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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  61 
  

  

  the 
  parting 
  of 
  the 
  elytra). 
  Sutures 
  scarcely 
  elevated 
  posteriorly 
  - 
  y 
  

   apices 
  rather 
  obliquely 
  and 
  feebly 
  subtruncate; 
  inner 
  angles 
  unusu- 
  

   ally 
  broadly 
  rounded. 
  Length, 
  9.5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width, 
  4.25 
  mm. 
  . 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Female. 
  Ciudad, 
  Durango, 
  Mexico 
  8100 
  feet. 
  Forrer. 
  

   Collection 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  PSEUDOMORPHA 
  CONFUSA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Form 
  elongate, 
  subparallel, 
  depressed. 
  Color 
  blackish 
  piceous. 
  

   Integuments 
  above 
  finely 
  alutaceous, 
  moderately 
  shining. 
  Head 
  with 
  

   a 
  few 
  scattered, 
  coarse 
  punctures, 
  more 
  numerous 
  laterally. 
  Thorax 
  

   with 
  sparsely 
  scattered, 
  coarse 
  punctures 
  ; 
  elytra 
  punctured 
  as 
  given 
  

   in 
  the 
  key. 
  Head 
  slightly 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  thorax, 
  not 
  

   twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long. 
  Preocular 
  lobes 
  very 
  prominent, 
  oblique; 
  

   clypeal 
  suture 
  not 
  distinct. 
  Antennae 
  broken, 
  probably 
  surpass- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  anterior 
  coxae. 
  Thorax 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long; 
  apex 
  emar- 
  

   ginate; 
  anterior 
  angles 
  somewhat 
  prominent, 
  rounded; 
  sides 
  rather 
  

   strongly 
  arcuate 
  and 
  convergent 
  anteriorly 
  ; 
  posterior 
  angles 
  rounded, 
  

   broadly 
  and 
  strongly 
  biimpressed 
  basally 
  ; 
  base 
  finely 
  and 
  completely 
  

   margined; 
  median 
  line 
  fine, 
  much 
  abbreviated; 
  a 
  faint 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  

   median 
  carina 
  near 
  the 
  apex. 
  Elytra 
  two 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  thorax, 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  wide; 
  sides 
  

   distinctly 
  convergent 
  behind 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  suture 
  feebly 
  elevated 
  near 
  

   the 
  apex 
  ; 
  apices 
  feebly 
  subtruncate, 
  inner 
  angles 
  moderately 
  rounded. 
  

   Length, 
  10.25 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width, 
  4.35 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Female. 
  Australia. 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  PSEUDOMORPHA 
  CHAMPLAINI, 
  new 
  species. 
  (Schwarz 
  Mss.) 
  

  

  Form 
  strongly 
  elongate, 
  parallel, 
  moderately 
  convex. 
  Color 
  

   blackish 
  piceous. 
  Integuments 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  alutaceous, 
  strongly 
  shin- 
  

   ing 
  throughout. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  moderately 
  finely 
  and 
  not 
  sparsely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  elytra 
  punctured 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  synopsis. 
  Head 
  scarcely 
  

   more 
  than 
  one-half 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  thorax, 
  less 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  

   as 
  long. 
  Preocular 
  lobes 
  prominent, 
  arcuate, 
  oblique; 
  clypeal 
  sut- 
  

   ure 
  not 
  distinguishable. 
  Antennae 
  very 
  long, 
  considerably 
  sur- 
  

   passing 
  the 
  anterior 
  coxae. 
  Thorax 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long; 
  apex 
  

   scarcely 
  at 
  all 
  emarginate; 
  sides 
  strongly 
  arcuate 
  and 
  rather 
  

   strongly 
  convergent 
  anteriorly; 
  posterior 
  angles 
  rounded; 
  base 
  not 
  

   margined; 
  a 
  median 
  fine 
  line, 
  abbreviated 
  at 
  either 
  end, 
  slightly 
  

   impressed 
  on 
  the 
  disk. 
  Base 
  slightly 
  impressed 
  either 
  side; 
  sides 
  

   feebly 
  explanate; 
  side 
  margins 
  finely 
  reflexed. 
  Elytra 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  

   thorax, 
  two 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  as 
  long, 
  three-fourths 
  longer 
  than 
  

   wide; 
  sides 
  parallel 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  apex; 
  apices 
  broadly 
  subtruncate, 
  

   suture 
  feebly 
  elevated 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  apex. 
  Length 
  6.75 
  — 
  7.75 
  mm.j 
  

   width, 
  2.75-3 
  mm. 
  

  

  