral, sides feebly rounded, apex broadly rounded, 

 narrowly incised at apex. (PI. VI, figs. 10, n.) 



Female. Fifth ventral broadly but rather feebly emarginate, the 

 middle and the apical margin elevated; sixth ventral broader than 

 long, sides feebly rounded, apex nearly truncate, the angles obtuse; 

 fifth dorsal truncate at apex; sixth dorsal nearly as long as wide, 

 narrower than last ventral, sides feebly arcuate, apex arcuate-trun- 

 cate, angles obtuse. (PI. VI, figs. 12, 13.) 



This species is very closely allied to santarosce Schaeffer. Judging 

 by the description, the present species differs from santarosce in being 

 much more slender, in having the head more coarsely punctured, 

 sides of the thorax more strongly compressed behind, base of thorax 

 narrower, and body beneath less densely punctured. The abdominal 

 sexual characters are also unlike those of santarosa. 



The type (c?) is from El Paso, Texas, July 8-9, 3,700-3,800 ft. 

 el. (Wickham) ; a cotype (c?) is from Tucson, Arizona, July 13-15, 

 2,300-2,500 ft. el. (Wickham). Type in cabinet of Prof. Wickham. 



Cymatodera comans sp. nov. 



Moderately slender, pale, brown; antennae, palpi, body beneath, 

 abdomen, and legs, pale testaceous; elytra variable but always with 



