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terior femora and sulcate elytra, place it as a race of hispilabris, 

 most closely related to the var. sculptUis. 



Prominens Casey is a race of dentipcs. It is peculiar on ac- 

 count of the prominent basal angles of the pronotum. In a 

 series the angles pass into the normal form. 



Elegans Casey is a small, short and particularly symmetri- 

 cal unique, somewhat resembling some individuals of parri- 

 collis. In facies it is related to dentipcs, and is analogous to 

 certain nanoid individuals of acuticauda. 



Subcylindrica Casey. The peculiar coloration of the types 

 is due to immaturity. The two types are perfectly similar, 

 the form of the pronotum is that of annata, the surface luster 

 is dull and alutaceous. Specimens of annata collected by Prof. 

 Wickham at Amedee, Lassen Co., Cal., and others collected in 

 Nevada, southward to Arizona, have this same surface luster. 

 The most striking character is the absence of teeth on the mid- 

 dle and posterior femora. Otherwise I cannot see that they 

 differ from numerous specimens of fully armed armata. I 

 consider these specimens as subedentate armata. Remarks upon 

 this variation will be found in my recent monograph. Before 

 seeing the types I had no idea of their true relationship. 



Lecontei Horn. While in the East I had an opportunity 

 of examining specimens of this species in the collection of Mr. 

 H. W. Wenzel. They were identical with the specimen re- 

 ceived from Mr Frederick Blanchard ; a specimen in the Horn 

 collection was homomorphic. 



Mr. Chas. Drury informs me that he took this species at 

 Trinidad, Colorado, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and that he 

 distributed it in the East. He also remarks that hardly any 

 two of them were exactly alike. Some were flat, and others 

 up to the convex form, and that all had the same style of sculp- 

 ture. I desire a large series of this species and also of snowii 

 for a more critical study. 



I have included E. bchrii Grinnell in the present list as I 

 believe it to be extant, and that careful collecting at Rosemary, 

 Los Angeles Co., will bring specimens to hand. For the privi- 

 lege of studying the Grinnell types, in the collection of In- 



