42 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The species described by Horn under the name granicoUis is not at 

 hand at present, and therefore cannot be inserted at its proper place in 

 the table ; it is distinctly isolated in sculpture and can be readily identified 

 from the original description. Gracilis Horn, is also unique as far as 

 known ; it may be distinguished from caudalis and allies by its shining 

 surface and punctured, not tuberculate, presternum. Eiegans may be 

 provisionally attached to this genus, as before remarked. 



Phlceodes, Lee. 

 Of the two described species of this genus, diaboiicus, inhabiting the 

 more northern regions of California, has dense pale vestiture on the apical 

 declivity of the elytra, while pustulosus, Lee, from San Diego, has no pale 

 incrustation, and is a much larger insect. The species or subspecies are 

 rather numerous, and those in my cabinet may be described in outline as 

 follows : 



1. Elytra with more or less pale vestiture on the apical declivity 2 



Elytra without paler vestiture at apex 4 



2. Form stout, the prothorax as wide as long, very nearly as wide as the 



elytra ; velvety spot at the middle and base of each elytron small and 

 very inconspicuous ; whitish vestiture forming a large solid patch at 

 each side of the apical declivity. Length 16. 0-19. 5 mm.; width 



6.4-7.5 "''"^- California (Mt. Diablo) diabolicus, Lee. 



Form slender 3 



3. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, sculptured nearly as in diabolicus, 



the head with small tubercles throughout, and not sparsely tuber- 

 culose at the middle of the vertex as in that species; elytra oval, 

 only very slightly wider than the prothorax, the pale vestiture more 

 diffused between the rugosities of the apical declivity, the central 

 velvety spot slightly arcuate and oblique, the basal short. Length 



14.0- 16.0 mm.; width 5.4-6.2 mm. ('alifornia. Cab. Levette 



ovipennis, n. sp. 

 Prothorax distinctly elongate, the finer tubercles aggregated in two 

 longitudinal sinuous median lines more obviously than in diabolicus, 

 the head covered throughout with small tubercles which are close-set, 

 and, as in ovipennis, densely punctulate on their convex surfaces; elytra 

 oblong-oval, with the pale vestiture confined to the apical parts of 

 the declivity, the velvety spots large and distinct, the basal much 

 elongated. Length 17.0 mm.; width 6.4 mm. California (Kern Co.) 



elo7igatus, n. sp. 



