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angles, the bead disappearing at outer fifth or sixth of the base; 

 foveae isolated but excessively feeble and vague, barely traceable and 

 usually not distinctly punctate, sometimes with a very few fine 

 punctures basally; stria excessively fine; elytra relatively broader, 

 one-half longer than wide and more than two-fifths wider than the 

 prothorax, parallel, with feebly arcuate sides and obtuse apex; striae 

 nearly as in remissus, the scutellar much shorter, the discal puncture 

 near three-fourths; hind tarsi with the first joint scarcely as long as 

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

 intermediate slender. Length (c? 9 ) 4.8-5.7 mm. ;_ width 1.8-2.0 

 mm. California (Humboldt Co.) to Vancouver Island and Nevada 

 (Reno). Abundant fidelis n. sp. 



15 Body moderately slender and convex, very shining, black, the elytra 

 dark brown; under surface black, the entire epipleura pale testa- 

 ceous; legs and tarsi black, the femora paler at base, the tibiae pale, 

 black apically; head well developed, the eyes only moderate in size 

 and prominence; antennae rather stout, not so long as usual, black, 

 the two basal joints in part pale; prothorax short, more than two- 

 fifths wider than long, parallel, with very evenly and moderately 

 rounded sides; apex distinctly sinuate, with rather sharp angles, 

 barely at all narrower than the base, the basal angles broadly 

 rounded; surface smooth, very finely reflexed at the sides, the bead 

 extending to outer fourth of the base, not at all stronger at the angles; 

 foveae isolated but extremely feeble and vague and with a few distinct 

 punctures, the stria very fine; elytra one-half longer than wide and 

 two-fifths wider than the prothorax, parallel, with obtuse apex, the 

 sinus very feeble; striae fine except at apex, the scutellar very fine, 

 only moderate in length; intervals nearly flat; first joint of the hind 

 tarsi somewhat longer than the fifth; male with the anterior tarsi 

 feebly dilated, the intermediate slender. Length (cf 9 ) 4.0-5.2 

 mm.; width 1.6-2.0 mm. California (Truckee, 6000 feet). Rather 

 abundant incultus n. sp. 



Body nearly similar but larger and stouter, shining, black, the elytra 

 obscure brown with a large indefinite blackish cloud, just visibly 

 opalescent, the suture finely rufescent posteriorly; under surface, 

 epipleura and legs as in the preceding; head well developed, the eyes 

 larger and more prominent than in the preceding; antennae longer 

 and rather more slender, black, the two basal joints partially paler; 

 prothorax as in incultus but much shorter and broader, nearly one- 

 half wider than long, the sides parallel but more strongly rounded, 

 the apical angles blunter and the feeble vague basal impressions with 

 less numerous but distinct punctures, very few in number; elytra 

 nearly three-fifths longer than wide, a third wider than the prothorax, 

 less obtuse at apex than in incultus, the oblique sinus almost obsolete; 

 striae extremely fine, much finer than in the preceding, as usual 

 coarse at apex, the scutellar longer but very fine; intervals perfectly 

 flat, the discal puncture near apical fourth; first joint of the hind tarsi 

 equal in length to the fifth; male with both the anterior and inter- 

 mediate tarsi rather strongly, or at least distinctly, dilated. Length 



