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of the above insects will gennerally be found, unless a marauding Tro- 

 gosita has taken possession. 



PTOMAPIIAGIJS III. 



P. leptiuoides. n. sp. — Broad, depressed, shining, rather pointed behind, 

 bright fulvous sparsely pubescent ; head and thorax sparingly punctate, shi- 

 ning; elytra subrugulosely punctate, epipleurse scabrous; ventral segments 

 finely punctate; antennae with the joints elongate, 2 = 3, 8 smallest of all and 

 narrower than 7 or 9. ^ anterior tarsi with three joints dilated. L. 3 mm. 

 Fort Crook ; (Horn). 



This remarkable species has a strong external resemblance to Lep- 

 tinus, the head being small so that the thorax is largely rounded on 

 the sides, the posterior angles are produced but rounded. 



GRYNOCHARIS Thorns. 



G. pilosnla, n. sp. — Brown, oblong, su boon vex, thickly clothed with a 

 sericeous pale decumbent pubescence, mixed with sparse erect hairs arranged in 

 rows; thorax transverse, sides rounded, erenulate, broadly explanate, front 

 angles rounded, shining, sparsely punctulate; elytra shining, rather less 

 strongly pubescent, deeply and pretty closely punctate, sides explanate in the 

 basal third; beneath pubescent, body dark. L. 4.5 — 5 mm. 



Oregon and Vancouver. Entirely unlike G. ohlonga by the pubes- 

 cent, punctate surface, but agreeing generically with it. 



SCYMNUS Kug. 

 S. paeificns, n. sp. — Oval, shining, sparsely pubescent, punctate; thorax 

 transverse, margined at base; elytra each with a large yellow discoidal spot 

 before the middle; body beneath punctate, tibiae and tarsi red. % front an- 

 gles of thorax testaceous. L. 2 mm.' 



Calaveras, also in North California, at Lake Port, on oak trees. 

 The metacoxal lines are complete and reach the edge of the first ven- 

 tral segment. 



S. coniferarnm, n. sp.— Oval, pubescent, black beneath; thorax black, 

 front angles red, lightly punctulate, base margined; elytra fulvous-red, base 

 and a subscutellar triangular patcli black, visibly punctate. L. 1.5 mm. 



Calaveras, Taho, San Barnardino, on pine trees. The metacoxal lines 

 are semicircular, complete, reaching two-thirds the segment. This 

 species is less rounded than its allies. 



S. Phelpsii, n. sp.— Broadly rounded, convex, reddish-testaceous, clothed 

 with a golden pubescence; thorax punctulate, base margined; elytra more 

 visibly but not coarsely punctate, unicolorous; body beneath closely almost 

 rugosely punctate throughout, legs pale, metasternum darker, almost black. 

 L. 2 mm. 



Victoria and New Westminster, by beating small shrubs in July, 

 The metacoxal lines do not reach the edge of the segment and are in- 

 complete externally. 



