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strongly convergent toward apex, more rounded toward base. Length 2.65 

 mm.; width 1.4 mm. Virginia [Fort Monroe] virginica, sp. nov. 



Body black and with variegated pubescence nearly as in the preceding species, the sub- 

 median band of the elytra almost continuous, transverse, the sutural part not 

 much in advance of the lateral, forming a broad even arc in more than inner half 

 of each elytron ; prothorax of the male much less transverse, scarcely twice as 

 wide as long, the sides less convergent and more even in curvature ; size much 

 smaller. Length 2.2 mm.; width 1.1S mm. Texas [El Paso]. 



oblongula, sp. nov. 



13 — -Body black, with variegated white and fulvous elytral bands nearly as in virginica, 

 except a distinct sutural rhombus included within the subapical band, which is 

 wanting in that species, the submedian band much broken ; prothorax at base not 

 quite as wide as the elytra in the female, the punctures deep, well separated and 

 strongly annulo-rugose, much less than twice as wide as long ; elytral punctures 

 rather strong but twice as sparse as in virginica, the pubescence very much sparser 

 than in that species or oblongula. Length 2.5 mm.; width 1. 3 mm. Arizona. 



aspericollis, sp. nov. 



14 — Form very short and broad, oblong, the elyt'a in both sexes scarcely a fourth 

 longer than wide 15 



P"orm narrower and more elongate in both sexes, the pattern of elytral ornamentation 

 obsolete or partially so 16 



15 — Elytra black, with narrow anastomosing paler bands nearly as in ornata, which 

 are clothed sparsely with whitish hairs, the subapical transverse band enclosing 

 a transverse rhombus on the suture ; elytral punctures sparse and rather fine ; pro- 

 thorax of the female twice as wide as long, the sides evenly and moderately 

 arcuate. Length 2.9 mm.; width 1.'/ mm. Pennsylvania; \_pallipcs Zieg.]. 



inclusa Lee- -ver*j 



Elytra as in the preceding, with the pale, anastomosing markings broader and clothed 

 in great part with fulvous pubescence, the punctures somewhat stronger and 

 slightly less sparse, the subapical band not forming a distinct sutural rhombus ; 

 hairs of the pronotum sparse, suberect and black, becoming paler laterally to- 

 ward base ; prothorax of the male more than twice as wide as long. Length 2.3 

 mm.; width 1. 35 mm. California (San Francisco) brevis, sp. nov. 



16 — Elytra parallel and feebly arcuate at the sides, rounded and narrowed only at 

 the apex, black, with a narrow testaceous bisinuate band clothed with paler pu- 

 bescence near the base, and a few small spots of pale pubescence posteriorly, 

 notably one on each at the suture at the middle, and at the side slightly behind 

 the middle of the length, and one at the middle of the width at apical fourth. 

 Length 2.4 mm.; width 1.28 mm. Indiana? — Cab. Levette. 



obsolescens, sp. nov. 



Elytra narrowed slightly from the rather pronounced humeral swelling to the rounded 

 apex ; body pale testaceous throughout, the head and pronotum slightly piceous ; 

 pubesc2n.ee sparse and not at all varied, pale in color; surface of the elytra 

 rugose, sparsely punctate. Length 1.9 mm.; width 0.9 mm. Arizona. 



advena, sp. nov. 



Unlike nearly all the other genera of Dermestidre, the present seems 



