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towards and upon the sides at the base, moderately confused on 

 the disc and sides except on the third, fifth, seventh and ninth, 

 which are nearly uniseriate; the ninth interspace carinate; the 

 second wider towards the base; the declivity with the first three 

 sutures nearly equal, the first and third hardly elevated, the second 

 not narrower and hardly impressed, but without asperities, the 

 third uniting with the ninth, the fourth met on the declivity by 

 the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth; the asperities of the declivity 

 uniseriate, fine and acute, and the surface of the interspaces there 

 smoother and more shining than on the disc; the pubescence very 

 fine, short and indistinct. The discal interspaces are frequently 

 nearly uniseriately asperate; the asperities are reduced to fine 

 granules on the sides. 



The male has the front broadly and rather deeply concave; 

 the pronotum more broadly rounded on the sides and more sharply 

 constricted in front; and has the declivity smoother and more 

 brightly polished, with the serrations nearly obsolete except for a 

 few sparse granules on the third interspace. 



Type locality: Huckleberry Meadow, Fresno Co., Calif. 



Received through the kindness of Mr. Ralph Hopping. It 

 was taken in "Cedar limbs." Type number, 2173. 



Hylastes ruber, n. sp. — Stouter than usual, the pronotum 

 shorter and nearly as wide as the elytra; the elytra with the striae 

 hardly impressed, narrow, the strial punctures small, thd" inter- 

 spaces flat and densely, rather coarsely granulate; length, 4.8 mm.; 

 width, 1.75 mm. 



The head has the front strongly convex, the middle line 

 evenly moderately convex from epistoma to vertex; closely, 

 moderately, rather rugosely punctured; the transverse impression 

 at the base of the beak very faintly indicated ; the epistoma moder- 

 ately impressed on each side; the median carina acute, fine but 

 well developed, extending to the middle of the front; the epistomal 

 lobe wide, concave at the middle with the sides somewhat tuber- 

 culate; the pubescence minute and inconspicuous, nearly obsolete. 



The pronotum is but very slightly longer than wide; broadly 

 rounded behind; the hind angles rounded; slightly arcuate on the 



