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WILLIAM G. DIETZ, M. I). 
punctured (J); I'uuicle 6-jointed, first joint elongate, second slender, longer 
than the third ; joints 3-6 about e<jual, club darker. Eyes scarcely convex. 
Head convex, punctured, clothed with elongate scale.s, front sulcate. Prothorax 
wider than long, narrowed from the hr.se, ajiex feebly constricted and slightly 
rounded on the sides; coarsel.v and i-ather densely punctured, each i)uncture 
concealed by a large, oval or rounded scale: a narrow median line, and a broad 
stripe each side of whitish scales. Elytra a little wider at the base than the pro- 
thorax, sides nearly parallel for one-half their length, thence very gradually 
narrowed to the a]>ex ; when viewed from above, a slight subhumeral tubercle 
on the ninth interspace is noticeable; striaj deep, punctures large, not very close, 
and not concealed by the scales, which are predominantly brownish in color; 
scutellum and short scutellar line, base, intermixed line on the fourth interspace 
commencing about the middle, another on the sixth from base to middle, of 
grayish white scales. Legs moderately slender, femora infuscate at middle, 
anterior moderately clavate and armed with a very small triangular tooth, mid- 
dle and posterior more slender; tibi* moderately stout, nearly straight; tarsi not 
slender, apical half of la.st joint and claws blackish, latter armed with a long, 
slender tooth, which is closely approximate and parallel with its fellow. Long. 
•2 mm.; .08 inch. 
Hub . — Burnett County, Texas. 
A unique female specimen in INIr. Schwarz’s collection. Very 
tli.stinct; differs from the two preceding species, to which it is most 
closely related, in form, and in the claws being armed with a long, 
slender tooth, in this it agrees with subvittatus, which it also resem- 
bles in form and markings, but differs by its very small .size and the 
second joint of funicle longer than the third. 
Subgenus Anthonomochaeta. 
Beak long and rather slender, curved and slightly widened beyond 
the insertion of the antennae, pubescent; scrobes straight, directed 
against the eye. Antennae slender, inserted about two-fifths from 
the gular opening, funicle 7-jointed. Eyes small, round and feebly 
convex. The front is somewhat flattened, with a round fovea con- 
cealed by pubescence. Prothorax a little wider than long, strongly 
narrowed in front and slightly constricted at the apex, base bisinuate. 
Elytra liroadly ovate, a little longer than wide, suddenly and fully 
one-third wider at the base than the prothorax ; humeri callous, 
])rominent ; regularly rounded on the sides from base to ti}> ; striie 
broad and deep, punctured ; third and fourth ventral segments 
shorter than the others, fifth longer than the fourth in both sexes; 
pygidium exposed in the male, concealed in the female. Legs very 
slender, femora .scarcely clavate and not toothed ; tibiie very slender, 
straight, apical armature v^ery feebly developed ; tarsi slender, claws 
