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throughout, tubercles moderate in size, nearly simple, bearing small 

 setae, laterally and on the apical declivity more distinctly muricate, 

 setae longer, feebly reclinate, more strongly so at the extreme periphery, 

 with minute tubercles scattered between the larger ones, all smooth and 

 more or less shining, general surface minutely reticulate. 



Epiplcura very sparsely mtiricato-tuberculate, gradually narrowing 

 from base to apex ; surface minutely reticulate. 



Sterna finely and densely punctate. 



Paraplcura finely and less densely punctate. 



Abdomen smooth and shining, rather densely punctate, first segments 

 distinctly so, fifth finely and moderately densely punctate. 



Legs moderate in length and stoutness. 



$ . Less robust, somewhat narrower. Abdomen rather less than 

 moderately convex, impressed at middle of the first two segments, 

 slightly oblique to the sterna. First two joints of the protarsi clothed 

 with a tuft of golden pubescence at tips beneath. First joint of the 

 mesotarsi without tufts. 



9- Robust. Abdomen quite strongly convex. First joint of the 

 protarsi distinctly thickened at apex beneath and evidently clothed 

 with coarse short setae; second joint with a narrow transverse tuft 

 which is cleft at middle, plantar groove distinct basally, but obsolete on 

 the first joint which is convex beneath. 



Measurements. $ Length, 9.5-11.0 mm.; width, 4.5-5.0 mm. 9 

 length, 12.5 mm.; width, 6.5 mm. 



Habitat. Klamath and Lake counties, Oregon ; Lassen and 

 Modoc Counties, California. 17 specimens studied. 



Types $ and 9 in my own collection ; type locality, Klamath 

 County, Oregon. F. W. Nunemnacher, collector. 



The males have the prothorax rather more strongly con- 

 stricted before the base, but the sides in all instances are 

 straight or feebly arcuate between the middle and the con- 

 striction and not re-entrant, as in cordata and pijiiclioidcs. 

 The prothorax appears relatively wider as a result. 



NitnenniacJicri differs from pimelioides in the shape of the 

 pronotum and in its denser punctuation ; the tuberculation of 

 tfK. elytra is also more regular and less muricate. It should 

 follow pimelioides and its races in our lists. 



Eleodes nunenmacheri, var. verrucula n. var. 



Form as in nunenmacheri. Punctuation of the pronotal disk slightly 

 finer. In the female the form of the pronotum is the same as in 

 nunenmacheri, while in the male the basal constriction is more ab- 



