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somewhat rugulose, especially on the median dorsum, recumbent and 
erect hairs as already described. Pygidium finely and uniformly punctate 
and set with moderately’short recumbent hairs. Metasternum with long 
hairs rather densely placed. Abdomen slightly pruinose with uniformly 
short fine recumbent hairs. Claws curved at apex and with a moderate- 
sized median tooth. Length, 15 to 16 mm. 
Male—Antenna 10-segmented, the club as long as the stem. The 
genitalia are simple but characteristic, as shown in Figures 7 and 8. 
Penultimate ventral segment slightly flattened at middle and granulate. 
Female —The female is unknown to the writer. 
Habitat—This species is represented by four males collected by 
J. D. Mitchell at light, Victoria, Texas, April 6—June 26 (exact date 
unknown), and we have seen one male collected by W. S. Blatchley at 
Sanford, Fla., March 25, 1911. 
PHYLLOPHAGA HIRTICULA Knoch, var. COMOSA, n. var. 
This variety closely resembles typical P. hirticula, but may be dis- 
tinguished by the absence of the rows of hairs on the elytra and the 
shortness or sparseness of the hairs on the thorax. This character seems 
to be constant, judging from the long series before me and the statement 
of the collectors, McColloch and Hayes, who report having collected 
numbers of this variety without finding any with the rows of hairs on 
the elytra. The genitalia resemble those of typical hirticula, and while 
there seems to be a constant slight difference in the male genitalia, the 
difference is so slight as to make it difficult to separate the variety on 
this alone. The genitalia of variety comosa are thicker and more robust 
than are the genitalia of Hirticula. 
Similar in shape and color to typical P. hirticula, being fuscofer- 
ruginous to very dark brown, moderately shining, without hairs on elytra 
except an occasional short one, and only a few on the head and thorax. 
Clypeus rather deeply emarginate, the margin narrowly reflexed, surface 
coarsely and densely punctate, front similarly punctate. Thorax slightly 
narrower at base than at middle, margin finely serrate posteriorly, coarse- 
ly so anteriorly, and with short ciliae, surface moderately closely punctate 
on sides and less so on disc, the punctures more or less irregularly placed, 
a rather distinct channel along basal margin from the hind angles to near 
the middle. Elytra with smaller and moderately closely placed punctures, 
somewhat rugulose at center; no rows of hairs, only an occasional short 
hair, and margin not fimbriate, sutural costae distinct, submarginal ones 
indistinct or absent. Pygidium with punctures moderately sparse and 
not distinct, wider than long, the apex broadly rounded. Metasternum 
with fine dense punctures and densely clothed with moderately long hairs. 
Claws arcuate, with a strong median tooth, alike in both sexes. Length, 
16.5 to 18.5 mm. 
