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6 has the elytral bands more reddish and the thorax yellowish red 
with a darker cloud at base: 
23 lacks the eivtral bands entirely and has the anterior half of 
thorax red and the posterior half black : this latter is an extreme variation, 
but is I believe a variation merely. It would be interesting to get a large 
series of this species with the view of finding the range of color variation. 
Mordellistena aspersa Mels, No. 7 San Diego, Cal. Our most 
common form varying in the color of the head and anterior legs and in 
the depth of the black on the upper surface which in the specimen before 
me is intense and somewhat shining. 
Mordellistena cequalis nobis. No. 8 California. The second 
specimen I have seen and it agrees in all respects with the type from 
No. Ills. 
Mordellistena conformis sp. nov. Posterior tibia with ¢Aree first 
joint of posterior tarsi with four second with ¢hree oblique ridges, Body 
and elytra black, head and thorax rufous. 6 mim. Had, Texas, 
This adds another to those species in which the head and thorax 
are wholly or partly red or yellow and the elytra and body are black. The 
tibial and tarsal ridges are exactly as in JZ, aeguahs, and it is possible 
though not probable that at some future time this will be accounted only 
a variety of the preceeding. As species go now this is entitled to rank 
as such. 2 specimens ; Numbered 9 and Io. 
Mordellistena comata Lec. No. 11 Florida. This specimen is like 
the type of comatza ; the pubescence is pale and the color of the head and 
thorax is of a pale brick red. JZ, picicornis and MZ. cervicalis which J have 
referred as synonyms of this species have the pubescence darker and the 
red of the thorax more intense. 
Mordellistena morula Lec. No. 12, D.C. and 18 Col. These 
specimens have the pubescence paler than any I have heretofore seen. 
Mordellistena hirticula sp. nov. Posterior tibia with /aree, first 
joint of posterior tarsi with ‘zree second with /zo oblique ridges: Body 
black, elytra fuscous, densely covered with pale cinerous pubescence, ex- 
cept a scutellar space, a narrow median and a somewhat broader subapical 
fascia which are naked ; the median fascia in one of the specimens is in- 
complete: Beneath the body is clothed with rather coarse and long hair. 
3%to4mm. Texas. La. 2 specimens. 14 and 15. 
Obviously distinct from all the other species by the arrangement of a 
the pubescence and markings. 
