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culato, partibu3 impressis grosse punctatis et pubescentibus, elevatis lsevibus glabris, lateribus ante 

 medium rotundatim valde angulatis, angulis posticis valde obtusis, elytris dense rugose punctatis sub- 

 lineatis, fusco-seneis, margine, ore antennis pedibusque flavo-testaceis, tarsis, tibiarumque margine 

 interno nigricante. Long. *43. 



Sante Fe, New Mexico, Mr. Fendler. The impressions of the thorax, which are 

 coarsely punctured and pubescent, are a deep dorsal groove, another interrupted 

 groove each side, and some impressions about the sides. The scutelis densely pubes- 

 cent as in the preceding. 



13. D. p u s i 1 1 a , elongata nigro-picea, fortius minus dense albo-pubescens, margine et pygidio et subtus 

 longius parce pilosa, capite dense punctulato et parce punctate, clypeo margine testaceo antice recte 

 truncate, angulis vix rotuudatis, thorace hexagono angulis omnibus obtusis, parce inaequaliter punctato, 

 canaliculate, elytris fusco-seneis lineis tribus subglabris; antennis nigris, pedibus piceo-testaceis. 

 Long. -27. 

 San Diego, California. So distinct from all the others as to need no further des- 

 cription. The size is about that of D. truncata, which it resembles in having the 

 clypeus truncate, but the angles though rectangular are less marked. 



8. LASIOPODES. 



In this group I have comprised two genera, containing species of small size, living 

 upon flowers. Although differing remarkably in appearance and characters, not less 

 from each other than from all other genera of the tribe known to me, I have been 

 induced to associate them together on account of the following characters, which they 

 have in common. 



The anterior coxae are large, conical and protuberant ; the abdomen is very small, 

 and the sutures between the anterior segments are nearly effaced ; the last segment 

 is conical, free, and larger than usual. The parapleurae are narrow. The claws are 

 diverging, with a very short bisetose onychium ; the posterior tibise are armed with 

 two spurs, but the anterior tibiae have no spur. 



Lasiopus Lee. 



Clypeus rotundatus, valde concavus, ad apicem subemarginatus ; mentum parvum lineare; pedes postici 

 incrassati ; ungues simplices elongati. 



Body oval, elongate convex, fringed at the sides and beneath, and on the legs with 

 very long hairs. Head small, eyes large, hardly emarginate, clypeus rounded, deeply 

 concave, slightly emarginate at tip, separated from the head by a deep transverse 

 concave line. Mouth small, labrum and mandibles invisible ; mentum small, narrow, 

 not larger than the base of the maxillae. Palpi slender. Antennae 9-jointed ; first 

 and second joints thick, hairy ; four following small ; club three jointed, small. Thorax 

 rounded on the sides, convex, narrower in front. Elytra elongate, convex, partly 

 covering the pygidium. Legs strong, hairy; anterior tibiae subtridentate ; middle 

 tibiae conical, with a crown of spines externally at the middle, and two terminal 



