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and came in on June 26th, and vanished about July loth. 

 Although there are miles of such dead bushes, I only found 

 this one colony, and they were scattered over a large area 

 with never more than one or two on a bush." The specimens 

 collected by Mr. Schwarz w r ere bred from pupae found in the 

 exposed roots of Ohicya tcsota at Yavapai Hot Springs, 

 Arizona, and bear dates from Jime 24th to June 26th. 



Tyndaris prosopis n. sp. (Schwarz ms). 



Head bronze brown, shining, moderately pubescent. Thorax shining 

 bronze brown with a marked median depressed line extending from 

 base to apex ; moderately pubescent. Elytra bronze brown, shining, 

 with silvery pubescence ; coarsely striate, intervals and strife punctate ; 

 nearly midway between the thorax and the apex of elytron is a rather 

 dark orange spot surrounded by a blue circle ; there is a similar spot near 

 the side margin ; these spots are not quite in line, in which they differ 

 from ohieyae. Length 8 mm. 



From one specimen cut from a dead branch of Prosopis juli- 

 Jlora by Mr. Schwarz in the immediate vicinity of the famous 

 dam across the Colorado river at Austin, Texas, June 26th. 

 This species at first glance looks very similar to olncycc, but 

 the bronze color, coarser striae and character and position of 

 the spots serve to readily distinguish it. It is a handsome and 

 interesting species. 



Tyndaris chamaeleonis n. sp. 



Thorax bronze brown, rather moderately punctate. Elytra with punc- 

 tate striae not so coarse and irregular as in prosopis; what little of the 

 ground color that shows is very dark shining green ; one orange yellow spot 

 in angle made by junction with thorax and elytral suture ; one orange- 

 yellow spot with a linear extension to the margin from tipper edge, and 

 one from lower edge, the latter not approaching the margin ; these spots 

 are in the centre of the elytron There are two additional spots at lower 

 third, the outer one reaching the margin ; in one specimen these spots 

 and the upper ones also are geminate ; all are surrounded by dark blue 

 as in prosopis. This species lacks the linear median thoracic depression 

 so marked in the former species; the apices of the wings. are more 

 rounded and striae more regular. Length 6.5 to 8.5. 



Described from two specimens very kindly submitted to me 

 for study by Mr. Charles Schseffer of the Brooklyn Institute. 

 One specimen bears label, New Braunfels, Comal Co., Texas, 

 collection Ottomar Dietz, and the other Esperanza Ranch, 



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