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formly ferrugineous except the head, which is infuscate, mesosternum, 
tibiae and tarsi piceous. Form as in tripustulatus DeG., head slightly 
nitid, almost impunctate; maxillary palpi black, Iast article inflated, 
somewhat flattened, truncate and excavated at apex; pronotum some- 
what shining, almost impunctate; scutellum very small; elytra with 
texture as in head and thorax; ventral surface with sternum finely and 
thickly punctured, except the mesosternum, which is smooth and very 
nitid, ventral sternites finely, thickly and striately punctured except the 
base of the segments, which are smooth; fifth ventral rather deeply 
notched; Jegs with femora slightly rugose, tibiae smooth and sparsely 
pubescent. 
Type— é in my collection. 
Type locality—Lincoln Park Beach, Chicago, IIl., (Wol- 
cott). 
This form can be told at a glance from tripustulatus DeG. 
by the absence of the sutural spot. I owe the type to the 
kindness of my friend, Mr. Frederick Knab, of Washington, 
DEG: 
Genus HYPERASPIS Chevrolat. 
Hyperaspis lateralis, var. flammula n. var. 
Color, structure and ornamentation as in lateralis Muls., except that 
the marginal vitta of each elytron is longer and is connected with the 
common discal spot by an isthmus of the same color as the vitta and 
spot; this isthmus rises from a point at about the posterior third of 
the vitta. 
Type—é @ and one cotype ( 92 ) in my collection. 
Type locality—Montana. 
Geo. Dist—Montana, 2 specimens; Golden, Col. vii, 18. 
og. one specimen (W. J. Gerhard). 
I have seen examples of this variety in several collections 
in the east including the Horn collection of the American 
Entomological Society. The ¢ @ type was kindly given me 
by Mr. Chas. Liebeck of Philadelphia, the cotype from Col- 
orado by my friend Mr. A. B. Wolcott. In the latter the 
elytral pattern shows slight signs of a reversion towards the 
typical design. 
Hyperaspis wellmani n. sp. 
Color: Shining black, elytra with reddish yellow markings, disposed 
similarly to those of lateralis Muls., except that the marginal vittae 
distinctly increase in width posteriorly-and do not reach as nearly the 
