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  14 
  THE 
  BEETLE 
  FAMILY 
  PSEUDOMORPHIDAE 
  NOTMAX 
  21 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Densely 
  pubescent 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  ventral 
  

   segments 
  about 
  one-seventh 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  segment. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Male. 
  Paradise, 
  Arizona. 
  (H. 
  H. 
  Kimball 
  Coll.), 
  Collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  Harrisburg. 
  Pennsylvania. 
  

  

  Allotype. 
  — 
  6,000 
  feet. 
  Mount 
  Washington. 
  Nogales, 
  Arizona, 
  J. 
  A. 
  

   Kusehe, 
  July 
  1919-8. 
  Collection 
  of 
  E. 
  C. 
  Van 
  Dyke. 
  Paratype.— 
  

   (Male) 
  California 
  Collection 
  of 
  (lias. 
  Schaeffer. 
  Two 
  paratypes 
  

   (male) 
  Oracle, 
  Arizona, 
  7.7, 
  9.7. 
  Two 
  paratypes 
  (male) 
  Chiricahua 
  

   Mountains. 
  Arizona, 
  2.7, 
  4.7 
  (Coll. 
  Hubbard 
  and 
  Schwarz). 
  Collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum. 
  Paratypes, 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  

   26173, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  PSEUDOMORPHA 
  SCHWARZI, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Form 
  strongly 
  elongate, 
  parallel, 
  moderately 
  convex. 
  Color 
  dark 
  

   rufous; 
  elytra 
  blackish 
  piceous. 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  elytra 
  smooth, 
  

   strongly 
  shining, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  alutaceous. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  with 
  fine, 
  

   rather 
  sparse 
  and 
  indistinct 
  punctures; 
  the 
  occipital 
  transverse 
  

   row 
  of 
  coarse 
  punctures 
  not 
  so 
  strongly 
  developed; 
  elytra 
  punctured 
  

   as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  synopsis. 
  Head 
  slightly 
  more 
  than 
  one-half 
  the 
  

   width 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  less 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long. 
  Preocular 
  

   lobes 
  very 
  prominent, 
  strongly 
  rounded, 
  slightly 
  oblique: 
  clypeal 
  

   suture 
  indistinguishable. 
  Antennae 
  very 
  long, 
  surpassing 
  consider- 
  

   ably 
  the 
  anterior 
  coxae. 
  Thorax 
  three-fourths 
  wider 
  than 
  long; 
  

   apex 
  scarcely 
  at 
  all 
  emarginate 
  ; 
  sides 
  feebly 
  arcuate 
  : 
  basal 
  angles 
  

   rounded 
  ; 
  base 
  not 
  margined 
  : 
  a 
  tine 
  feebly 
  impressed 
  subentire 
  

   median 
  line. 
  Base 
  transversely 
  impressed 
  laterally 
  : 
  sides 
  scarcely 
  

   explanate. 
  Elytra 
  two 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  thorax, 
  

   three-fourths 
  longer 
  than 
  wide 
  ; 
  sides 
  parallel 
  and 
  straight 
  to 
  near 
  

   apex; 
  apices 
  broadly, 
  almost 
  squarely 
  truncate; 
  suture 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  

   elevated. 
  Length, 
  6.5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width, 
  2.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Densely 
  pubescent 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  ventral 
  

   segments 
  about 
  one-seventh 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  segment. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Male. 
  Santa 
  Rita 
  Mountains, 
  Arizona, 
  June 
  16. 
  (Coll. 
  

   Hubbard 
  and 
  Schwarz.) 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  26174, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  species 
  of 
  Pseudomorpha 
  are 
  identified 
  in 
  the 
  ma- 
  

   terial 
  at 
  hand 
  : 
  

  

  PSEUDOMORPHA 
  PILATEI 
  Chaudoin 
  

  

  Yucatan. 
  — 
  Coll. 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  PSEUDOMORPHA 
  CRONKHITEI 
  Horn 
  

  

  Tulare 
  County, 
  California. 
  — 
  Coll. 
  C. 
  Schaeffer. 
  

  

  PSEUDOMORPHA 
  BEHRENSI 
  Horn 
  

  

  Walnut 
  Creek, 
  California, 
  July 
  8, 
  1903. 
  F. 
  E. 
  L. 
  Beal. 
  Bur. 
  

   Biol. 
  Surv.— 
  Coll. 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  

  

  