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pellecl to place here for the present sundry examples from 

 other regions, namely, specimens from Paris and Kinco, 

 Maine, collected by Frost and Fenyes respectively, a cf from 

 Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire (Blanchard), a cf from Mt. 

 Washington, New Hampshire (Dimmock), and a 9 from 

 Greenbush, Saskatchawan, contributed by Mr. T. N. Willing 

 and bearing the name subtincta and the legend "emerged from 

 spruce Apr 13 '06." These examples exhibit more or less 

 trifling differences from typical gcntilis and from each other, 

 but it is absolutely impossible to define them specifically 

 with the limited material at hand. 



M. proximan. sp. — Black, surface lustre dull, elytra feebly widened 

 behind in the cf , distinctly so in the 9 . Beak (cf ) short, scarcely as 

 long as the prothorax, antennae inserted very near the middle ; in the 

 9 the beak is subequal in length to the prothorax, with the antennae 

 inserted about two-fifths from the base. Second funicular joint 

 scarcely twice as long as wide and rather shorter than the next two. 

 Prothorax densely punctate, smooth median line very narrow but 

 entire or nearly so. Elytral striae scarcely or but feebly impressed ; 

 interstices nearly flat, for the most part with single regular series of 

 moderately coarse punctures. There is a little tendency to irregularity 

 on the second and third interspaces ; on the first and ninth the irregu- 

 larity is obvious, as it is to a greater or less extent in all the species 

 here considered. Femoral tooth moderate. Length 3.6-4.2 mm. 



Type. — d^ ; from Santa Clara County, California (C. F. 

 Baker); Humboldt County, California (H. S. Barber). 



The eyes in the male type are separated by scarcely more 

 than two-thirds the width of the beak. In gentilis the dis- 

 tance is a little greater, about three-fourths the width of the 

 beak so far as observed. 



M, striata n. sp. -Black, moderately shining, gradually wider 

 behind. Beak as long as the prothorax in the cf , closely punctate, 

 with the antennae inserted just behind the middle. In the 9 the beak 

 is a little longer and less densely punctate, the antennal insertion at 

 about the basal two-fifths. Second funicular joint nearly twice as long 

 as wide, but scarcely as long as the next two. Prothorax densely 

 punctate, median smooth line sometimes entire, usually more or less 

 imperfect, and occasionally nearly wanting. Elytral striae rather 

 deeply impressed, the oblong punctures in consequence ill-defined. 

 Intervals convex, coarsely uniseriately punctate. Length 3^-4 mm. 



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