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94. P. ASPERULUS, Lec. 
Cryphalus asperulus, Lec., Syn. Scol., 1868, p. 155, 11. 
Slender, eylindrical, brownish-black, shining, nearly gla- 
brous, antennae and feet yellow; head flat, feebly punctulate; 
prothorax one-half longer than wide, feebly narrowed and roun- 
ded on the sides from the base, strongly rounded at tip, very 
rough and slightly pubescent before the middle but almost enti- 
rely smooth behind ; elytra scarcely punctulate, posterior deeli- 
vity with a few hairs, almost uniformly convex, with a very 
feeble subsutural furrow. 
Long. 1,5 mm. 
25. P. PUBERULUS , Lec. 
Cryphalus puberulus, LEc., Syn. Scol., 1868, p. 157, 22. 
Cylindrical, moderately slender, black, thinly clothed with 
short erect gray hairs; head slightly convex, punctulate; protho- 
rax a little longer than wide, slightly narrowed in front, feebly 
rounded on the sides, broadly rounded at base, and more strongly 
at tip, dise rough; with reclinate tubercles in front of the middle, 
strongly but finely punctured at the sides and behind; elytra 
about one-half longer than the prothorax, strongly but finely 
punctured, but not in rows, posterior declivety not at all flattened, 
slightiy convex, with a wel marked sutural stria extending from 
the tip one-third the length of the elytra, tip of suture slightly 
acute (but not acuminate, as in Micracis). 
Long. less than 1,5 mm. 
Patria : California. 
