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vex antero-posteriorly; apex almost arcuate in circular arc, middle 

 third of the arcuation somewhat straight; base subtruncate, feebly 

 sinuate laterally; disk almost evenly punctate, punctures slightly lar.^er 

 than those of the elytra; sides feebly arcuate in basal one-half, thence 

 more strongly arcuate to apex, bead moderately fine; apex finely 

 beaded; apical angles well rounded; basal angles subrectangular and 

 somewhat more than narrowly rounded. 

 Proplcura more or less longitudinally rugulose. 



Prostenium finely and sparsely punctate; process feebly margined 

 between the coxae; apex rounded, not margined; varying in length 

 and moderately constricted. 



Elytra one-half longer than wide, evenly convex from side to side, 

 evenly and arcuately declivous in apical third; apex ogival; sides finely 

 margined; disk somewhat irregularly and rather finely punctate, api- 

 cal declivity scarcely rugose; there is slight evidence of longitudinal 

 costae or smooth lines. 

 Epiplcura smooth. 



Paraplcura, meso- and metasterna sparsely punctate. 

 Abdomen finely and very sparsely punctate, last two segments 

 more strongly punctate. 



Mctafemora very sparsely and finely punctate; metatarsi slightly 

 shorter than the metafemora. 



$ . Form narrower than the females. 

 Length 7.0-9.5 mm.; width 3.5-47 m m - 



Type locality San Joaquin County (San Joaquin Valley), 

 Calif. Collector, F. W. Nunenmacher. Type in the writer's 

 collection. 



Habitat Under leaves, cowchips, etc., and running over 

 the ground. 



Distribution California (San Joaquin Valley southward to 

 the Tehachapi Pass). 



Remarks Abundant. Described from a series of one hun- 

 dred and thirty-five specimens. Several males are distinctly 

 cuneate, others are less so and pass gradually into the normal 

 oblong-oval form. 



Muscula is a race of the anomalous globulina Casey. Several 

 years ago the writer received from Prof. H. F. Wickham a 

 small series of the latter species, who collected them at the 

 Tehachapi Pass. The series contained the short and stout form 

 described as globulina with others that gradually connected 

 the latter with those of a normal Coniontis-\'\kc form. It is 



