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Color piceous, the elytra with a vague cinereous blotch at base and 

 a broad band behind the middle, seen perfectly in well preserved speci- 

 mens only. (PI. Ill, Vol. I, fig. 17.) 



H. debilis Lee. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, V, p. 66. Length .24111. = 6 mm. 

 Hab. California. 



The color is again piceous and the markings consist of an oblique 

 silvery patch at base and a transverse band behind the middle. This 

 may be only a poorly developed tuhcrculata but the absence of large 

 series prevents the synonymy being perfectly established. 



CALLIMUS Muls. 



Contains two species resembling the European genus Cartallum in 

 form but having the last joint of the palpi cylindrical and the meso- 

 sternum very wide and truncate. The hind tibiae are somewhat curved. 

 The species were described by Dr. Leconte under the generic name 

 Pilema but do not differ from CaUimns and are therefore referred to that 

 genus, 



C. ruficolle Lee. S.M.C., No. 264, p. 192. Length .3210 .36 in. = 8 to 9 mm. 

 Hab. California. 



Opaque black; thorax shining red, punctured, tuberculate and 

 carinate, basal margin black; elytra flat, punctured and with the sutural 

 angle prominent. 



C. cyanipenne Lee. I.e. p. 192. Length .28 to .30 in. = 7 to 8 mm. Hab. 

 California. 



Flavo-ferruginous; thorax, 9 red, (^ black; head, antenna?, apex 

 of femora, tibiae and tarsi black; elytra blue, flat and punctured, 



MEGOBRIUM Lee. 



M. Edwardsii Lee. S.M.C., No. 264, p. 193. Length .50 in. = 12.5 mm. 

 Hab. California. 



A species larger than the preceding but resembling them in form. 

 Palpi oval, mesosternum narrow, prothorax longer, lateral tubercle much 

 larger and obtuse. Color testaceous Elytral punctures few, arranged 

 in three lines extending from base to a little behind the middle with a 

 few scattered outside of these lines. The elytra bear an angulated pale 

 band in front of the middle and a few nebulosities behind. (PI. Ill, 

 Vol. I, fig. 18.) 



CALLIMOXYS Kraalz. 



Contains two species readily distinguished from others of the group 

 by the subulate el\tra. The thorax of (j^ is more or less red in both 

 species. The color is black except the hind legs which are yellow, the 

 club of the femora only being black. The elytra are somewhat variable, 

 generally brownish with darker margin, and punctured. The species are 



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