ClCINDELID^; 2 1 



posteriorly, slightly rugulose at apex and base, the sides with feeble 

 transverse furrows; side margin attaining the base; elytra not quite 

 one-half longer than wide, one-half wider than the prothorax, the 

 sides rounded; the apex obtuse; punctures very coarse, deep, well 

 separated internally, the granules distinct; anterior tarsi strongly 

 dilated, the third joint slightly wider than long and not quite as 

 wide as the second. Length (cf) 15.0 mm.; width 6.0 mm. Cali- 

 fornia (Wawona, Mariposa Co.) compositus Csy. 



Male narrower and less ventricose, smaller; lustre and sculpture nearly as 

 in the preceding; labral lobe much more prominent; antennae similar 

 in length but more slender; prothorax shorter, a fourth wider than 

 long, similarly distinctly wider than the head, the sculpture and 

 sides nearly as in compositus; elytra short, scarcely one-half longer 

 than wide, scarcely more than two-fifths wider than the prothorax, 

 rapidly narrowed but more angulate apically, the coarse punctures 

 well separated, the granules very strong, the foveae larger and more 

 conspicuous than in any other of the group; anterior tarsi less dilated, 

 the third joint barely at all narrower than the second though some- 

 what wider than long. Length (cf) 13.0 mm.; width 5.6 mm. Cali- 

 fornia (Tuolumne Co.) brevis n. subsp. 



4 Antennae short, the intermediate joints not three times as long as 

 wide. Male rather shining, only very moderately ventricose, the 

 hind body narrower than usual in this section; head slightly narrower 

 than the prothorax, deeply and strongly rugose, the labral lobe only 

 very slightly prominent; antennae pale brown distally; prothorax 

 short, much narrowed basally, the sides strongly arcuate, the margin 

 attaining the base; entire disk with coarse and widely separated 

 incised anastomosing lines; elytra three-fifths longer than wide, 

 two-fifths wider than the prothorax, gradually arcuately acute 

 posteriorly; punctures coarse and deep throughout, slightly separated 

 internally, the granules rather feeble; anterior tarsi moderately 

 dilated, the third joint but little smaller than the second. Length 

 (cf ) 13.8 mm.; width 5.65 mm. California (Mariposa Co. June 12, 

 1914) propinquus n. subsp. 



Antennae longer, slender, the intermediate joints (cf ) more than three 

 times as long as wide; body very stout. Male distinctly stouter 

 than in the preceding, similar in lustre, the head more finely 

 rugulose, the labral lobe and antennae nearly similar; prothorax 

 scarcely more than a fourth wider than long, the sides moderately 

 converging posteriorly, the margin not quite attaining the base, 

 the sculpture very nearly as in propinquus; elytra much more inflated 

 and more obtuse at apex, almost similarly sculptured, except that 

 the granules are more distinct; anterior tarsi strongly dilated, but 

 with the third joint notably smaller than the second. Female larger, 

 stouter, the hind body very obese, the apex rapidly and obliquely, 

 subrectilinearly narrowed to the acute tip; other characters nearly 

 as in the male, the prothorax more transverse, the antennae similar. 

 Length (cf) 14.0 mm., (9) 15.8 mm.; width (cf) 6.0 mm., (9) 

 6.7mm. California (Mariposa Co.). Three examples .. .horni Lee. 



5 Female less obese than in the preceding but stout, opaculate, the 



