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erate though deep and well separated, unevenly distributed punc- 

 tures, which are simple and impressed and not at all granose as in the 

 preceding section; scutellum small, nude, shining; elytra but little 

 more than twice as long as wide, very obtuse at apex, broadly and 

 feebly swollen behind the middle, the punctures small but not minute, 

 impressed, everywhere widely separated; anterior fascia subtrans- 

 verse, widely interrupted at the suture, the posterior strongly biob- 

 lique and very narrowly interrupted, the fasciae not flat as in the pre- 

 ceding section but convex, more sharply denned and narrower; 

 prosternum coarsely, irregularly and closely punctured (cf), or 

 very finely and sparsely ( 9 ) ; legs rather short and with only mod- 

 erately clavate thighs in either sex. Length (cf , 9 ) 5.0-6.2 mm.; 

 width 1.3-1.6 mm. California (Sta. Cruz Mts., and adjacent regions). 

 [P. nitidus Lee., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., V, p. 66, Sacramento]. 



nitidus Lee. 



Legs much longer in the male, the femora more strongly inflated than 

 in the male of nitidus and with the three pairs subequal, not rapidly 

 diminishing postero-anteriorly as in the varius group 3 



3 Prothorax large, scarcely visibly narrower than the elytra; color, 

 long bristling vestiture and sculpture as in nitidus; antennae very 

 pale, a little longer, with the second joint distinctly more than half 

 as long as the third; prothorax not quite as long as wide, very 

 strongly, evenly rounded at the sides, the smooth subconvex areas 

 at the sides of the middle and on the median line basally nearly 

 similar; scutellum very small, finely, loosely punctulate and with 

 rather numerous small inclined hairs; elytra nearly similar though 

 differing markedly in outline, scarcely swollen behind the middle 

 and not at all wider there than at base, but differing especially in 

 being arcuately narrowed in apical third to the much less obtuse 

 apex; prosternum (cT) with the coarse punctures very much sparser 

 than in nitidus. Length 6.6 mm.; width 1.8 mm. (cf ). California 

 (Sta. Cruz Mts.), Harford crucialis n. sp. 



Prothorax much narrower than the elytra, fully as long as wide and of 

 different form, being subparallel and nearly straight at the sides, 

 strongly rounding anteriorly to the apex and gradually arcuate and 

 converging in about posterior two-fifths to the base, which is nar- 

 rower than the apex and not subequal as in the two preceding; 

 sculpture, coloration and long sparse bristling pubescence as in the 

 preceding, the form of body narrower and more elongate; elytra 

 more elongate, much more than twice as long as wide, parallel and 

 subsinuate at the sides in basal three-fifths, the sides then rather 

 abruptly but feebly converging and straight to the obtusely rounded 

 apex, the fasciae similar but rather wider and of a purer white; legs 

 well developed and nearly similar but paler ferruginous; punctures 

 of the prosternum (cf) coarse and slightly separated, very irregular 

 in form; antennae very pale, distinctly more slender than in crucialis, 

 nearly as in nitidus. Length (cf ) 6.3 mm.; width 1.75 mm. Cali- 

 fornia (locality unknown) elegans n. sp. 



4 Very slender, parallel, rather depressed, deep black, the elytra, pro- 

 sternum and legs blackish-piceous; antennae very slender as usual, 



