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less convex than in either of the preceding, the margins black, 

 with the faintest possible bluish tinge; hind tarsi (c?) still longer, 

 evidently longer than the tibiae, the brush of hair fulvous as in 

 calif ornicus. Length 30.5 mm.; width 11.7 mm. Texas. 



validus Lee. 



Elytra broadly oval, more rounded at the sides, the margins throughout 

 wider, as in depressus and bright violaceous-blue; head very large, 

 the mandibles and labrum as in californicus, the median lobe of the 

 latter a little more truncate or feebly bilobate; prothorax one-half 

 wider than long, of different form, being more narrowed toward 

 base and widest but little before the middle, the base much narrower 

 than the apex; lateral and basal grooves attaining the angles, which 

 are right and very sharp, the sides parallel near them for a moderate 

 distance; impressions deep, strongly united with the impressions 

 near the angles and also prolonged inwardly somewhat; elytra evenly 

 oval, only moderately convex, smooth and impunctate; hind tarsi 

 (cf ) long and stout, much longer than the tibiae, the dense inner 

 brush of the latter pale fulvous. Length 31.5 mm.; width 12.0 mm. 



Texas (locality unrecorded) cephalotes n. sp. 



Elytra as in the preceding but somewhat more narrowed basally, much 

 smaller in size, deep black, the margins without the faintest indi- 

 cation of color and narrow as in validus, the pronotal margin even 

 narrower; head smaller than in any of the four preceding, scarcely 

 three-fourths as wide as the prothorax; antennae (9 ) much shorter, 

 the mandibles strigose throughout; prothorax one-half wider than 

 long, widest near apical third, the sides sinuate basally to the right 

 and very sharp basal angles, the lateral and basal grooves entire, 

 attaining the angles; impressions deep, the juxtangular very faint; 

 elytra oval, with rounded sides, sensibly wider than the prothorax, 

 the surface smooth, even and impunctate; legs rather short. Length 

 24.5 mm.; width 10.2 mm. New Mexico (Jemez Springs). A 



single female, sent by Mr. John Woodgate acomanus n. sp. 



22 Form stout, convex, shining, deep black throughout, the side 

 margins narrow, not at all tinted; head moderate, smaller than in 

 the preceding group but otherwise similar, except that the antennae 

 are much shorter in both sexes; mandibles partially strigose; pro- 

 thorax shorter, two-thirds wider than long, the base but little 

 narrower than the apex; sides moderately converging behind, be- 

 coming broadly and rather feebly sinuate to the basal angles, which 

 are right and sharp; marginal and basal grooves entire, attaining 

 the angles, the impressions moderate or rather shallow, the stria 

 well impressed; elytra a little wider than the prothorax, broadly 

 oval, with rounded sides, the surface even, having geminate series 

 of distinct punctures (9), to smooth and punctureless (cf); hind 

 tarsi (cf ) about as long as the tibiae, the brush of hairs of the latter 

 rather short and stiff, pale fulvous and not very dense, much less 

 developed than in the preceding group, or ( 9 ) a little more slender 

 though about as long as the tibiae, the legs a little shorter than in 

 the male. Length 25.5-27.5 mm.; width 10.6-11.3 mm. Texas 

 (locality unrecorded) corpulentus Lee. 



