ClCINDELID^ AND CARABID^E 



thorax, the striae fine and very feebly, irregularly quasi-punctulate 

 as usual, barely at all impressed suturally even in the male as a rule, 

 the scutellar long, generally not joining the first; lustre strongly shin- 

 ing though very faintly alutaceous (cf ) or but little more evidently 

 so (9 ), this character being less developed than in any of the pre- 

 ceding species. Length (cf 9 ) 9.8-11.2 mm.; width 3.6-4.0 mm. 

 California (Truckee, near Lake Tahoe, elev. about 6000'). Abun- 

 dant latebricola n. sp. 



7 Elytra feebly aeneous in lustre. Body rather narrow and elongate, 

 moderately convex, very shining, black, the legs feebly picescent, 

 the palpi rufo-piceous, rufous distally; antennae blackish-piceous, 

 gradually brownish distally; head moderate, the impressions not deep 

 and somewhat diffuse; labrum black, with rather broadly rounded 

 angles; prothorax a third to two-fifths wider than long, the sides 

 moderately rounded, generally somewhat arcuate to the minutely 

 prominent though obtuse basal angles, the base feebly sinuate medi- 

 ally, fully as wide as the apex or a little wider; surface convex, only 

 moderately punctured latero-basally, the sides rather deeply concave 

 and reflexed but not very wide, the impressions strong and the basal 

 marginal groove at the sides deep; elytra rather long, two-thirds 

 (cf) to three-fifths (9) longer than wide and respectively a sixth 

 to nearly a fourth wider than the prothorax, the striae fine, not notice- 

 ably impressed in either sex even suturally, those on the flanks so 

 fine as to be almost obsolescent; lustre shining (cf ) or very faintly 

 sericeous ( 9 ), the scutellar stria very long, joining the first. Length 

 (cf 9 ) 10.5-11.0 mm.; width 3.4-3.8 mm. Labrador (W. St. 

 Modest), Sherman; Rhode Island and Arkansas. Newfoundland 



Dejean (type locality). Females rather rare luczoti Dej. 



Elytra not at all aeneous in lustre; species of the western faunal regions. .8 

 8 Striae strongly impressed, the intervals notably convex, gradually a 

 little less so apically. Body black, shining; head moderate, the 

 impressions rather deep but irregular; mandibles finely, closely 

 strigose medially; palpi testaceous, piceous basally; prothorax about 

 a fourth wider than long, the sides rounded, moderately oblique 

 and straight posteriorly, the angles obtuse but denticularly promi- 

 nent; base not quite so wide as the apex; surface convex, rather 

 broadly and deeply channeled and reflexed at the sides, the basal 

 punctures and impressions about as usual in the preceding; elytra 

 three-fifths longer than wide, only a fourth or fifth wider than the 

 prothorax, parallel, the sides feebly arcuate; striae impunctate, the 

 scutellar long and as deep as the others; surface excessively faintly 

 alutaceous, the micro-reticulation visible but not strong; tarsi 

 moderately slender. Length (cf ) n.o mm.; width 4.0 mm. Cali- 

 fornia (Siskiyou Co.), Koebele shastanus n. sp. 



Striae feebly or very moderately impressed as usual 9 



9 Body elongate, convex, subparallel, deep black, polished, the legs 

 scarcely paler, the palpi rufo-piceous; head moderate, the impressions 

 fine, feebly arcuate, distinct and regular or nearly so; prothorax only 

 a fourth to fifth wider than long, the sides broadly and moderately 

 rounded, oblique and feebly arcuate to nearly straight basally, the 



