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prolonged and acuminate antero-externally and a large bilobed and less well-de- 

 fined subapical spot. Length 1.6 mm.; width 1.3 mm. Texas (Brownsville) — 

 Mr. Wickham renifer, sp. nov. 



8 — Similar in form and size to 20-maculata ; pronotum impunctate, the five spots 

 smaller and somewhat clouded ; elytra as long as wide, narrowly rounded at 

 apex, the punctures extremely minute, sparse and not impressed, the spots black 

 and well defined, nearly coincident in position with those of 20-maculata, but 

 with the outer basal subdetached, the submarginal at one-third very small, an- 

 terior subsutural much more elongate and the oblique subapical more nearly sub- 

 divided and in the form of a dumb-bell. Length 2.7 mm.; width 2.0 mm. 

 Idaho (Cceur d'Alene) borealis, sp. nov. 



Similar to 20-maculata but rather more broadly rounded, smaller than borealis and 

 with the elytral punctures impressed though minute and sparse ; elytral markings 

 as in borealis but pale brown in color, the subapical completely divided, forming 

 two small rounded and widely separated spots. Length 2.2 mm; width 1. 75 

 mm. California ( Siskiyou Co. ) separata, sp. nov. 



9 — Body broadly oval ; pronotum subimpunctate, the five spots more or less nubilate, the 

 two anterior transversely triangular ; elytra about as long as wide, with rather fine 

 but impressed sparse punctures, pale in color, with spots arranged as in 20-maculata 

 but pale suffused brown in color, except the inner basal and the two submarginal 

 at one-third and two-thirds from the base, which are well developed, particularly 

 the anterior, which three spots are blackish in color ; subapical spot very faint 

 but usually completely divided Length 1.9-2.6 mm.; width I.4-I.9 mm. 

 California (coast regions from San Diego to Humboldt Co. ) ta?Jata Lee. 



Body broadly oval and similar in punctuation and ornamentation to teedata, except 

 that the pronotal spots are so faint as to be scarcely traceable and the anterior of 

 the two darker submarginal spots of the elytra almost completely obsolete, the 

 two subbasal nearly equal in depth of coloration, and that the outer — which is 

 perfectly simple and elongate-oval in teedata, uniting generally with the central 

 spots — is here abbreviated and isolated and united to a distinct semi-detached 

 spot on the callus. Length 2.6 mm.; width 1.9 mm. California. 



deficiens, sp. nov. 



10 — Much more narrowly oval than 20-maculata but similar in size, and with the five 

 pronotal spots similarly placed and large, except the ante-scutellar, which is very 

 small and punctiform ; elytra much longer than wide, white in color, very minutely, 

 sparsely punctulate, the punctures not impressed, the markings deep black and 

 abruptly defined, consisting, besides the sutural marks, of eight spots on each : 

 two basal, the outer irregular and obliquely prolonged postero-externally parallel 

 to the mai-gin for a short distance, one large and triangular, nearer the suture 

 than the margin at two-fifths, one small submarginal at one-third, another larger 

 at three- fourths obliquely united to a small spot behind the discal, and two iso- 

 lated subapical, the inner the larger. Length 2.7 mm.; width 1.8 mm. Florida 

 ( Dry Tortugas ) nana Muls. 



The form of the outer basal spot of the elytra seems to be a valu - 

 able character, and the large series before me show that most of the 



