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This species would at first sight be taken to be P. nitidus Lee. 

 because of its size, appearance and t5^pe of coloration, but it dif- 

 fers from that species by having the third antennal joint always 

 distinctly longer than the fourth, whereas in nitidus it is of about 

 the same length, in having the prothorax distinctly broader than 

 long and suddenly constricted at base, markedly contrasting with 

 that of the other which is about as long as broad and gradually 

 narrowed to base, and by having the elytral fasciae densely clothed 

 with white pile and the mid portion of the elytra subopaque, the 

 entire elytra in the other being shining and with but a hair here 

 and there. P. decussatus Lee, perhaps a closer relative, is easily 

 separated by having the posterior two thirds of the elytra densely 

 clothed with a fine pile arid by being subopaque. The food plants 

 of the three are also distinct, fasciapilosus living on the wild 

 grape, nitidus on sequoia, juniper and the various cupressine 

 trees of the Pacific States, and decussatus on the white oaks. 



Phymatodes funebrus n. sp. 



Black with rufous antennae and with two semilunar fascise formed of 

 white pubescence crossing the elytra; the body in general clothed with a 

 few scattered longer and erect hairs. Head with front flat, alutaceous, 

 opaque with a few irregular shallow punctures ; the occiput with short 

 gray pile; the antennae three fourths length of body, second joint longer 

 than broad and one half length of third, the third barely shorter than 

 fourth, the fourth to sixth gradually longer. Prothorax a bit longer than 

 wide and narrower than base of elytra, with sides arcuate at middle and 

 gradually constricted both anteriorly and posteriorly, the disc alutaceous, 

 opaque, and with a rather sparse covering of short and closely appressed 

 gray and black pile. Elytra almost three times as long as broad, with 

 sides almost straight, the disc with a broad black transverse band at the 

 middle, considerably narrowed at the suture and formed of short, black 

 and closely appressed sooty black hair, margined anteriorly by a convex 

 band of silky white pile, the basal area with a sparse gray pubescence, a 

 second silky white pubescent band, somewhat biconvex, margining the 

 median black band posteriorly, the apex sparsely hairy like the base, the 

 general surface where denuded or unclothed as at the base and apex, shin- 

 ing and somewhat seneous. Length 9 mm., breadth 2.25 mm. 



Type, captured by Mr. L. S. Slevin at Carmel, Monterey Co., 

 Cal., August 28, 1915, and now in my collection. Paratypes in 

 Slevin collection. 



