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especially when accompanied by differences in the form, color and 

 sculpture of the body, must, until further evidence, be held to have 

 specific weight. 



Novelsis, gen. nov. 



This genus is comparatively local, occurring only in the Sonoran 

 provinces, and is distinguishable at once from Attagenus by the 

 structure of the antennal club and hypomera and the io-jointed male 

 antenna as well as by the complex vestiture. The few species before 

 me may be identified as follows : — 



Hypomera nearly horizontal, not concave and with the outer edge rather obtuse and 

 not at all descending ; mesosternum very narrow between the coxse. [Novelsis, in 



SP-] 2 



Hypomera concave and strongly descending, the outer edge very acute ; mesosternum 

 wider between the coxa;. [Paranovelsis, sg. nov.] 6 



2 — Elytra without distinct paler pubescent maculation behind the middle 3 



Elytra with transverse paler pubescent spots or bands in apical half 5 



3 — Elytra with the suture, external margin in basal two-fifths, and an oblique line 

 connecting the latter with the pale sutural line at basal third or less, pale tes- 

 taceous and clothed with coarser fulvo-cinereous hairs, the remainder blackish and 

 clothed with shorter blackish pubescence ; head and pronotum blackish, the basal 

 margin of the latter testaceous ; last joint of the male antennal club much longer 

 than the preceding. Length 3.2 mm. ; width 1.5 mm. Arizona... .horni Jayne 



Elytra piceous to testaceous in color and almost uniform throughout, the pubescence 

 dense and less variegated, a condensed oblique spot near basal third generally 

 more or less distinct 4 



4 — Subbasal spot of condensed cinereous pubescence posteriorly angulate at inner third 

 or fourth of the width ; body stouter ; sides of the prothorax strongly convergent 

 and distinctly arcuate. Length 2.7-3.4 mm. ; width 1. 55— 1. 75 mm. Arizona. 



byturoides, sp. n. (Cr. MS) 



Subbasal spot straight and oblique, frequently suffused and indistinct; body narrower and 

 much smaller in size, the prothorax less narrowed at apex, the sides very broadly 

 and feebly arcuate from base to apex ; last joint of the male antenna three times 

 as long as wide and distinctly shorter than the two preceding combined. Length 

 2.4-2.65 mm. ; width 1.15-1.35 mm. Utah (southwestern) — Mr. Weidt. 



uteana, sp. nov. 



5 — Body narrow and elongate-oval, convex, piceous-black above and beneath, the 

 legs testaceous ; pubescence very dense, rather short, subdecumbent, the longer 

 semi-erect hairs not conspicuous, uniform, brownish-cinereous on the pronotum 

 and pale areas of the elytra, of which there is, on each, a large transverse basal 

 spot, an oblique fascia between basal third and fourth, separated from the spot 

 by a short transverse darker interval, a narrow and irregularly sinuous transverse 

 band near apical third, and a straight transverse fascia very near the apex pro- 

 longed to the apical angles along the suture ; male antennal club extremely long, 

 the last joint neatly as long as the two preceding combined and as long as the 



