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spicuous; scutellum narrow, pointed, black; elytra rather strongly 

 punctate, almost impunctate at base, the punctures very fine, 

 feeble and rather sparse apically; legs black, variegated with tes- 

 taceous as in basalis; fifth ventral ( 9 ) not longer than the fourth 

 and very broadly arcuate at apex. Length (9) 5-2 mm.; width 

 1.5 mm. California, Levette minima n. sp. 



10 Form more convex, the integuments thick, intense black throughout, 

 strongly sculptured and almost glabrous; apical constriction of the 

 prothorax feeble 1 1 



Form more elongate and less convex, with thinner integument 12 



II Body moderately stout, convex, densely black throughout, the 

 anterior legs, excepting the tarsi, and the other legs black, the femora 

 rufescent at base; head well developed, parallel, rather transverse, 

 very densely punctate and opaque throughout, the tempora barely 

 at all less prominent than the eyes, straight and parallel for some 

 distance behind them, then rounded to the broad neck; antennae 

 inserted as usual in the genus, slender, rufo-piceous throughout, as 

 long as the body in the male, the fourth joint slightly shorter than 

 the third, the fifth distinctly longer; eyes rather small, minutely 

 faceted and entire, only moderately prominent; prothorax barely at 

 all wider than the head, slightly transverse, distinctly narrower at 

 apex than at base, prominently rounded at the sides medially, 

 biconstricted, strongly and densely punctate, with a narrow smooth 

 polished and unimpressed median line almost to the apex, the 

 pubescence very inconspicuous, minute; elytra rather more than 

 twice as long as wide, one-half wider than the prothorax, evenly 

 tapering from base to the conjointly evenly rounded apex, the 

 sutural angles rounded; punctures coarse, deep, slightly less coarse 

 apically, separated by two to three times their diameters, the hairs 

 minute and scarcely visible; legs slender. Length (c/ 1 ) 9.0 mm. ; 

 width 2.8 mm. California (Sta. Cruz Co.). A female from Nevada 

 is stouter, with relatively smaller anterior parts and broader and 

 perfectly parallel, more coarsely sculptured elytra, less prominent 

 tempora, smaller and more angulate lateral prominences of the 

 prothorax and shorter antennae; it may be conspecific. [Leptura 

 cubitalis Lee.] cubitalis Lee. 



Body less stout, similarly colored throughout and with generally similar 

 sculpture, but with much longer and more evident pubescence and 

 less elongate male antennae, these being more testaceous, not quite 

 as long as the body and with much less elongate joints; head differing 

 in having the tempora very much less prominent than the relatively 

 larger and more convex eyes, converging and prominently rounding 

 to the narrower neck; prothorax nearly similar in form and sculpture 

 but less coarsely punctate and with the coarse recumbent pale hairs 

 much more conspicuous; elytra narrower, less than one-half wider 

 than the prothorax, two and one-half times as long as wide, still 

 more coarsely and less sparsely punctate, the hairs, though very 

 short, decidedly more distinct than in cubitalis. Length (cf) 

 7.0-8.2 mm.; width 1.9-2.4 mm. California (San Diego). [Ac- 

 variipes Csy.] variipes Csy. 



