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Two examples of the type, both males. The antennae are elongated both in stem 

 and club, but the club is half as long again as the stem. The var. is to some extent 

 intermediate between this species and P. bucephalus ; it is barely 11 millim. long. 



22. Phytalus lineatus. (Tab. X. fig. 16, $ .) 



Anguste oblongus, flavo-testaceus, vertice nigricante, thorace plerumque vitta dorsali (usque ultra scutellum 

 extensa) infuscata, supra glaber, nitidus ; clypeo brevi, late et obtusissime rotundato, cum fronte grosse 

 subconfluenter punctato ; thorace elytris latiore, antice angustato, lateribus a basi usque ad apicem 

 arcuatis, angulis posticis subrotundatis, supra discrete pvmctulato ; pectore flavo-birsuto. 



J . Pygidium sat elongatum, subcouvexum, sparsim punctatum, apice reflexum. Venter medio late concavus, 

 segmento 5° dense et longe flavo-barbato medio canaliculato, 6° postice valde elevato, apice medio producto, 

 asperato. Tibiarum posticarum calcaria libera, iuferiore multo breviore. Ungues basi sat acute dentati, 

 apice flssi, dente inferiore multo breviore, paullo latiore, apice obtuso. Antennarum clava cseteris articulis 

 conjunctis longior. 

 2 . Pygidium medio depressum, prope basi et apicem convexum. Venter segmentis singulatim convexis et 

 setosis. Ungues sat anguste fissi, dentibus subsequalibus. 



Long. 12-16 millim. 



Eab. Mexico, Parada, Capulalpam, Peras, Yolos, Juquila [Salle), Cordova, Oaxaca 

 (Edge). 



This species bears the name (which I have adopted) Phytalus lineatus, Reiche (MS.), 

 in the Salle collection. 



We figure a female example from Cordova. 



23. Phytalus stramineus. (Tab. x. fig. 17, $ .) 



Minor, pallide flavo- (fere albo-) testaceus, capite et thorace paullo rufioribus, glaber, passim discrete punctulatus : 

 clypeo rotundato, margine reflexo, medio leviter sinuato ; antenna? articulis 3° et 4° elongatis, 5° dimidio 

 breviore ; thorace medio subangulatim leviter dilatato, antice et postice fere sequaliter angustato ; pectore 

 mediocriter navo-hirsuto. Ungues S $ profunde fissi, dente inferiore paullo latiore et breviore. 



J . Pygidium convexum, pilifero-punctulatum, margine apicali reflexo et subtus planato. Venter medio late 

 depressus parce erecte pilosus, nitidus, segmento 5° apice arcuatim emarginato, 6° laevi, medio canaliculato. 

 Calcaria postice compressa, libera. Antennarum clava elongata, cseteris articulis conjunctis sequalis. 

 $ . Pygidium medio depressum vel concavum, sicut in $ piliferum, apice magis reflexo. Venter medio lsevis, 

 segmento 6° convexo, parum punctato. 



Long. 12-13 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Iguala in Guerrero (Edge). Three examples. 



This and the following differ from the other species of Section II. in the fifth 

 antennal joint being, although subelongate, only half as long as the fourth, instead of 

 being equal or longer. 



24. Phytalus ciudadensis. 



Anguste oblongus, nitidus, flavo-testaceus, capite thoraceque rufis ; capite mediocri, oculis magnis, clypeo brevi, 

 lateribus rotundatis nee antice convergentibus, margine antico alte reflexo, medio leviter sinuato, supra 

 dense, fronte sparsim, punctatis ; thorace lateribus rotundatis, supra disperse punctulato ; elytris discrete 

 punctulatis, paullo rugulosis, ecostatis. 



$ . Pygidium sicut in P. czgroto crebre rugoso-punctatum, glabrum, basi transversim sulcatum. Venter medio 

 parum depressum, sparsim, segmento 5° longius, setosum, 6° medio transversim paullulum depressum. 



