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and separately rounded. Beneath rather sparsely punctate and pubescent; 

 legs black, the front Uh'\pe and all the tarsi pale. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Bishop (Owens Valley), California. 



The type is a female kindly given me by Dr. Fenyes, in whose collec- 

 tion is a second example, which differs from the type in that the pale 

 elytral spots involve the entire basal three-fifths of the elytra except the 

 tips of the humeral umbones and a narrow sutural line. This was, when 

 taken, supi)osed to be robicsta, which occurs in the same region, but a 

 comparison with Horn's description shows too many differences to permit 

 its assignment to that species. 



Hydnocera cyanitincta, n. sp. — Slender, eyes very prominent, colour 

 above deep blue, body below and legs black, with greenish-blue reflec- 

 tions, the frv)nt tibiae pale internally ; pubescence sparse, whitish, with a 

 very faint indication of a median transverse fascia. Head finely, sparsely 

 punctate ; prothorax sparsely, quite coarsely, but very vaguely so ; the 

 lateral fove.'v strong ; elytra coarsely, closely punctured. Elytra parallel, 

 covering the abdomen, apices separately rounded, but not at all dehiscent. 



Length, 4.8 mm. 



New Mexico, Sacramento Mts. (Knaus), 



Closely allied to cya?iescens, from which it differs in a number of 

 minor respects, which in the aggregate seem to warrant its separation. 

 As compared with cyaiiescens, the sculpture is rather coarser and closer, 

 ])rothorax is a little more transverse, the dilation more abrupt, the sides 

 posteriorly convergent to base rather than parallel ; the elytral apices and 

 side margins more strongly serrate. 



Hydnocera cribripennis, n, sp. — Form and size o{ scabra, dull black, 

 rather plentifully pubescent with yellowish-gray subrecumbent confused 

 hair, and sparser blackish and pale erect hairs. Elytra with a subbasal 

 transverse pale fascia, which crosses the suture but does not reach the side 

 margins, and a transverse, slightly post-median spot on each, which reaches 

 neither suture nor margin ; the extreme base is also narrowly pale on 

 either side of the scutellum, T^yes large and strongly convex ; head 

 densely, rather finely punctate, Prothorax much narrower than the head, 

 a little wider than long, sides strongly rounded anteriorly, apical constric- 

 tion strong, sides sinuately narrowing behind, surface densely, not coarsely 

 punctate, and slightly rugulose, the sculpture obscured somewhat by the 

 pubescence. Elytra not covering the abdomen, one-fifth wider than the 



