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Psyche 
[December 
Much like the preceding ( nigrita ) in form, but differ- 
ently colored, more shining, with somewhat shallower ely- 
tral strise, and with somewhat differently formed prothorax, 
with much more convex disk. 
Phloeoxena montana n. sp. 
Form as in normal Phloeoxena except elytra more oval 
and much more convex; head and prothorax moderately 
shining, elytra duller; brownish piceous above and below, 
epipleurae of elytra and last ventral segment pale; femora 
testaceous, tibiae a little browner ; palpi and antennae slight- 
ly brownish testaceous. Head about 85/100 width prothorax, 
normal for Phloeoxena except eyes a trifle less prominent 
than usual ; front alutaceous, with 2 anterior and single 
median impressions weak; antennae rather stout, 8th joint 
reaching about to base prothorax; mentum tooth rounded 
at apex. Prothorax 1/6 or 1/7 wider than long, narrowed 
behind; base truncate, a little narrower than apex; sides 
weakly arcuate anteriorly, straight and converging in about 
posterior % ; posterior angles obtuse, somewhat rounded ; 
anterior angles somewhat produced, narrowly rounded ; 
lateral margins narrow, without setae ; base margined, apex 
indistinctly so; disk convex, finely alutaceous; middle line 
well impressed except at ends, transverse impressions and 
basal foveae almost obsolete. Elytra broadly oval, with re- 
duced, broadly rounded humeri ; margins, marginal setae, and 
apical sinuato-truncation normal; disk convex, rather 
strongly alutaceous; striae faint, broad, and vaguely de- 
fined, about as in schwarzi Dari. ; each 3rd interval with 
2 dorsal punctures about 2/5 and 1/10 from apex, usual 
anterior puncture lacking, extreme basal foveolate punc- 
ture (contiguous to margin) present. Metepisterna very 
short, outer edges no longer than anterior; inner wings 
atrophied. Body below alutaceous, sides of abdomen some- 
what wrinkled. Hind tarsi normal, i. e. with 4th joint a 
little shorter than but otherwise similar to third; claws 
slender and rather elongate, each with 3 teeth on inner 
edge, outer tooth scarcely outside of middle, so apex of claw 
is long, slender, and simple. Male front tarsi very weakly 
dilated, each with 3 joints biseriately squammulose; middle 
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