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eleventh are slender, filiform, slij;litly decreasing in length toward 

 apex. Head rufous, densely rufopubescent, convex, slightly impressed 

 between the antenn.e, ^yith a finely impressed median line; a piceous 

 spot on the occiput and another one behind the eye each side. Thorax 

 pale rufous, densely rufopubescent, slightly wider than h)ng, feebly 

 rounded at the sides; a broad median line piceous, sjiarsely but deeply 

 punctate. Elytra moderately punctate, separately rounded at apex; 

 suture narrowly, and side margins more broadly, rufous with short 

 rufous pubescence. Ventral surface uniformly piceous, more shining. 

 Length, 7.5 to 8 mm. 



Four examples collected by Prof. C. II. T. Townsend at Brownsville, 

 Texas. 



Type.—^o. 210, U.S. KM. 



This species is not an AmpMonycha in the sense this generic name is 

 used by European authors, but it is congeneric with Jiammata^ Xew- 

 man, and must follow that species, whatever it may ultimately be called. 

 Of the numeroas allied genera from Central and South America, they 

 seem to agree best with the characters given for Erana of Bates, but the 

 third antennal joint in our species is but slightly longer than the scape. 



METHIA MORMONA, new species. 



Linear, opaque, piceous, rugosely punctate and sparsely pubescent. 

 Autenme twice as long as the body; scape much shorter than the third 

 joint, clavate, transversely rugose, without any trace of cicatrix ; second 

 joint very short; third to eleventh slightly decreasing in length, the 

 eleventh about three fifths as long as the third. Antennal tubercles 

 transverse, obtuse. Eyes separated above by a narrow channel, i)ro- 

 longed on the front, which is longitudinally concave. Thorax longer 

 than broad, slightly constricted at each end, rounded on the sides at 

 middle, with an arcuate callosity in front of scutellnm. Elytra parallel, 

 truncate at base, conjointly broadly rounded at apex, reaching the tip 

 of abdomen; sides iuflexed at basal half; epipleura wanting; disk 

 flatteued with three longitudinal raised lines, abbreviated behind ; color 

 testaceous with suture, side margins, a large stri^je from tlie humeral 

 umbone and apex black ; between the raised lines are traces of brown 

 stripes behind the middle. Ventral surface slightly shining, finely 

 punctate. Abdomen cylindrical ; last ventral segment deeply emargi- 

 uate (male). Legs slender, coarsely pubescent ; tarsi with the first joint 

 as long as second and third together; fourth joint very slender, as long 

 as the first. Length, 10 mm. 



Four examples were collected at Salt Lake City, Utah, by Mr. Th. 

 Eoser, of the Marist College, Brookland, District of Columbia, one of 

 which he kindly presented to the National Museum. 



Type.—^o. 211, U.S.N.M. 



This species differs from Methia, as defined by Newman and LeConte, 

 by the visible second antennal joint and in the length of elj^tra and 



