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tinctly convex, feebly shining, very irregularly, sublinearly sculp- 

 tured nearly as in nitidula, but on the whole less strongly, the 

 punctures rather coarse, rugose, coalescent, not well defined and 

 minutely granuliferous, though not as strongly so as in that species; 

 abdomen shining, minutely, sparsely punctulate. Length (cf, 9) 

 13.5-16.8 mm.; width 6.0-7.7 mm. New Mexico (Jemez Springs), 



-John Woodgate woodgatei n. sp. 



Side margins more stable and cariniform, extending almost to the apical 

 angles; body in great part opaque, generally broader and less convex, 

 the elytra more minutely, sparsely and more or less asperately or 



subgranularly punctulate 2 



2 Elytra feebly or very moderately though evidently convex 3 



Elytra almost perfectly flat except posteriorly 7 



3 Prothorax never very much narrower than the elytra, at base fully 



as wide as the elytral base and sometimes a little wider 4 



Prothorax notably small, much narrower than the elytra 6 



4 Upper surface sericeous in lustre, more shining beneath, deep black 

 throughout; head opaque, feebly and broadly impressed, finely and 

 very sparsely punctate; antennae very stout; prothorax two-fifths 

 wider than long, much narrowed before the middle, the apex scarcely 

 more than two-thirds as wide as the base, deeply, circularly sinuate, 

 the angles bluntly rounded at tip; sides broadly arcuate, gradually 

 sinuato-everted basally, the angles very acute; surface feebly convex, 

 moderately coarsely, closely but unevenly punctate, the punctures 

 scarcely asperate, each with a minute pale hair, broadly and gradu- 

 ally concavo-explanate and rugose laterally, the edge strongly re- 

 flexed, rather thick, punctate; elytra three-fourths longer than wide, 

 equal in width to the base of the prothorax, parallel, the sides straight, 

 gradually rounding inward posteriorly from the middle, the apical 

 lobe large, short and feebly differentiated; surface rather strongly 

 convex, sericeo-opaque, each with about three broad and very ir- 

 regular, shallow, suberoded furrows, separated by wider feeble ir- 

 regular convexities and with numerous large shallow irregular 

 indents, the minute punctures moderately sparse, finely but very 

 strongly granuliferous, the hairs excessively short and barely dis- 

 cernible; abdomen shining, the extremely minute punctulation 

 scarcely at all asperulate, the posterior punctures as usual; legs well 

 developed, the tarsi rather long, nearly as in nitidula. Length (cf) 



16.0 mm.; width 6.9 mm. Colorado, Schaupp tensa n. sp. 



Upper surface less convex, broader and more opaque, not sericeous.. . .5 

 5 Form broadly oblong-oval, grayish-black, more shining and deeper 

 black beneath; head broadly, feebly impressed, rather closely and 

 strongly punctate anteriorly, more finely and sparsely on the vertex, 

 each puncture with a short stout pale and subdecumbent hair; 

 antennae moderately stout; prothorax nearly as in tensa but shorter, 

 three-fifths wider than long, rather feebly convex, somewhat coarsely, 

 deeply, densely and more or less asperately punctate, very broadly 

 and gradually reflexed and rugose laterally, the edge not very thick, 

 each puncture with a very minute pale hair; apical angles blunt at 



