152 MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA 



closely, subimbricately sculptured and finely punctulate, becoming 

 more shining and strongly though not densely punctured posteriorly; 

 legs moderately long, the tarsi well developed. Length (cf) 16.5 

 mm.; width 5.8 mm. California (Monterey), G. \V. Dunn. 



subelegans n. sp. 



5 Prothorax large, as wide as the elytra or slightly narrower, not or 

 very obsoletely impressed at the middle of the base 6 



Prothorax relatively smaller, with a large and strong impression at the 

 middle of the base 8 



6 Prothorax of the female evidently narrower than the elytra. Body 

 moderately slender, alutaceous to subopaque, deep black; head with 

 the coarse punctures strong but rather sparse, the fine ones very 

 evident, the surface transversely impressed, with a connecting im- 

 pression proceeding thence along the median line to between the 

 eyes; prothorax one-half to three-fifths wider than long, widest at 

 the middle, with strongly, evenly arcuate parallel sides, the feebly 

 sinuate and medially subcuspid apex nearly as wide as the base, 

 with the angles rather blunt and very feebly everted; surface evenly 

 and broadly convex, having very fine sparse punctures with minuter 

 ones sparsely scattered over the interspaces, the sides gradually and 

 narrowly declivo-explanate and more coarsely punctate, the edge 

 beaded and transversely rugose; elytra equal in width to the pro- 

 thorax, nearly a third wider in the female, widest at the middle, with 

 arcuate sides, the edge becoming very obtusely evident basally and 

 crenate; ends of the basal margin feebly dentate; surface very convex 

 and smooth, very finely, sparsely creased and with excessively 

 minute and remote punctules; abdomen (cf) opaque, extremely 

 minutely, densely punctulate and with fine, sparse punctures or, 

 (9 ), more shining, with fine anastomosing and sparser creases and 

 less distinct sparse punctulation; legs moderate. Length (cf, 9) 

 17.0-19.5 mm.; width 6.8-8.5 mm. California (Kaweah River. 

 Tulare Co.) tularensis n. sp. 



Prothorax of the female about as wide as the elytra 7 



7 Form moderately slender, strongly convex, moderately shining, 

 densely alutaceous anteriorly, deep black as usual; head broadly and 

 strongly impressed transversely, strongly, closely impresso-punctate; 

 prothorax two-thirds wider than long, the apex not quite as wide as 

 the base and rather deeply sinuate, the angles subacute, slightly 

 blunt, not at all everted; sides parallel, evenly and strongly arcuate; 

 surface evenly convex, the feeble flattening medially along the basal 

 margin sometimes obsoletely divided by a feeble elevation of the 

 median line, also with a minute feeble circular indentation on each 

 side of the median line before the middle, the punctures extremely 

 minute and rather sparse, the side slopes becoming very gradually 

 and rather broadly deplanate, coarsely and somewhat closely punc- 

 tate, the edge with a fine even rugulose bead; elytra scarcely wider 

 than the prothorax, a little more than twice as long as wide, widest 

 at the middle, with the sides only moderately arcuate, the ends of 

 the basal margin feebly dentiform., strongly convex, the side margins 



