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Echidnoglossa ludibunda n. sp. Slender, with large elytra; color 

 dark red-brown, with a feeble piceous lustre, the first two abdominal 

 segments rufous, the next three deep black, the legs dark, the tarsi pale; 

 pubescence rather coarse and pale, distinct; head well developed, a little 

 narrower than semicircular behind the eyes, fully as long as wide, mi- 

 nutely, not densely punctate; antennae infuscate, but slightly paler 

 basally, long, gradually distinctly incrassate and rather thick distally, 

 the second joint barely perceptibly longer or thicker than the third, three 

 to five evenly and moderately decreasing in length, the outer joints 

 nearly as long as wide, the last as long as the two preceding, gradually 

 pointed; prothorax small, much narrower than the head, slightly longer 

 than wide, strongly narrowed anteriorly from a little before the middle, 

 finely but rather strongly, subevenly and not closely punctate; elytra 

 relatively unusually large, quadrate, twice as wide as the prothorax and 

 one-half longer, not coarsely and somewhat sparsely punctate, except 

 near the base where the punctures become coarse and dense, the scutellar 

 impression strong, subquadrate; abdomen narrow, moderately clavi- 

 form, much narrower than the elytra, polished, only very minutely, 

 sparsely and almost imperceptibly punctate, except in the impressions. 

 Length 3.0 mm.; width 0.68 mm. California (Gilroy Hot Springs, 

 Sta. Clara Co.). 



This distinct species may be distinguished from eximia, to which 

 it is more especially related, in its much less black color and feeble 

 piceo-aeneous lustre, relatively much larger elytra, narrower abdomen 

 and very much narrower prothorax. 



Echidnoglossa defecta n. sp. Deep black almost throughout, the legs 

 dark brownish-piceous; surface very lustrous, the punctures of the head, 

 pronotum and convex parts of the abdomen very fine and notably sparse, 

 of the elytra stronger but not coarse and well separated throughout; 

 pubescence not dense, dusky-cinereous; head nearly as long as wide, 

 semicircular behind the eyes; antennae long, piceous-brown, slender, 

 only very moderately incrassate distally, the second and third joints 

 very long, equal, the fourth much shorter, outer joints as long as wide, the 

 last gradually pointed, longer than the preceding two; prothorax rela- 

 tively small, shorter and much narrower than the head, not longer than 

 wide, narrowed anteriorly from before the middle; elytra large, nearly 

 as long as wide, parallel, almost twice as wide as the prothorax and fully 

 one-half longer; abdomen relatively slender and only slightly inflated 

 posteriorly, very much narrower than the elytra, scarcely at all paler 

 basally. Length 2.85-3.2 mm.; width 0.56-0.62 mm. California (Gil- 

 roy Hot Springs). 



Differs from the preceding in its blacker coloration, more shining 

 lustre and finer and sparser punctures, much less claviform abdomen 

 and slightly shorter, notably more slender and less distally incrassate 

 antennae, and, from eximia, it differs in its relatively much nar- 



