44 _ CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBFAMILY CRYPHALINA, 
Xylocleptes californicus, new species. 
Length, female type, 1.75 mm.; body oblong-elliptical, piceous, with longer 
whitish hairs on declivity; front narrow, faintly rugose, with broken median line : 
elytra shining, strial punctures coarse, and in distinct rows on dorsal area, interspaces 
with a few irregular punctures, small and coarse punctures confused on lateral area, 
declivity steep, flat, first interspace not elevated, strie not impressed, punctures 
distinct, not coarse. Pomona, Cal.; Hubbard and Schwarz collection. Type, Cat. 
No. 7610, U. S. National Museum. 
Note.—This specimen was compared with the type of X. cucurhitae and found to 
be different in size and other characters. The front of the male is broad, concave, 
smooth, and shining, with a median tubercle on the posterior margin; the elytral 
hairs are longer; the declivity is not broadly impressed but interspace 1 is slightly 
elevated. 
Xylocleptes venturina, new species. 
Length, female type, 1.95 mm.; body oblong-elliptical, black; front narrow, flat, 
opaque, with broken elevated line; elytra coarsely rugose toward base, strial punctures 
fine, obscure, confused, with fine interspacial rugosities, declivity steep, flat, sub- 
opaque, with short yellow hairs, longer on the lateral angles and apex, interspace 1 
not elevated, rugosely punctured, strial punctures in rows. Ventura County, Cal., 
in wild cucumber vine, June 1, 1904; author, collector; Hopk. U.S. No. 2764. Type, 
Cat. No. 7611, U. S. National Museum. . 
Length, male, 1.85 mm.; front broad, concave, shining; declivity flat, shining, with 
long, erect, yellow hairs. 
Xylocleptes guatemalensis, new species. 
Length, male type, 1.65 mm.; body oblong-elliptical, piceous; pronotum with 
anterior third reddish, as broad as long, sides narrowed from base toward anterior 
margin; elytra shining, with short, erect, reddish hairs on declivity, strize obscure, 
but in approximate rows on dorsal area, confused on lateral area, interspaces rugose 
toward base on dorsal area, declivity steep, shining, interspace 1 slightly elevated, 2 
. broadly impressed, strial punctures fine, obscure; head missing; antenna and tibia 
mounted in balsam. Panzos, Guatemala, April; Schwarz and Barber, collectors. 
Type, Cat. No. 7612, U. S. National Museum. 
Xylocleptes punctatus, new species. 
Length, female type, 2.05 mm.; body oblong-elliptical; elytra piceous, shining; 
pronotum lighter, reddish; front flat, subopaque, evenly rugose, with faint anterior 
elevated line; elytral strise: with punctures coarse, irregular, interspacial punctures 
moderately coarse, both in approximate rows on dorsal area, declivity steep, broadly 
impressed, interspace 1 elevated, stria 1 impressed, with very coarse punctures, 
stria 2 with fine punctures. Mesilla, N. Mex., in dead Cucurbita perennis, March 18; 
T. D. A. Cockerell, collector. Type, Cat. No. 7421, U.S. National Museum. © 
Length, male type, 2.3 mm.; front broad, flat, shining, with posterior elevations; 
declivity broadly and deeply impressed, interspace | slightly elevated, faintly rugose, 
elytral pubescence long, yellowish. 
Xylocleptes knausi, new species. 
Length, female type, 2.6 mm.; body oblong-elliptical, uniform dark reddish; 
* elytra’ clothed with long erect hairs from base to apex, longer on lateral margin, strize 
moderately distinct, punctures coarse and irregular, interspacial punctures subequal 
in size and closely placed, becoming equal and confused on lateral area, declivity 
