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punctate ; punctures moderately fine, arranged in rather closely placed, 

 feebly impressed series, intervals with similar,. sparsely, irregularly placed 

 punctures, which are not asperate at sides ; anterior tibial spurs similar, 

 rather long and equal ; middle and posterior spurs shorter. Legs slender 

 all the femora armed, the anterior with an acute tooth, the middle with 

 an obtuse tooth which is less prominent, the posterior with a smaller and 

 very obtuse process. 



Female is larger and more convex, head rather large, thorax strongly 

 convex, but elytra less so ; femoral teeth as in the male. 



California (Merced County). 



Described from two specimens. Subsequently a series of 

 eight specimens were received in which the femoral spurs uni- 

 formly agreed with those of the type specimens, the elytral 

 punctuation being much more decided, and the general form 

 more elongate, approaching that of gigantea. 



Eleodes confinis s. sp. Length 22.0 mm.; width 9.0 mm. Rather 

 robust, very convex and subcylindrical, feebly shining and smooth. 

 Head large, as long as wide, finely and evenly punctured; antenna- 

 robust, reaching to posterior third of the prothorax, third joint about two 

 and one-half times as long as wide, not longer than the next two, joints 

 four to eleven, inclusive, subequal in length ; seventh as long as wide ; 

 eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh wider than long. Prothorax scarcely 

 a third wider than long, apex broadly and feebly emarginate, subequal 

 to base, which is feebly arcuate ; apical angles dentiform, not divergent, 

 feebly acute ; sides quite strongly arcuate in anterior three-fifths, widest 

 just in front of middle, posteriorly straight, convergent and not in the 

 least constricted in front of basal angles, the latter obtuse, not rounded 

 nor prominent ; disc convex, very finely, evenly punctate. Elytra about 

 two and two-third times as long as prothorax, and at base equal to the 

 contiguous base of the latter, widest at middle ; sides evenly arcuate to 

 apex, which is obtuse and emarginate from the depression of elytral 

 suture in the declivous portion ; humeri obtuse and slightly prominent ; 

 disc smooth, strongly convex, very finely and feebly punctured, punctures 

 arranged in closely placed series, intervals with a series of very fine, 

 sparsely placed punctures, with others that are irregularly scattered and 

 which become denser along suture, and rather more confused at apex 

 and outer intervals ; scutellum rather large and glabrous. Abdotnoi 

 smooth, shining, finely and sparsely punctate. Lc^s moderately slender, 

 anterior femora armed with a small acute tooth ; spurs similar and sub- 

 equal. 



California (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County). 



The present form should be placed with those species having 

 the thorax with sides gradually narrowing to base, and should 

 precede hispilabris in our lists. 



