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Blepharida atripennis n. sp. 



Form moderately robust, rufo-testaceous, antennae, 

 elytra, tibiae and tarsi piceous black. Basal joint of an- 

 tennae testaceous in front. Head smooth. Thorax fully 

 twice as wide as long, slightly narrowed in front, front 

 angle slightly nodiform, hind angle obtuse, disc convex, 

 smooth, sparsely finely punctate. Scutellum smooth, rufo- 

 testaceous. Elytra slightly wider than the thorax, oval, 

 one-third longer than wide, convex, surface dull, very 

 finely alutaceous, irregularly geminately striato-punctate, 

 the punctures not coarse nor close. Body beneath sparsely 

 punctate, slightly pubescent on abdomen and sides of 

 metapectus. Length, .22 inch; 5.5 mm. 



While the species is placed in Blepharida as a matter of 

 expediency, there does not seem to be any valid character 

 for its separation from that genus. The only other species 

 at present in hand is our rhots, which differs in some 

 characters from those given by Chapuis. The elytral 

 sculpture differs notably from that of rhois, but several 

 Mexican species resemble it in this respect. 



San Jose del Cabo. 



Crepidodera peninsularis n. sp. 



Oval, moderately robust, rufo-testaceous, elytra piceo- 

 rufous with distinctly «neous surface. Head smooth, 

 antennae darker at tip. Thorax twice as wide as long, 

 slightly narrowed in front, anterior angles truncate, hind 

 angles acute, sides moderately arcuate, disc convex, with 

 few coarse irregularly placed punctures, transverse im- 

 pression moderately deep and with punctures. Elytra 

 wider at base than the thorax, humeri obtuse, surface with 

 rows of coarse and deep but not very closely placed 

 punctures, intervals not convex, smooth. Body beneath 

 smooth, abdomen indistinctly punctate and alutaceous. 

 Legs paler. Length, .10 inch; 2.5 mm. 



