lofi Journal New York Entomological Society. L'^'oI. viii. 



5 — Pale pubescent bands of tlie elytra at basal and apical third entire, the anterior 

 irregular, the posterior narrowly interrupted at the middle ; body nan-owly oval, 

 more or less palepiceo-testaceousin color, finely punctate, the pronotum minutely 

 and sparsely ; tarsi very slender, the posterior as long as the tibia' in the female 

 and distinctly longer in the male ; autennal club of tlie latter stout, not twice as 

 long as wide, the second joint slightly shorter tlian the first. Length 1. 9-2. 25 

 mm.; width I.I-I.3 mm. California (Sta. Barbara) fiiitarse, sp. nov. 



Pale pubescent bands subentire but composed of short, sparse hairs and mutually 

 separated by a distance equal to that of the anterior band from the base ; body 

 castaneous, sparsely punctured ; legs testaceous, the femora picescent ; posterior 

 tarsi slightly .shorter than the tibitt ; antennal club of the female rather small, 

 stout, one-half longer than wide, with the second joint distinctly longer than 

 the first — a reversal of the general rule. Length 2.15 mm.; width 1.3 mm. 

 New Mexico (Fort Wingate — ^Dr. .Shufeldt) reversum, sp. nov. 



Pale pubescent bands broken up into small sparse spots, a .spot also behind the humeri 

 and another near the apical angle of each elytron ; body much larger, elongate- 

 oval, darker in color, castaneous, the punctures a little coarser and rather more 

 close-set than in fiiitarse; hind tarsi nearly similar. Length 2.5-2.65 mm.; 

 width 1.4-1.55 mm. Arizona (Canon of the Colorado River) — Dr. T. Mitchell 

 Prudden pruddeni, sp. nov. 



6 — Elytra feebly narrowed posteriorly from the humeral callus, the pale pubescent 

 bands cinereous and almost entire, separated mutually by a distance which is etjual 

 to that of the anterior band from the basal margin ; apical spot of pale pubes- 

 cence concolorous or nearly so, the spots and bands rather poorly defined, and 

 wilh the pubescence largely cinereous toward base throughout the width, joining 

 the first band at the suture ; hind tarsi (]uite distinctly shorter than the tibia; in 

 the female. Length 2.65 mm.; width 1.6 mm. Arizona balteatum Lee. 



Elytra rapidly narrowed behind from the humeral callus, the apex more narrowly 

 rounded, body smaller, conve.x, and relatively stouter, cas'aneous in color, the 

 bands of coarser pale yellowish-cinereous pubescence narrower, subentire and 

 better defined, the two mutually much more distant than the first from the 

 base, the apical spot fulvous in color ; basal regions with a large proportion of 

 ]3a'e hairs ; hind tarsi very slightly in the male, distinctly in the female, .shorter 

 than the tibia; ; male antennal club stout, not twice as long as wide, the second 

 joint a little shorter than the first, the cavities extending to basal thn-d. Length 

 1.9-2.25 mm.; width I.2-I.4mm. Texas (Brownsville) — Mr. Wickham. 



festivum, sp. nov. 



7 — Body oval, blackish, the elytra rufous in apical third or more, with subhumeral an- 

 nulus and two transverse bands of short, rather sparse pale hairs ; pronotum with 

 pale hairs tovvai^d the sides and basal lobe ; joints of male antennal club sub- 

 equal, the second Ijut slightly shorter than the first, nearly similar, but a little 

 smaller, in the female ; tarsi slender and elongate. Length 1. 8-2. 5 mm.; width 

 1. 2-1.5 mm. Missouri, Kansas and Texas hemorrhoidale Zf<-. 



8 — Rather broadly suboblong-oval, black, the elytra gradually and suftusedly rufescent 

 toward tip, the pubescence short, dark, sparse and inconsp'cuous, becoming pale 

 and distinct, though sparse, toward the sides and basal lobe of the pronotum and 

 toward the sides, and more densely, near the apices, of the elytra ; pronotal lobe 



