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at Brownsville, Texas. The "emis Ihulion, that now enters the list of 

 our Texan fauna, differs, according to Lacordaire, from Comj)sa, Perty, 

 only by the cariuate tibiie. The generic character is not very distinct 

 in this species. 



IBIDION TOWNSENDI, new species. 



Male. — Linear, shining, i)iceous brown, covered with a fine golden 

 pubescence, dense on the prothorax and at the sides of the ventral 

 surface, sparse on the elytra and legs and absent from the antenuie. 

 In addition to this it has sparse long erect hairs, longest and most 

 numerous on the six basal joints of the antenna^, and on the femora. 

 Head broader than tliorax, coarsely punctate. Antennal tubercles 

 prominent, acute. Antenu;^ one-half longer than the body, first joint 

 stout, coarsely punctate, as long as the fourth; tliird to sixth tliicl^ened, 

 somewhat llatteued, sparsely but roughly punctate, linear, finely cari- 

 nate above; third joint nearly twice longer than fourth; fifth and sixth 

 equal, one-half longer than fourth; the five apical joints equal, filiform, 

 pale in color. Thorax cylindrical, a little more than twice as long as 

 broad, very finely and densely punctulate, with a smooth, raised luedian 

 line, abbreviated at each end. Scutellum semicircular, densely golden 

 pubescent. Elytra i^arallel, one half broader than thorax; the indexed 

 sides subopaque, light brown, minutely punctate; dislc piceous, sparsely 

 coarsely punctate, flattened and longitudinally imi)ressed at basal 

 third ; equidistant from suture and margin are two elongate ivory spots, 

 the anterior one just outside the impression at basal third, the posterior 

 one twice shorter at apical third. Thighs strongly clavate, sparsely 

 and minutely punctulate. Tibite dilated toward apex, especially the 

 anterior ones, distinctly carinate. Lengtli, 0.5 to 7.5 mm. 



Two examples; collected June 7 and 23 at Brownsville, Texas, by 

 Prof. 0. H. T. Townseud. 



Type.— No. 204, tJ.S.N.M. 



PCECILOBRIUM RUGOSIPENNE, new species. 



Linear, cyaneous, shining, anterior femora reddish yellow. It differs 

 from /*. chah/b(vum, Le Corite, as follows: Thorax less rounded on the 

 sides, subcylindrical, sparsely but strongly punctate. Elytra coarsely 

 and densely rugosopunctate. Length, 4i mm. One example from Cali- 

 fornia. 



Type.—l^o. 205, IT.S.N.M. 



OBRIUM MOZINNiE, new species. 



Elongate, parallel, very shining; sparsely hairy, reddish yellow, 

 elytra, anteun;e, tibiie, and tarsi black. Head as broad as elytra, 

 sparsely coarsely punctate each side of a smooth median space; clypeal 

 suture deeply impressed. Antenna^, a little longer than the body; first" 

 joint sparsely punctate, shining, clavate, as long as the third; third 



