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Collected near Fort Benton, on the upper Missouri, by Mr. John Pear- 

 Ball, and presented by him to the Society. 



Cymatodera puncticollis n. sp. 



Body yellowish ; thorax with a small black puncture on the disk ; elytra 

 with two transverse blackish bands. 



Hah. Texas. (Coll. Entom. Soe. Phila.) 



Body yellowish, thickly clothed with yellow hairs. Head shining; man- 

 dibles tipped with black. Antennae IT-jointed, 2nd, 3rd and 4th joints 

 about equal. Thorax shining, very minutely punctured, suddenly con- 

 stricted at the posterior third and enlarging again at the base; a small, 

 black, shining puncture on the disk. Elytra yellowish, deeply punctured 

 in regular rows apparently without impressed striae ; a narrow, indistinct, 

 blackish, transverse band near the base, extending from the suture to near 

 the lateral margin; at the posterior third a broad, blackish, distinct, trans- 

 verse band, also extending from the sutui'e to near the lateral margin. 

 Body beneath yellowish, clothed with yellowish hairs. Legs very minute- 

 ly punctured, Length 2 lines. 



This pretty little species was collected in Western Texas by Mr. E. T. 

 Cresson, and presented by him to the Society. The antennas, head and 

 thorax are somewhat darker in color than the remainder of the body. 



Orthopleura texana n. sp. 



Dark piceous, shining, densely punctured, clothed with rather short 

 golden-yellow hairs. 



Ilah. Texas. (Coll. Entom. Soc. Phila.) 



Body dark piceous, thickly clothed with golden-yellow hairs. Head 

 closely and coarsely punctured; eyes very large and coarsely granulated; 

 palpi dark brown; three terminal joints of the antennas black, remaining 

 joints dark rufous and furnished with yellowish setae. Thorax densely 

 punctured, with the hairs short and erect. Elytra closely and deeply punc- 

 tured, depressed at the base between the humeri and scutellum; the hairs 

 on the surface are prostrate. Beneath dark piceous, subsericeous, minute- 

 ly punctured. Legs piceous, clothed with rather long light colored hairs. 

 Length (3 lines. 



Three specimens from Western Texas, presented by Dr. Horn and E. 

 T. Cresson. 



