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fulvous and conspicuous, abundant on the pronotum; head feebly 

 convex, with rather small, dense punctures, the anterior slope long, 

 rather gradual, the upper part somewhat tumid medially, the clypeal 

 apex abruptly and strongly reflexed; prothorax large, fully one-half 

 wider than long, evenly and feebly convex, widest at or slightly 

 behind the middle, the sides rather strongly arcuate, the apical 

 processes narrow, moderate in length, the cavities deep, with pu- 

 bescent tuft as in the preceding; punctures rather coarse, close, still 

 coarser and crowded laterally; elytra subparallel but with rather 

 large subprominent humeri, fully one-half longer than wide and a 

 fifth wider than the prothorax, the disk nearly even, not quite flat, 

 rather abruptly declivous laterally, the flanks vertical; areolae 

 not impressed, well separated, very elongate and narrow, generally 

 sharply pointed and always open behind, shorter, close, more puncti- 

 form but shallow on the flanks; surface with numerous small spots 

 of white tomentum, usually transversely arranged; pygidium closely 

 but not very coarsely, shallowly areolate; legs strongly compressed, 

 the hind femora and tibiae closely, coarsely asperate on the broad 

 flat sides, the hind tarsi only slightly compressed but very compact, 

 rapidly tapering and shorter than in any other species, being less 

 than half as long as the tibiae. Length 13.0-15.0 mm.; width 5.9- 

 6.6mm. Southern California. Abundant. [ Crem. crassipes Westw.] 



schaumi Lee. 



Body not quite so stout but otherwise very similar to that of schaumi 

 in color, lustre and sculpture, the erect hairs, however, very short 

 and inconspicuous, easily lost; head almost exactly similar through- 

 out; prothorax not so short, distinctly less than one-half wider than 

 long, widest evidently behind the middle, the sides broadly, very 

 evenly arcuate, gradually converging anteriorly, the apical and basal 

 angles similar, the punctures dense, rather coarse but notably 

 shallow; scutellum similar and with numerous foveolae, the apex 

 finely carinate; elytra almost exactly as in schaumi, except that the 

 humeri are laterally less prominent, the small tomentose spots 

 wanting and the very shallow narrow elongate and apically acute 

 areolae much denser; pygidium evenly and strongly convex, with small 

 and rather close-set, very shallow rounded areolae; femora and tibiae 

 strongly compressed but not quite so wide as in schaumi, with the 

 flat surfaces not acutely asperulate but with obliquely waving, feebly 

 ruguliform sculpture, the hind tarsi differing greatly, not so compact, 

 more slender, less tapering, similarly moderately compressed but 

 fully two-thirds as long as the tibiae. Length 12.2-14.0 mm.; 

 width 5.2-6.0 mm. Southern California (Freeman). [Cremast- 

 schaumi Westw. nee Lee.] westwoodi Horn 



26 Form rather slender, much smaller than the preceding species, 

 black, slightly shining above, more so beneath, the erect hairs coarse, 

 rather short but very distinct, fulvous in color; head as in the two 

 preceding species, having small dense punctures, but with the median 

 line of the anterior slope slightly tumid to the base of the abruptly 

 and strongly reflexed clypeal apex; prothorax two-fifths wider than 

 long, with the sides subevenly, rather strongly arcuate, widest at or 



