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thickly and finely punctured, a median vertical smooth, raised line on 

 the f rons and vertex ; labrum short, transverse, with strongly rounded 

 anterior angles, punctuation that of head, labro-clypeal suture very 

 distinct; clypeus transverse oblong, punctured like head; maxillary 

 palpi long, mediumly robust ; articles subequal, last article feebly flat- 

 tened and truncate; antennae long, mediumly robust, article I short 

 and swollen, 2 not quite as long as I, cylindrical, 3-10 subequal, monili- 

 form, becoming gradually thinner and slightly flattened on the under 

 side towards the end, 1 1 about equal to preceding and bluntly pointed ; 

 eyes large, narrow, strongly uniform and far apart. 



Pronotum transverse oblong, sharply and shortly contracted in front, 

 sides parallel, posterior margin slightly reflexed, a very small posterior 

 median depression, punctured like head, but more sparsely; scutellum 

 large, triangular with' rounded apex, excavated in middle, feebly and 

 thickly punctured; elytra slightly narrowed behind, ora and nervures 

 not distinct; very thickly, finely and rugosely punctured, uniformly and 

 separately rounded behind; ventral surface punctured like elytra but 

 more sparsely; legs medium and robust, femora and tibise punctured 

 like ventrals but a little more closely, posterior tibial spurs the inner 

 slender and pointed, the outer thick and grooved ; tarsi long and 

 mediumly robust; claws short and stout. 



Length 9 mm., width 4 mm. 



Type in Wellman collection. Type locality, Imperial Valley, 

 California. 



Distribution, Meloland, Imperial Valley, May n, on arrow- 

 weed, (J. C. B.) 3 specimens. 



This species may be placed near punctipennis Lee. and im- 

 maculata Say., but is easily told from either by its very thick 

 pubescence. 



SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY. The Second In- 

 ternational Congress of Entomology will be held at Oxford, England, 

 from August 5 to 10, 1912. Further particulars will be announced 

 shortly. 



The Executive Committee proposes to find for members of the Con- 

 gress lodgings in the town, or in rooms in one of the Colleges at a 

 moderate charge ; rooms in the Colleges will be available only for 

 men. The Executive Committee invites an early provisional notice 

 of intention to join the Congress, in order to be able to make the ar- 

 rangements for the necessary accommodation. 



The Proceedings of the First Congress are in the press and will be 

 published shortly. , 



All communications and inquiries should be addressed to the Gen- 

 eral Secretary of the Executive Committee, Dr. Malcolm Burr, care 

 of the Entomological Society of London, u Cavendish Square, Lon- 

 don, W., England. 



