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under surfiiee punctured, thinly imbescent. Leas sparsely pubescent, thighs 
feebly clavate. armed with a sharp, triangular tooth, siiuiller on the hind pair; 
tibite a little wider toward the ajiex, anterior and middle curved near the base 
and feebly biemargiuate internally, posterior straight. Long. 2.5—2 8 mm.; 
.10— .11 inch 
Peiiiisylvauia, District of Columhia, Canada, New York, 
Michigan. 
This species has heretofore been confounded in collections with 
P. cratcegi, to which, indeed, it bears a close resemblance, but aside 
from the diHerence in the direction of the scrobes it differs by its 
darker color and shorter and evenly distributed pubescence, which 
is scarcely yellow. 
I*. serie**etosns n. sp. — Oval, of the same color, and similarly pubescent 
ns valuUis, from which it differs in the following characters: Beak stouter and 
shorter ( '^ i, densely punctured and finely striate, second and third joints of 
funicle elongate, equal, third joint longer than the fifth or si.xth, fourth very 
short. Head a little more elongate and somewhat consti icted behind the strongly 
convex eyes; frontal sulcus long, deep and linear. Prothorax about one-third 
wider than long, median pubescent line narrow, entire, or nearly so. Elytra 
rounded on the sides and gradually narrowed from base to apex, the fourth, 
sixth and eighth interspaces are narrower iti their whole extent than the adja- 
cent ones: pectus more densely pubescent; tibiae stouter, a little shorter and 
wider towards the apex. Long. 2.3 nim. ; .09 inch. 
A unique male siiecimeu from Detroit, Mich., in Mr. Bchwarz’s 
collection. 
I'*, toineiit<»;siiliiS n. sp.— Robust, subovate, ferruginous: antennae and 
legs paler, rather demsely clothed with long, grayish white pubescence Beak 
distinctly carinate and striate near the base. Antennae as in the last species, but 
a trifle more slender. Eyes feebly convex. Head wide, punctured and pubes- 
cent, transversely impressed behitid the eyes, front not foveate. Prothorax a 
little wider than long, sides rounded, narrowed in front, not constricted at the 
apex; surface densely, coarsely and deepl.v punctured. Elytra wider at base 
than the prothorax, humeri rounded, transverse impression obsolete: sides mod- 
erately i-ounded from base to apex, coarsely striate and punctured on the disc, 
less so on the sides and declivity; punctures closely set; interspaces equal, 
slightly convex, irregularly punctured, rugulose; i>ubescence not arranged in 
rows, irregular and directed transversely: underside punctured and pubescent; 
femora armed with a small, acute tooth ; tibiaj moderately slender, anterior aTul 
middle widened toward the apex and feebly bisiuuate along the inner margin. 
Ia)ug. 2.4 rum.; .10 inch. 
ILfb. — Texas. 
A female specimen in Mr. Dike’s collection. Distinguished from 
seriesetosii!^ by the equal elytral interspaces, feebly convex eves and 
the front not foveate; from facetas by the dense, coarse ])tibescence, 
larger size, dull, lustre and couHuent elytral strire. 
