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and dilated at apex, of the female slender and not dilated at apex; 

 anterior femora and tibiae dentate, intermediate and posterior femora 



mutic (Brownsville, Texas.) H. texanns n. sp. 



6. Antennal joints gradually increasing in width ; beak slender, shorter in the 

 female than in the male Brenthus Fab. 



Second elytral interval narrow, costiform from a little before the 

 middle to apex; thorax elongate conical in both sexes, longitudinally 

 impressed from base to nearly to apex, all the femora dentate in 

 both sexes (Lower California) B. peninsularis Horn. 



Second elytral inten-al flat in its entire length, thorax very elongate 

 and broadly constricted at middle in the male, conical in the female, 

 longitudinally impressed in basal half, only the anterior femora 

 dentate (Southern Florida and Lower California). 



B. anchorago Linn. 



Power in Ann. Soc. Ent. def' France, 1878, Vol. VIII, p. 494, de- 

 scribed Eupsalis lecontei and sallei from North America which never 

 have been recognized in the United States. Of lecontei I have four 

 large males (21 mm.) from New York, Wisconsin and northern 

 Illinois and of sallei four males and two females of different sizes 

 (11-19 mm.) from Virginia, Florida and Texas. Both differ from 

 large developed males of typical minuta in having a narrower and 

 more elongate beak and smaller head, the prothorax is very finely 



Eupsalis minuta Oliv. 

 Male. 



E. minuta ssp. sallei Pow. 

 Male. 



