196 H. C. FALL. 



tennal stem moderately acute and about as in expansa ; the eighth joint (fig. 15) 

 being narrower than the ninth in the female (male not known). The ninth 

 joint is just perceptibly longer than wide, broader at base than usual, thus resem- 

 bling expansa; tenth joint triangular, a little longer than wide. Length 5.8- 

 6.3 mm. 



Two examples .collected at Toronto, Canada (Crew), have been 

 sent me by Mr. Wick ham. The species differs from all others 

 known to me by the simple punctuation of the head and thorax, 

 and the almost completely nontruncate elytral apices. There is a 

 narrow smooth median line on the pronotum which is also probably 

 characteristic. The discovery so far to the east of a species of Vril- 

 letta, a genus hitherto supposed to be peculiar to the Pacific Coast, 

 is interesting and surprising. Thinking there might possibly be 

 some error in locality I sent Mr. Crew a note of inquiry. He re- 

 plied that he had taken these and several other examples, recently 

 sold to Cornell University, from oak twigs, but that they seemed 

 rare or very local, as he had widely searched his locality for others 

 without success. 



6. V. pluinbea n. sp. — Very robust, black, sparsely clothed with fine, short 

 cinereous hairs, which give a leaden lustre to the surface. Head and prothorax 

 coarsely rather densely punctate, the latter with a few small scattered granules 

 at sides. Elytral strife finely punctate; apex very narrowly truncate. Antennae 

 (fig. 14) very similar to those of expansa and laurentina, but with the ninth joint 

 more truly triangular and slightly longer than wide. Length 7.5 mm. 



Two specimens only of this species have been seen (both proba- 

 bly females), one in the Horn collection from Mt. Shasta, Califor- 

 nia, the other collected by Mr. Wickham at North Yakima, Wash- 

 ington. The large size, robust form, color, and densely coarsely 

 punctate thorax make the species easily recognizable. 



EUVRILLETTA new genus. 

 This genus is structurally very closely allied to Vrilletta and might, 

 perhaps, be regarded as a subgenus; the somewhat numerous species 

 of the latter genus are, however, so perfectly homogeneous that I 

 dislike to introduce a disturbing element. Briefly, the present genus 

 differs from Vrilletta as follows : The antennal funicle is rather fee- 

 bly serrate, the outer joints nearly as long as wide, the joints of the 

 club more elongate and nearly parallel ; the terminal joint of max- 

 illary palpus triangular, a little longer than wide, the outer edge 

 oblique, the inner angle rather narrowly rounded ; terminal joint 

 of labial palpus nearly as wide as > long, broadly triangular, the 



