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one imperfect, was secured a few years ago. This year (1917) 

 there emerged in one of my cages an abnormal Sainia cecropia 

 differing from any specimen I have ever seen. The cocoon 

 from which the moth was bred did not differ from any of the 

 hundred or more other cocoons that I had, all of which were 

 collected on the outskirts of Philadelphia. A description of 

 this specimen is not necessary, as it is well figured in this num- 

 ber of the NEWS (Plate IX, upper figure). 



Studies in the Tenebrionid Tribe Eleodiini No. 3 



(Coleop.). 

 By F. E. BLAISDELL, SR., San Francisco, California. 



Eleodes pimelioides Mann., var. brevisetosa n. var. 



Oblong-ovate, very densely and rather finely sculptured, dull black, 

 the legs dark nigro-piceous. 



Head very densely and confluently punctate, punctures rather fine. 

 Antennae moderate in length. 



Pronotwm about one-fifth wider than long; disc moderately convex, 

 rather finely and very densely punctate, punctures more or less con- 

 fluent, the intervals being mere lines ; sides more or less angulate at 

 middle, thence evenly and moderately arcuate to apex, conversely 

 oblique, convergent, straight or feebly sinuate to the basal constric- 

 tion, the latter distinct and about one-seventh of the total length, with 

 sides straight and parallel. 



Elytra slightly oblong, two-sixths longer than wide, vertically de- 

 clivous posteriorly; sides broadly, evenly and moderately arcuate; 

 Immeri obtuse and not in the least prominent ; disk widest at the mid- 

 dle third, moderately convex on the dorsum. broadly and arcuately 

 rounded at the sides; surface densely sculptured with tuberculiform 

 granules, which are bright and shining at their summit?, each bearing 

 a short seta. On the central part of the disk the granules are less de- 

 veloped and more asperately punctate, the asperities are absolutely 

 without an orderly arrangement. Otherwise as in brunnipes. 



Measurements. $ Length, n.o mm.; width. 4.75 mm. 9 Length, 

 12.0-15.0 mm.; width, 5.0-7.5 mm. 



Types in my own collection. Collector F. W. Nunen- 

 macher. 



Habitat. Lassen County, California (type locality), May; 

 Verdi, Nevada, April. 21 specimens studied. 



In the male the first joint of the protarsi bears a moderate 



