30 EDWARD P VAN DUZEE. 



substantially as iii 4-pustulatu. Tlie general color, however, seems to average 

 somewhat lighter. Length 13 16 mm., widtli across tlie humeri 7-8 mm. 



Dej^crihed from two male and six female examples taken at Palo 

 Alto, California, in January, 1892, labelletl " L. S. Jr. U. (Leland 

 Stanford Jr. Univ.), No. 19," and received from Cornell Univ ; one 

 male taken at Moscow, Idaho, by Prof. Aid rich, and one male taken 

 at Olympia, Wash., by Mr. T. Kincaid, also received from Cornell 

 University. 



It may seem rash to describe a new species in this difficult genus 

 on such slight characters, and I would not think of doing so were it 

 not that the form of the genital segJiient of the male is entirely dis- 

 tinct from that of any desci'ibed species known to me. The rufous 

 two basal joints of the antennae, with the second as long as the thii'd 

 also seems to be characteristic. The head is elongated as in ^ pudu- 

 lata and obseura, but the apex is formed about as in cariosa Stal, 

 being intermediate between the .^-^n{6'<u/a<a group and the anmdatu 

 group. 



Brovhyineiia carioi»a Stal. 



This is our most showy and, excepting marghiella, our largest 

 species of Brochymena. The black punctures and markings on the 

 pale yellowish ground gives it a very lively and pretty appearance. 

 The form of the head is about as in obseura and affiuis. Aside 

 from its large size and strongly contrasted markings it may be dis- 

 tinguished from obseura by the numerous large teeth on the sides of 

 the pronotun), and from afjinis bv the form of the genitalia. In the 

 only s[)ecimen now in my collection the basal two joints of the an- 

 tennae are paler than the others, but not rufous as in affinis. This 

 species is known from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and 

 Florida. 



Broctiyineua anuulata Fabr. 



This species is very distinct from 4 pustidata, representing a differ- 

 ent section of the genus, distinguished by the more broadly ovate 

 form. The short and broad head is truncated at apex, with the 

 apical sinus nearly transverse ; the surface is finely and closely punc- 

 tured and ornamented in places with groups of larger black punc 

 tures; the sides of the pronotum before the sinus are strongly arcu- 

 ated and armed with close regular teeth; the second joint of the 

 antennie is much shorter than the third, and the rostrum is long, 



