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Cerambycobius bruchivorus, n. sp. 



$. — Length, 4.5 mm. Head and thorax blue, with purple tinges, face 

 mostly purplish ; antennae dark, scape metallic ; pubescence on eyes 

 long, distinct; posterior ocelli closer to each other than to the anterior 

 ocellus and separated from the eyes by less than one-half the diameter 

 of the ocelli; abdomen bronzy, with bluish reflections, the first segment 

 basally blue; legs dark, tibiae with reddish, tarsi basally whitish. 



Victoria, Tex., bred from Bruchiis sp. on Vachellia. 

 Type. — No. 10064, U. S. National Museum. 



Cerambycobius brevicauda, n. sp. 



?. — Length, 2-3 mm. Head and thorax green, thorax duller in color, 

 more bronzy; antennae dark, scape metallic; ocelli in an equilateral 

 triangle ; pubescence on eyes distinct ; femora blackish or metallic, 

 tibiae dark medially, the apical part and the tarsi very light; abdomen 

 aeneous, first segment basally green. 



Dallas, Tex., bred from Bruchus exigiius Horn. 

 Type. — No. 10065, U. S. National Museum. 



Cerambycobius cushmani, n. sp. 



$. — Length, 2.5-4 mm. Very similar to cyaniceps Ashm., but sepa- 

 rated by the characters given in the table; posterior ocelli farther from 

 each other than from the anterior ocellus ; pubescence on eyes short, 

 indistinct. 



Victoria, Tex., bred from Anthonamus grandis Boh. 

 Type. — No. 10066, U. S. National Museum. 



Tribe Tanaostigmini. 



Genus EUTRICHOSOMA Ashmead. 



Eutrichosoma albipes, n. sp. 



$. — Length, 1.5-2 mm. Head and thorax dull green", abdomen basally 

 green, the rest purplish-coppery; head and thorax closely covered 

 with appressed white pubescence, abdomen with sparse pubescence; 

 face wide, above antennae finely roughened with vertical lines, below 

 almost smooth ; vertex back of the ocelli carinate, the carina running 

 from a point back of one ocellus to behind the other; mesothorax 

 closely finely punctured, the anterior part of the median lobe with fine 

 transverse lines ; metathorax very finely longitudinally wrinkled and 

 with a strong median carina; wings whitish hyaline, nervures almost 

 colorless ; legs greenish, tarsi basally white. 



c?. — Length 1.5-2 mm. Similar to the female except in sexual 

 characters. 



Dallas, Tex., bred from Atdentes tenuipes Lee. Also bred 

 from Smicronyx tychoides Lee. at Victoria, Tex. 



