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Myocoryna peninsularis n. sp. 



Head, thorax, body beneath and legs rufescent, elytra 

 pale 3^ellow, the suture, two discal vittae and margin piceous. 

 Antennge pale, the outer five joints darker. Head coarsely 

 irregularly punctate. Thorax sparsely, irregularh' punc- 

 tate, more coarsely and closely at the sides. Elytra with 

 nine entire stria? of moderately coarse punctures not closely 

 placed, a short scutellar stri«,the seventh stria? somewhat 

 irregular, intervals smooth, color pale yellow with a sutural 

 piceous vitta including two intervals which separate near 

 the base, a vitta on the intervals between the third and 

 fourth and between the fifth and sixth stria;, these united 

 near apex, the outer stripe with an appendix at its base, 

 marginal interval from humerus to apex piceous. Body 

 beneath very sparsely punctate. Length, .29 inch; 

 7.5 mm. 



This species is similar in form to lineolata, but with 

 markings resembling ZygogTamma contimia. It has fewer 

 discal vittce than any of our vittate Myocoiyna, except 

 Dalhomi, where, with an almost black thorax, there is but 

 one broad discal vitt«. The thorax is not spotted as in 

 the decenilineata series. 



Coral de Piedra, Sierra El Taste. 



Epitrix flavotestacea n. sp. 



Ovate, yellowish testaceous, very finely pubescent. 

 Antenna pale, the outer joints somewhat darker. Head 

 smooth. Thorax moderately coarsely and closely punc- 

 tate, the basal impression moderate, slighth^ sinuous. 

 Eh'tra with stria; of moderate punctures, closely placed, 

 intervals very slightly convex wider than the stride, finely 

 uniseriately punctate. Body beneath pale, usually with 

 the metasternum and first ventral segment piceous. 

 Length, .06-. 08 inch; 1.5-2 mm. 



2d Seh., Vol. IV. ( ii7 ) August 3, 1894. 



