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Sparsely ashy-puhescent : antennae long, filiform, dull rufous; mouth and 

 palpi testaceous : thorax as the head, blackish ; short, transverse, margined 

 with ashy pile : elytra dull reddish-brown, each with the tip and two angu- 

 lar spots ochraceous, the front spot behind the base, the hind one a little be- 

 hind the middle ; beneath and hind femora blackish; middle and fore-feet, 

 and tibiae and tarsi of hind feet dusky dull testaceous : anal style long, slen- 

 der, dull testaceous at tip. 



9. M. modesta. Blackish ; antennas, mouth, palpi and anterior feet testa- 

 ceous ; elytra dull reddish-brown, with the tip and two fascia? ochraceous, 

 1^ 1. long. — Pennsylvania. 



Blackish, sparsely pubescent : antennae slender, filiform, testaceous ; 

 mouth, palpi and anterior feet, testaceous : thorax, middle of anterior mar- 

 gin, lobe and edge of the hind margin, and each side of the middle with a 

 vitta, obsoletely silvery pubescent : elytra dull reddish brown, with the apex, 

 an oblique sinuate spot a little behind the middle, and a similar one behind 

 the base, pale ochraceous : beneath and femora of the middle and posterior 

 feet, blackish, their tibiae and tarsi paler ; anal style moderately long. Dif- 

 fers from the preceding species, which it resembles, in being much smaller 

 more square, and in having the elytral spots differently shaped. 



10. M. pustulata. Blackish; elytra dull reddish-brown, maculate with 

 white. 1 1. long. — Pennsylvania. 



Sparsely ashy-pubescent : antennae longish, slender, filiform, brown, with 

 the four first joints testaceous ; mouth and palpi testaceous: thorax like the 

 head blackish, sparsely ashy pubescent, not deeply bisinuate at the basal 

 edge : elytra dull reddish brown, with numerous, irregular white pilose 

 spots : beneath and feet blackish ; anterior feet and all the tarsi dull testa- 

 cious ; anal style moderately long, white-sericeous at base. 



11. M. aspersa. Blackish; elytra obsoletely speckled with white. 

 Size of the preceding. — Pennsylvania. 



Blackish, ashy-pubescent : antennae hardly as long as the thorax, slightl}' 

 serrate, entirely black ; mouth and palpi piceous : elytra black sliding into 

 dark reddish-brown, obsoletely sprinkled with numerous white points and irre- 

 gular small spots : all the feet and beneath black ; ventral style moderate. Dis- 

 tinct from the preceding species. 



12. M. fuscipennis. Rufous; elytra fuscous. 2 1. long. Pennsylvania. 

 Mordella marginalis, Melsh. Catal. 



Slender, yellowish-rufous, subglabrous : head very shining, almost impunc- 

 tured ; antennae filiform, not as long as the thorax, black, with the basal joints 

 rufous ; eyes, and mandibles at tip black ; palpi and first pair of feet testaceous : 

 scutellum rufous: elytra reddish-brown, with a violaceous reflection ; basal mar- 

 gin and suture obviously, lateral edge obsoletely, rufous, the two latter golden- 

 sericeous in a particular light : beneath and feet rufous, with the tips of the 

 tibiae and tarsal joints black; anal style short. 



13. M. liturala. Rufous ; feet testaceous. 1^ 1. long. Pennsylvania. 

 Mordella liturata, Melsh. Catal. 



Rufous : antennae as long as the thorax, filiform, feebly serrate, testaceous : 



