NOinil AMKUIPAN rOI,KOI'TKRA. 



MH 



'lo|>rosso(l. SiiiTjifG 

 iiii jnil)('scoiit. Elv- 



lecs timl iiiitfiiiuio 

 111(1 w.'ll iiihaiM'.'d. 

 11?, iiTid |itM-C('j)lili|y 

 tl«> roiiiiclud , fxiste- 

 P boing iil.-in visihlo. 

 or, imd iiiiicli M-idiT 

 nillid Miiil sliiiliily 

 ><;iMi>rit Mlioiif twice 

 '• iliiiii the fourth, 

 t joint iiKidenitely 

 ili'li xiiiiiller, fquiil 



sevonlh like fifth, 

 •oe|>til.)v (fattened; 



opressed. Siirfnee 

 '>n the latter; ely- 

 ihesceiice on head 

 ■oarser uiid in the 

 rowri. Color pale 

 idvaticed on sides 

 lurrower than the 

 s nearly straight; 

 ud pqnidinlant 

 s the head and 

 d entire; sides 

 Piiiiae equal in 

 rd toeiijhth still 

 'ivluit ahruptly 

 lun tenth; all 



'pressed ; sides 

 a striate, striae 



ihundant, that 



I'll rows. Sur- 

 u'lilar: median 



■ IX as wide as 

 I'- very nind- 

 ralhtM- faint. 



long again as 

 <>, and evenly, 



arly straight. 



Ill one-half of 



i 



the hody ; first joint very moderate, second smalliT, third to ei^'hlh ssill sinalliT 

 anil slightly I'longali'd. sMh-iM|ual ; ninth to eleventh longer ai'il liroadcr. Iiul not 

 appriM'ialilv flalti'iied ; all <li'nsely pulieseent. Length 1.4 — 1.7 mm. 



Plate VII. Fi- 7. 



This is iilso a (•(PSiiHijHditiiii sjicfics. 



22. It, pilheNreilN n. sp. — Korm moilemloly elongated and very depressed; 

 sides paralli'l. ruiu'lures on heail and prothorax rather elose and fine; elytra ob- 

 scurely and closely striate ; entire surface I'overed with rtither dense pubescence, 

 which is soniewhat hiiii: and line, that on the elytra w arranged in exccciiinglv 

 approximate rows. Color dark teslai'eous ; elytra, legs a d ti] is of antennae much 

 |)aler. Head sub-triangular, rattier small ; front of ejiisloma sliglitly emarginate: 

 sides of same deeply anil acutely excavated ; eyes rather large, a little advanced 

 and not prominent : nieilian furrow well developed. I'rothorax a little widt-r than 

 head, broader than long and very slightly narrowed behiti<l ; lateral striae well 

 marked ; sides almost straight ; anterior angles rather acute : posterior angles right. 

 Suutellum small, transverse and evenly rounded behind. Klytra broader than 

 prothorax, nearly twice as long as the head and prothorax together, ribtusely 

 rounded behind, and entire ; sides parallel and almost straight. .Mubmiinal seg- 

 ments sub-eiiual. Antennae about three-fourths as long as the body ; first joint 

 elongated, .second smaller, a little elongated, third to eightli yet narrower, elon- 

 gateil and sub-equal, ninth to eleventh longer, but no wider, sub-eipial and cylin- 

 drical : all densely pubescent. Length I.."i-- 1 .'.) mm. 

 I'lato Vn. Ki-. H. 



Tilt' |hi1h'scoiu'i' of the lilvtra rcsciiiblos .sttuicwhat tliat (if llorni. hut 

 is loiifTor. Calit'iiriiia. 



2.".. li, truiK'MtllH 11. sp. — Korm elongated, moderately ci<'press«'d : sides par- 

 allel, runctures of prothorax coarse and mo<b'ralely c-losc, t hose of head rather 

 liner: i-lylra striate, striae punctate. Pubescence long and plentifcl, that on elytra 

 arranged in rows. Head niodi'ratc. very declivous in front of the line joining the 

 bases of the antennae: meilian line visible; eyes very small, advanced and con- 

 vex. Prothorax as wiile as the head; very slightly broader than long and nar- 

 roweii bebiiiil ; lateral striae well developod : anterior and jHisterior angles acute. 

 Soulellum small, I'venlv rounded behind. Klytra one-half as long ugain as the 

 ■ 'il and prothorax together, equal in width to the latter; entire and obtusely 

 truncated behind, bonlered : sides parallel, nearly straight. First three abdominal 

 segments equal, last two much shorter and sub-eipial. .\nlennae ne:irly as long 

 as the entire body, first three joints moderate, slightly elongated, and decreasing 

 in size; joints four to eleven gradually increasing in length and decreasing in 

 width, density <d' pubescence increasini; gradually toward the lij) ; basal joints 

 sironglv jiunctate. I^engtli l.'.inim. 



I Male VII. Kif:- !•• 



One s|i(riincii. .Mirhi^aii (Schwarz). 



2-4. li. puHilliiw (.S'hon.) .V((/c— Korm very moderately elongated, de- 

 pressed. Punctuation rather line and close on prothorax, coarser on head ; elytra 

 striate. Surface scarcely shining. Pubescence somewhat abundant, long and fine 

 oil head and [irothorax, almost entirely absent on elytra. Color ferruginous, legs 



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