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ruptly formed ; as a result the sides behind the middle are somewhat 

 more strongly convergent and straighter, and the sides of the con- 

 stricted portion are straight and parallel. The basal angles are rec- 

 tangular. 



The elytral disk centrally and along the suture is somewhat sub- 

 obsoletely tuberculo-rugulose, peripherally muricato-tuberculate, the 

 tubercles being more reclinate than in nunenmacheri, their summits are 

 bright and shining and about one-half as large as in the typical race; 

 very small tubercles are scattered between the larger ones. The 

 general surface is microscopically granulato-reticulate. Laterally the 

 tubercles are setigerous, the setae are reclinate and in length about 

 equal to the height of the tubercles; on the central part of the disk 

 the setae are more hair-like. 



The inter-coxal process of the prosternum is not mucronate in the 

 specimens at hand. 



$ . Abdomen oblique to the sterna, rather feebly convex and quite 

 strongly impressed on the first two segments. The basal two joints of 

 the protarsi bear tufts of golden pubescence at tips beneath ; basal 

 joint of the mesotarsi bears a small transverse tuft. 



9 . As in nunenmacheri. 



Frequently the apical tarsal tufts are piceo-fuscous, but usually 

 become golden yellow after immersion in chloroform. 



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

 Length, 12.5 mm. ; width, 6.5 mm. 



Habitat. Lake and Klamath Counties, Oregon ; Lassen and 

 Modoc Counties, California ; 78 specimens studied. 



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

 County, Oregon. F. W. Nunenmacher, collector. The speci- 

 mens were collected in May. 



Eleodes propinqua n. sp. 



Ovate, twice as long as wide, distinctly pubescent throughout, densely 

 sculptured ; elytra moderately scabrous. 



Head rather finely and densely punctate, feebly convex. Antennae ex- 

 tending a short distance beyond the base of the pronotum, slightly 

 compressed and feebly dilated in the outer three joints, scarcely in- 

 crassate ; third joint just the least longer than the combined lengths 

 of the fourth and fifth, fourth to the seventh joints inclusive subequal 

 in length and width, eighth triangularly obconical, ninth triangulo- 

 oval, tenth slightly wider than long, the eleventh short obovate. 



Pronotum slightly wider than long, widest just in advance of the 

 middle; disk moderately convex, more strongly so in the lateral thirds, 

 closely and not finely punctate, intervals narrow, feebly convex but 

 not rugose, somewhat scabrous laterally; base and apex subtruncate, 



