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each, plantar grooves nearly obliterated, especially on the first joint. 



$ . Oval to ovate, more robust, about twice as long as wide. An- 

 tennae extending about one joint beyond the pronotal base, the latter 

 one-twelfth of its width wider than the apex. Abdomen rather strong- 

 ly convex. First joint of the protarsi slightly thicker beneath than 

 the second, plantar grooves entire. 



Measurements. Males : Length 15.0-15.2 mm.; width 5.0-6.5 mm. 

 Females : Length 13.5-16.0 mm. ; width 6.8-7.0 mm. 



Habitat. Washington (Wawawai, March 2Oth, April 24th 

 and May ist, 1909; Ellensburg, March I3th, 1909; Almota, 

 May 1 7th). 



Manni belongs to the subgenus Blapylis. 



Types ( $ and ? ) in my own collection. Paratypes in Mr. 

 Wm. Mann's collection, to whom the species is dedicated. 



Eleodes variolosa n. var. (A new race of manni.) 



Oblong, elongate, more or less shining, subglabrous. Elytra very 

 coarsely punctate on the disk, the punctures coalescing transversely; 

 laterally and on the apex muricato-rugose, the small muricate tubercles 

 coalescing transversely; intervals somewhat convex; humeri obtuse to 

 obsolete. 



Head coarsely, sparsely and irregularly punctate, the punctures 

 crowded laterally and on the epistoma, very feebly convex, impressed 

 laterally and along the pronotal suture. Antennae reaching a little 

 beyond the pronotal base, moderately stout, slightly compressed in the 

 outer four joints and not dilated, third joint a little longer than the 

 fourth and fifth taken together; joints 4-7 inclusive subequal in length 

 and thickness, scarcely obconical, subcylindrical; eighth triangulo- 

 obconical, ninth subtriangular, tenth and eleventh subtrapezoidal, about 

 as long as wide, the latter truncately obovate. 



Pronotum widest at the middle and wider than long; disk moderately 

 convex coarsely, irregularly and rather densely punctate, more densely 

 and subgranulately so along the margins at the sides, punctures sub- 

 equal in size, intervals flat and forming small impunctate areas here 

 and there; apex very feebly emarginate and obsoletely margined; sides 

 evenly arcuate, feebly and not suddenly sinuate in basal seventh, 

 scarcely parallel before the angles; base truncate and finely margined; 

 apical angles obtuse and not at all prominent; basal angles subrec- 

 tangular and not in the least prominent. 



Propleurae opaque, sparsely and very irregularly punctato-granulate, 

 subrugulose about the acetabula. 



Elytra oblong-oval to ovate, widest at the middle, base wider than 

 the contiguous pronotal base; humeri obtuse to obsolete; sides evenly 

 arcuate from base to apex, the latter broadly rounded; disk moderately 



