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but elsewhere says that this distinction cannot be relied upon as 

 constant. The two genera appear to me to be really veiy close to 

 each other, and I cannot find any more exact structural difference 

 than that the form of Um.jjlesis is much more narrow and oblong 

 and that its 2nd ventral segment is evidently less abbreviated 

 than in Storeus. 



Emplesis monticola, sp.nov. 



Elongata ; minus robusta ; nigra vel nigro-picea, squamis 

 obscure ferrugineis et aliis albidis variegata, his pone medium 

 alternatim cum illis in interstitiis longitudinaliter conden- 

 satis ; funiculi articulo basali quam 2"^ fere duplo (hoc quam 

 3*"^ pauUo) longiori, ceteris brevibns, ultimis transversis ; 

 prothorace leviter transverso mox pone apicem subito con- 

 stricto-angustato ; elytris striato-punctulatis. 



Maris rostro quam prothorax vix longiori, modice robusto, supra 

 sat opaco longitudinaliter striato, fere recto ; antennis paullo 

 ante rostri medium insertis ; abdomine longitudinaliter 

 concavo. 



Feminse rostro quam prothorax multo longiori, leviter arcuato, 

 supra nitido leevigato ; antennis vix pone rostri medium 

 insertis; abdomine asquali. [Long, lf-2, lat. % line. 



The whitish scales are condensed and prominent between the 

 eyes but not so as to form a well-defined fascicle, on the pro- 

 thorax they form three obscure vittse, they clothe the scutellum 

 densely and they are condensed in short longitudinal lines on the 

 elytral interstices at equal distances from the base, so that there 

 appears to be a number of fasciae, each fascia formed of a number 

 of short longitudinal lines placed side by side, the most conspicuous 

 of these fasciaj being in the apical half of the elyti-a. The pro- 

 sternum is distinctly concave in front of the coxae; the intermediate 

 ventral sutures are lightly but distinctly arched at the sides. 

 The pattern-like markings of the head without either callosity or 

 fascicle, the comparatively short basal joint of the antennal 

 funicle, and the long shining black laevigato rostrum of the female 



