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and impunctate in middle third; lateral calli of moderate size; hairs 
fine, short, and inconspicuous. 
Elytra notably wider than pronotum, about 1.27 times as long as 
wide; sides subparallel on anterior two-thirds, broadly rounded be- 
hind; surface shining; striae narrow and moderately impressed 
(slightly wider and less deep than in uéchensis), strial punctures 
moderately small (coarser than in wtahensis), separated by their own 
diameters; interspaces wide, convex, densely granulate-punctate, 
granules mostly small and confused on anterior disk, posterior disk 
with a uniseriate row of small, sharp, toothlike asperities in each 
interspace; lateral interspaces with uniseriate asperities only on and 
near declivity, finely, confusedly granulate-punctate anteriorly; disk 
and sides with moderately numerous, short, moderately stout, yellow- 
ish hairs. Declivity with first interspace convex, mesal portion 
closely, finely punctured, with a row of coarse, black serrations on 
lateral half; second interspace wide, feebly convex, finely punctured, 
not serrate, with one or two teeth near apex; third interspace strongly 
elevated, with a row of moderately coarse, black serrations; more 
Jateral interspaces each with a few smaller serrations; entire declivity 
with fairly numerous, short, rather stout, yellowish hairs. Mesoster- 
num oblique in front. 
Female-——Similar to male in habitus; frons very wide between 
eyes, frontal rectangle about 0.60 as long as wide, convex, densely, 
strongly granulate-punctate, scarcely impressed, with median carina 
very indistinct or lacking; elytral interspaces densely, finely granu- 
late-punctate, with more numerous and stronger asperities than in 
male, becoming uniseriate midway on disk; declivity with all of inter- 
spaces serrate, those of second interspace but little smaller than those 
of first and third; entire declivity moderately clothed with flat, scale- 
like hairs, with a few slender, erect setae from bases of serrations. 
Phloeosinus aciculatus was described from specimens “probably 
from juniper” collected in the Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, 
Ariz. The writer has studied more than 75 specimens collected at 
Sycamore Springs and Santa Catalina Mountains, Ariz.; Capitan 
Mountains, N. Mex.; and Davis Mountains, Tex. The hosts were 
Juniperus pachyphloea Torrey and J. mexicana Spreng. 
PHLOEOSINUS NEOMEXICANUS, new species 
PLATE 41, FIGURE 26 
Male.—Black with the elytra reddish brown to piceous brown; 
3.0 to 3.75 mm. long, holotype 3.46 mm. long, about 2.03 times as long 
as wide, allied to junipert Swaine, but without granules in second 
declivital interspace. 
