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Distinguishable from ccmula by the stronger and still rather sparser 

 fine punctures of the head and prothorax, but especially by the 

 smaller, much more widely separated punctures and less rugose 

 appearance of the elytra, by the smaller abdomen, which at base 

 is only about half as wide as the elytra and subapically still much 

 narrower than the latter, and by the paler legs, these being uniformly 

 pale brownish-flavate throughout though sometimes nearly black. 

 It is also allied to eximia but differs in many other ways besides the 

 stouter form. 



Echidnoglossa strangulans n. sp. Similar to cemula and fully as large 

 but rather stouter, darker, piceous-black, the prothorax scarcely at all 

 paler, the abdomen faintly rufescent basally, the legs piceous-black, with 

 the tarsi alone paler; pubescence shorter and more dusky; head similar, 

 except that the posterior portion from eye to eye is not so broadly rounded, 

 being more ogival in outline; antenna similar, black, slightly paler 

 basally and at apex; prothorax as wide as the head, not evidently longer 

 than wide, parallel, narrowing anteriorly from but little before the middle; 

 elytra very large though evidently shorter than wide, of the usual parallel 

 form with the sides rounded externally at apex, coarsely, very densely 

 punctate; abdomen posteriorly much narrower than the elytra, at base 

 barely three-fifths as wide as the latter, with the usual sculpture. Length 

 3.33 mm.; width 0.8 mm. California (Los Angeles Co.). 



Separable at once from valida by its darker coloration, slightly 

 less elongate antennae and much larger elytra, and, from cemula, 

 by the larger elytra, shorter and darker prothorax and relatively 

 less basally narrowed abdomen; it is by far the heaviest species of 

 the genus known to me. 



Echidnoglossa occidua n. sp. Much smaller, only moderately stout, 

 very shining, deep black almost throughout, even the prothorax and 

 abdomen basally only very faintly rufescent, the legs piceous-black, with 

 paler tarsi; pubescence moderately short, not dense, dusky; head almost 

 longer than wide, ogivally rounded behind the eyes, the antennae long, 

 piceous-black throughout, rather slender and only moderately distally 

 incrassate, the outer joints about as long as wide, the last not quite as 

 long as the preceding two; punctures fine and sparser than usual; pro- 

 thorax small, very noticeably narrower than the head, just visibly 

 longer than wide, narrowed anteriorly in about apical two-fifths, the 

 punctures fine and well separated; elytra moderately large, nearly as 

 long as wide, parallel, of the usual form, nearly twice as wide as the 

 prothorax and almost one-half longer, the punctures not large, scarcely 

 at all asperate and widely separated; abdomen narrow, much narrower 

 than the elytra even posteriorly, and, at base, scarcely three-fifths as 

 wide as the latter. Length 2.65 mm.; width 0.55 mm. California 

 (Pomona Mts., Los Angeles Co.), Fall. 



