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last joint of antennal club of female about as long as the preceding four 



joints pallipcs Schaef. 



Prothorax red with a central black spot of variable size ; elytra black with 

 side margin in about basal half and lateral transverse spot pale, last 

 antennal joint of female as long or almost as long as the eight preceding 



joints tenninata Spin. 



4. Prothorax black with apical margin more or less reddish, elytra with lateral 

 pale spot and sometimes with sub-apical pale sutural spot ; femora black, 

 tibiae pale, last antennal joints of female as long or almost as long as the 

 preceding joints californica Fall. 



Family CeraiMbycid.^i. 



Metaleptus femoratus Schaef., Bull. Brooklyn Inst. Mus., Vol. I, p. 384. 

 Metalcptus gracilis Fall., Can. Ent., Vol. XLI, p. 164. 



Both names refer to the same species. Tlic description of M. 

 gracilis Fall appeared a few days later than that of M. femoratus 

 Schaef. 



Calloides nobilis var. mormonus, new variety. 



Head with two transverse fasciae of dense yellow pubescence, one above 

 the eyes and one below. Elytra with heavy basal fascia of dense yellow 

 pubescence, a short oblique fascia below this which does not attain suture 

 nor lateral margin ; between this and the basal fascia at lateral margin an 

 elongate spot, below middle a slightly arcuate, internally sinuate fascia from 

 lateral margin to suture : below this a more sinuate fascia which extends 

 from suture to almost the lateral margin and near apex an oblique fascia 

 from the lateral margin to suture Apex of mesosternum and apical margin 

 of first, second and third abdominal segments, except at middle, densely 

 clothed with yellow pubescence. The fascire on the elytra are all heavy and of 

 equal width. Length 27 mm. 



Beaver Caiion, Utah. 



A finely marked insect, which looks very distinct from nobilis bnt 

 presents no ,s^ood character to give it specific standing. 



Stenosphenus lepidus Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. XII, p. 179. 

 Sfeiiosplicinis longicollis Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad., Vol. VI, p. 34. 



The description of longicollis fits equally well lepidus, from w^hich 

 it is said to differ in having " the prosternum in front of the coxa; 

 depressed and coarsely, densely punctate-rugose, except at apical 

 margin, while in lepidus this space is divided by a polislicd, longi- 

 tudinal elevation, forming thus two depressed areas." 



I have examined a number of males of lepidus as well as of other 

 species in regard to the constancy of this character and find that the 



