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anteriorly and more extensively punctiilate at base, with obsolescent 

 foveae. [S. indistinctus Mots.] limbalis Lee. 



Body somewhat similar but shorter and relatively broader, piceous- 

 black, with greenish lustre, the periphery of the pronotum more 

 broadly pallid, the reflexed margins of the elytra pale, the suture 

 pallescent; under surface and pale epipleura nearly similar, the legs 

 similarly variegated but, on the whole, of paler coloration; head and 

 antennae nearly similar; prothorax very much shorter and more 

 transverse, fully one-half wider than long, the outline and surface 

 nearly similar, except that the apex is only very feebly sinuate and 

 the very feeble vague basal foveaa more diffuse and not linear; elytra 

 very much shorter, two-fifths longer than wide, otherwise similar, 

 except that the scutellar stria is less elongate; hind tarsi longer, 

 being about as long as the tibiae, slender, the anterior tarsi of the male 

 nearly similar. Length (cf 9 ) 6.3-6.8 mm.; width 2.4-2.5 mm. 

 Oregon, without further indication of locality. Two examples. 



longitarsis n. sp. 



19 Form elongate-suboval, rather convex, shining, piceous, the head 

 deep black; prothorax above and beneath pale, with the central 

 parts of the pronotum often nubilously piceous; elytra with the 

 lateral margin rather broadly and the suture rufous; under surface 

 of the hind body black, the epipleura and legs very pale throughout; 

 head smooth, nearly three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, with 

 large and prominent eyes; antennae not very long or slender, blackish, 

 the basal joint pale; prothorax two-fifths wider than long, widest 

 before the middle, the sides rounded, rather less so basally ; apex very 

 feebly sinuate, equal in width to the base, the basal angles moder- 

 ately rounded though more broadly than in the two preceding; 

 surface finely and moderately reflexed at the sides, the foveae isolated, 

 broad, so extremely feeble as to be scarcely traceable and having 

 very few small punctures, which are frequently obsolete, the stria 

 extremely fine and feeble as a rule; elytra rather more than one-half 

 longer than wide, parallel, with feebly arcuate sides and rather 

 abruptly very obtuse apex, one-half wider than the prothorax, the 

 sinus very feeble or vestigial; striae fine, the scutellar moderately 

 long; intervals nearly flat to feebly convex; hind tarsi very slender, 

 the basal joint longer than in the two preceding and somewhat longer 

 than the fifth; male with the anterior tarsi moderately dilated, the 

 intermediate slender. Length (cf 9 ) 4.7-5.7 mm.; width 1.8-2.0 

 mm. California (coast regions from Monterey to Humboldt). 

 [S. rotundicollis Mots.] anceps Lee. 



Form and facies somewhat as in anceps but, on the whole, with still paler 

 coloration and of slightly larger size and less slender form; head 

 similar, deep black ; antennae slightly more elongate ; prothorax similar 

 but with much less strongly and more evenly rounded sides, which 

 are scarcely less arcuate posteriorly than before the middle, the 

 foveae obsolete and completely impunctate; elytra relatively broader, 

 barely one-half longer than wide, three times as long as the prothorax 

 and about two-fifths wider; outline nearly as in anceps, the color so 

 uniformly pallid that the greater paleness of the side margins and 



