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third. Length ( 9 ) 8. o mm.; width 2.2 mm. Vermont (Bennington 

 Co.) pleuriticus Kirby 



Mentum tooth very short and broadly rounded though obvious, approxi- 

 mating to the feeble arcuation characterizing the next section of the 

 group 14 



14 Body oblong, unusually feebly, evenly convex, highly polished 

 throughout, deep black above and beneath, the epipleura rufous 

 posteriorly; legs testaceous, the femora and tibial apices shaded 

 somewhat with blackish; antennae and trophi pale testaceous; man- 

 dibles black, with an ante-apical rufous area; head barely three- 

 fifths as wide as the prothorax, with moderate and very prominent 

 eyes, the foveae minute, the antennae slender; prothorax one-half 

 wider than long, the apex rather deeply sinuate and much narrower 

 than the base, which is transverse, with strong entire rufescent bead, 

 which is continuous as usual with the marginal bead; surface tes- 

 taceous at the sides, which are very finely re flexed anteriorly, the 

 gutter distinctly broadening posteriorly, becoming punctate and 

 then disappearing at basal fourth, the foveae rather large, broadly 

 impressed, deep and strongly punctate, the punctures continuing 

 sparsely and more finely across the convex surface thence to the 

 sides; stria extremely fine and feeble; elytra not quite one-half 

 longer than wide and nearly a fifth wider than the prothorax, 

 obtusely rounded in apical third, the sides very feebly arcuate, the 

 sinus long and just visible; striae moderate, rather abrupt, the scu- 

 tellar subparallel, free, the intervals perfectly flat, the puncture 

 strong, at apical fourth; humeri denticulate as usual; basal joint 

 of the hind tarsi much shorter than the fifth; under surface aluta- 

 ceous. Length (d 71 ) 8.9 mm.; width 2.35 mm. California (Lake 

 Tahoe) futilis n. sp. 



Body stouter, oblong, more convex, less shining, the elytra ( 9 ) moder- 

 ately shining though alutaceous, black, the ambient thoracic bead 

 and the entire epipleura obscure rufous; under surface piceo-rufous, 

 the abdomen rufous, black toward the sides, dull; legs testaceous, the 

 femora slightly more obscure; antennae and trophi testaceous, the 

 mandibles rufous, black at tip; head nearly as in the preceding; 

 prothorax larger, less than one-half wider than long, as in the pre- 

 ceding, except that the basal bead is finer and interrupted medially 

 and the feebly converging sides behind the middle straight, the 

 angles much less broadly rounded, the basal foveae broader, much 

 shallower and more extensively punctate, the punctures extending 

 somewhat closely and conspicuously thence to the sides; elytra 

 nearly similar but broader, more convex, the striae relatively a little 

 finer and evidently though feebly impressed, with broadly convex 

 intervals a sexual difference, when compared with the male type 

 of futilis, that reverses the usual rule, where the striae are finer and 

 more superficial and the intervals flatter in the female; hind tarsi 

 nearly similar, the basal joint much shorter than the fifth. Length 

 (9 ) 9.0 mm.; width 2.7 mm. California (without further indication 

 of locality). A single example as in the preceding., .intactus n. sp. 



T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. V, Oct. 1914. 



