114 THE CA.NADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



of legs, and less distinctly emarginate fifth and sixth ventrals in the male. 

 The antennae are obviously gradually incrassate outwardly, a form not 

 mentioned in the description oi pnncticoliis, nor indicated in Horn's figure. 

 The original description oi puiicticoUis by Bland differs in some respects 

 from the later one by Horn. The elytra of the type being, as indicated 

 by Bland, in great part pale, with an indistinct subbasal band and a 

 broader, distinct one at apical third : a style of coloration which nearly 

 agrees with the closely-allied sirpata, but not with delicatula- It is quite 

 possible, however, that these variations may exist within specific limits. 



Cymatodera decipiens, n. sp. — Allied to pJtJicticoilis, from which it 

 differs most conspicuously by the larger size and fine series of elytral 

 punctures, the interstri^ being from two to three times as wide as the 

 punctures near the base, the latter nearly disappearing at about the middle 

 of the elytra near the suture, but extending further at the sides. 'I'he 

 antennae are not or scarcely incrassate apically, the outer joints a little 

 compxessed and plainly subtriangular, when viewed on the compressed 

 side^ last joint longer and acutely pointed. Prothorax closely, rather 

 coarsely but somewhat vaguely punctate. Elytral fascia incomplete, 

 consisting of a somewhat irregular transverse antemedian spot, which 

 reaches neither suture nor side margin. Colour piceous brown, legs and 

 antennae pale reddish brown ; pubescence very fine, consisting of shorter, 

 more or less inclined hairs, with sparser, longer, erect hairs intermixed. 



Length, 6.25 mm. 



Male. — Fifth ventral broadly, feebly arcuate, sixth broadly, slightly 

 arcuately emarginate at middle ; last dorsal not visible. 



Female. — As in puncticollis. 



Described from a single pair taken by the writer in the San Bernardino 

 Mts., California. 



A specimen of this species sent long ago to Dr. Horn was identified 

 hy \-A\xi z.'s, pimcticollis, but a careful study convinces me that it cannot 

 possibly be that species. It is evidently allied to tmiformis^ Schaef, which, 

 however, is a much more coarsely punctured and pubescent species, widi 

 immaculate elytra. 



Cymotodera umbrina, n. sp. — Closely related in size, form and colour 

 to viorosa and J3e//ragei, with the latter of which it agrees more nearly in 

 abdominal sexual characters. In Belfragei the prothorax is said to be 

 very feebly punctured in posterior three-fourths. In the present S])ecies 

 the prothorax is equally punctured throughout, and the elytral punctures ar«? 



