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and somewhat incurved posteriorly, disappearing on the slightly 

 less convex latero-basal area, which like all the rest of the surface is 

 smooth and impunctate; elytra about one-half longer than wide, 

 elongate-oval, very slightly wider than the prothorax and with 

 .broadly arcuate sides, the striae rather fine but somewhat groove- 

 like; puncture in the type on the third interval distant from the 

 second stria and very posterior, near apical fifth, on the left elytron, 

 wholly wanting on the right; accessory punctures of the abdomen 

 numerous, very irregularly disposed and bearing conspicuous stiff 

 setae. Length (cf ) 8.0 mm.; width 3.0 mm. New Mexico (locality 



not recorded) malacus n. sp. 



Elytra more broadly obtuse at apex, the sinus feeble but evident 15 



15 Pronotum not flattened near the hind angles, the marginal gutter, 

 as in the preceding species, scarcely at all expanding posteriorly. 

 Body elongate-suboval, rather convex, pale brunneo-testaceous 

 above, paler red-brown beneath, strongly shining; head nearly as in 

 the preceding but with slightly more prominent eyes; prothorax also 

 similar in outline and in the angles but with the stria not biabbre- 

 viated but entire and evidently coarser and the fovese still feebler, 

 being almost completely obsolete; elytra shorter, not quite one-half 

 longer than wide, the sides more arcuate than in malacus, relatively 

 wider, being fully a fifth wider than the prothorax; striae finer and 

 feebler, those toward the suture and the scutellar notably more im- 

 pressed and with more convex intervals; puncture very small but 

 regular and adjoining the second stria a little behind apical fourth; 

 accessory abdominal punctures small, rather few in number, situated 

 near the apices of the segments and bearing rather fine setae. Length 

 (of 1 ) 8.8 mm.; width 3.35 mm. Utah (Virgin River). A single ex- 

 ample as in the preceding illectus n. sp. 



Pronotum more or less strongly flattened or deplanate near the hind 

 angles, the marginal gutter rather coarse anteriorly, rapidly expand- 

 ing, nearly horizontal in plane and curving strongly inward poster- 

 iorly, disappearing on the flattened or very feebly convex, subalu- 

 taceous and impunctate latero-basal area near basal fourth or fifth. 

 Body unusually small in size, oblong-suboval, convex, castaneo- 

 testaceous, moderately shining, the elytra ( 9 ) opaque, much duller 

 than in any other species in this part of the group; head rather small, 

 with prominent eyes as usual, the foveae minute, perforato-puncti- 

 form and lying within feeble elongate-oval impressions; mandibles 

 very short, the incurved apex of the left sharply pointed; antennae 

 rather slender, more than attaining the thoracic base; prothorax 

 fully one-half wider than long, the sides of the base strongly pos- 

 teriorly oblique, the angles right and only narrowly blunt at their 

 tips; foveae finely linear, feeble, short and impunctate, the stria 

 fine, more or less abbreviated anteriorly; elytra short, oblong, 

 parallel, a third longer than wide, nearly a fourth wider than the 

 prothorax; sides parallel and distinctly arcuate, the striae very fine, 

 the intervals virtually flat; accessory punctures of the abdomen fine, 

 moderately numerous and irregularly scattered. Length (9) 



