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Subfamily Clerinae 



Genus ENOCLERUS Gahan, 1910. 



1. ENOCLERUS DICHROUS, new species 



Somewhat resembling E. lellus (Schenkling) . Head castaneous, 

 the vertex and mandibles piceous. Rest of mouth parts, legs, and un- 

 der parts of thorax dark castaneous. Pronotum testaceous with pink- 

 ish reflections except for a transverse blotch of piceous at the middle 

 of the anterior margin. Scutellum black. Elytra pinldsh testaceous 

 with violaceous markings. Head finely and sparsely punctured 

 except for a median vertical impunctate area. Vestiture short and 

 sparse with a few longer erect black hairs intermingled. Pronotum 

 slightly broader than long (34-38), punctures sparse and extremely 

 fine except near anterior margin, anterior transverse impression 

 broad and shallow, vestiture similar to that of head. Punctation 

 of elytra similar to that of pronotum. Elytra pinkish testaceous, 

 each with two large spots of violaceous blue. The anterior spot is 

 quadrate, is two-fifths as long as the elytron and includes the suture, 

 basal margin and humeral callus. The posterior spot conforms in 

 shape to the apical half of the elytron; its anterior margin is straight 

 and transverse and lies at the exact middle of the length of the 

 elytron. The spot fails narrowly to include the suture, more widely 

 the lateral margin. Under parts sparsely pubescent, the abdomen 

 reddish testaceous. Length: 6-7mm. Locality: Tumupasa. 



Type and Jive paratypes. — Cat. No. 29355, U.S.N.M. 



One of the paratypes has attained the full coloration of the type, 

 the rest lack the violaceous markings on the elytra. 



2. ENOCLERUS INIMICOIDES, new species 



Color and markings much as in E. inimicus Wolcott. Head, thorax, 

 abdomen and appendages (mostly) black, elytra violaceous with 

 testaceous markings. Head with eyes slightly narrower than the 

 pronotum, finely and densely punctured except for a small median 

 smooth space at the level of the insertions of the antennae. Vesti- 

 ture of dense gray pile with a few longer erect black hairs. Anten- 

 nae nearly as long as pronotum, first segment bent and pale beneath, 

 ninth and tenth together equal in length to eleventh. Pronotum 

 slightly broader than long (45-48), finely and densely punctured. 

 Vestiture dense, that of the disk black, that of the anterior portion 

 of the flanks and the anterior transverse impression gray; there are 

 a few gray hairs along the posterior margin. Elytra with punctures 

 which are for the most part much finer than those of the pronotum 

 but which are set with equal density. There are a few erect black 

 hairs on both pronotum and elytra. Scutellum black. Elytra vio- 

 laceous except for an oblique band of testaceous, equal in width 



