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of the elytra), densely and very finely pubescent, transversely stri- 

 gose; head a little darker; eyes black, emarginate and coarsely 

 granulated; antennae with third and fourth joints equal, fifth one- 

 third shorter than the fourth, sixth shorter than the seventh, 

 seventh to tenth nearly equal and a little wider than the sixth, 

 eleventh twice as long as the tenth ; thorax about one-half broader 

 than long, the sides rounded and rapidly converging from a little 

 before the base; mesosternum very much compressed and ele- 

 vated ; abdomen of the male with two long, flattened appendages 

 which are widened distally and obliquely truncate at the apex. 



Length 3-3% mm. 



Thirteen specimens: one male from Davis Mts., Texas, July 

 9; four males and eight females from Chisos Mts., Texas, July 

 18-22; collected by Mr. J. W. Green, to whom this species is 

 dedicated. 



The type, from Chisos Mts., is placed in the writer's collec- 

 tion, paratypes in that of Mr. J. W. Green. 



This s^pecies differs from Dididia Icetula notably in the shape 

 of the mesosternum, in the character of the antenna?, and in the 

 nearly uniform pale colour. J. B. Smith notes that his "speci- 

 mens [of D. Idtula] vary in the distinctness of the black markings, 

 which are sometimes barely discernible;" " these pale specimens 

 are perhaps referable to D. greeni, rather than to D. Icetula. 



Anthobates LeConte. 



Anthobates LeConte, in Agassiz, Lake Superior, 1850, p. 231. 



This genus was based on the same type {Anaspis trifasciata) 

 as Pentaria, and is of earlier date. The fact that the genus was 

 based upon "false characters"* does not invalidate its use, ac- 

 cording to opinion 14 of the International Commission on Zoo- 

 logical Nomenclature. 



Anthobates dis'par, sp. nov. 

 Subcuneate; clothed wdth very fine silvery pubescence, finely 

 transversely strigose; head testaceous or flavo-testaceous; maxillary 

 palpi scalene, acute at tip; antennae with the six basal joints testa- 

 ceous or flavo-testaceous, seventh to eleventh fuscous, first and 

 second joints nearly equal in length, but the second the more 



*i 



''For this reason LeConte and Horn did not use A?ifhobates. (Smith. 

 Misc. Coll., 26, 1883, p. 408). 



