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lus Lee, with which, so far as can be judged by LeCoute's brief de- 

 scription, it agrees fairly well in other characters, except in form ot 

 body, which is said to be obliquely attenuate in front and obtusely 

 rounded behind in (eneolus. In his short but comprehensive review 

 of the North American species of Pedilophorus (Can. Ent., June, 

 1903, p. 179 >, Mr. Wickham refers his specimens doubtfully to 

 ceneolus, but if LeCoute's description is trustworthy I think they 

 must be regarded as distinct. 



Pedilophorus subciipreus n. sp.— Broadly oblong-elliptical, flaik 

 cupieo-teueous, pubescence very short, fine, sparse and recumbent. Head 

 coarsely rather closely punctate thronghout. Prothorax with sides nearly 

 straight, hind angles distinctly acute, front angles only slightly less than right; 

 surface more finely and sparsely punctured than the head, the punctures distant 

 from two to four times their own diameters at the middle, becoming closer and 

 slightly larger at sides; a distinct foveiform depression within the hind angles. 

 Elytra punctured like the thorax. Beneath piceous, densely punctate and pubes- 

 cent as usual ; third tarsal joint lobed. Length 5.6 mm. ; width 3.3 mm. 

 Washingt<m (Aberdeen). A single specimen. 

 This species should come between acuminatus and oblongus m 

 Wickham' s table. It is larger and relatively wider than oblongus, 

 and differs from acuminatus in not being at all acuminate posteriorly 

 and in its finer punctuation. The ventral punctures in acuminaiiis 

 are conspicuously coarser and less numerous, there being only two 

 or three punctures in the length of a segment, while in subatpreus 

 there are about six. 



Pedilophorus lateralis n. sp.— Moderately broadly oblong-elliptical, 

 blackish, with feeble green-bronze lustre, shining, clothed with recumbent black 

 hairs, which l)ecome predominantly mingled with white and brown laterally, 

 inclosing at the sides of the elytra a conspicuous dark spot. Antenna; black, 

 sixth joint as wide as long, seventh distinctly transverse, eighth to tenth strongly 

 transverse. Head moderately closely strongly punctate, a smooth spot at the 

 middle of the vertex, but no frontal fovea. Prothorax nearly as wide as the 

 elytra, sides nearly straight, angles acute, surface deeply but not coarsely punc- 

 tate, the punctures separated by a little more than their own diameters at the 

 middle, becoming slightly larger and clo.ser laterally. Elytra with sides parallel 

 and very feebly arcuate in basal two-thinls, punctuation similar to that of the 

 thorax.' Beneath rufopiceous, densely rather coarsely punctate, with recumbent 

 ochreo-cinereous pubescence; tarsi not lobe. Length 4 mm. ; width 2 2.5 mm. 



Described from a single example taken by Prof. Cockerell near 

 Las Vegas (head of Daily Canon), June. 



This also by its simple tarsi is allied to ceneolus, but differs con- 

 spicuously from both it and subsefosus by its differently colored and 

 disposed vestiture. 



TR.\NS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXIII. (29) JUNK, 1907. 



