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convex, finely striate; striae finely, deeply, and not closely punctate; in- 

 tervals feebly convex, each with a single, or occasionally partly double, 

 line of short, erect, squamiform setae, generally piceous, but sometimes 

 white, in the transverse white band; suture fine, but distinct. Abdomen 

 more sparsely squamose, and with short, robust, white setae ; second 

 segment slightly longer than the next two together ; first suture 

 abruptly, broadly, and distinctly arcuate in the middle half. Length 

 4.0 mm. 



California (Lake Tahoe, 1). 



This species is placed iu the new genus Peritelinus, but might 

 with almost equal propriety be assigned to Peritelopsis ; in fact 

 it is possible to erect a separate genus for almost every species 

 of the group Periteli known to our fauna, as in many parts of 

 i;he Oerambycide series. It differs from Thricolepis in its shorter 

 dilated beak, and less strongly arcuate first ventral suture, and 

 from Peritelopsis in its longer second ventral segment and the 

 iscrobes very feebly convergent and not attaining the eyes. The 

 •claws are connate at base; the cotyloid surfaces of the posterior 

 tibiae glabrous, and the metasternal episterna very narrow and 

 linear. 



OEODER€£8 Horn. 



A small species before me appears to fulfill most of the condi- 

 tions mentioned by Dr. Horn in his diagnosis of the above genus, 

 but has the antennal scrobes slightly more open when viewed ver- 

 tically than when seen laterally, and the beak is scarcely per- 

 ceptibly impressed at base. The anterior tibi^ have some robust 

 internal spines, but are not denticulate. The articular surfaces 

 of the posterior tibiae are glabrous, the first ventral suture 

 broadly and excessively feebly arcuate, the second segment as 

 long as the next two together, and the claws connate at base. 



O. puncticollis n. sp. — Rather robust, convex ; scales very small, 

 rounded, very dense, generally very dark rufo-castaneous ; elytra very 

 feebly and finely mottled with paler scales which are unevenly dis- 

 tributed; scales sparser and intermixed with fine hairs on the abdomen. 

 Head short ; eyes rather small, slightly convex, scarcely distant their 

 own length from the prothorax; beak scarcely longer than and nearly as 

 wide as the head, wider than long ; sides parallel, surface broadly, 

 feebly impressed, finely carinate in the middle, with a triangular im- 

 pressed glabrous area at apex ; scrobes parallel, deep, cavernous, 

 slightly more open from above, nearly attaining the eyes ; antennae 

 rather slender ; scape extending distinctly beyond the anterior margin 



