uS TETT/G/D.E OF NORTH AMERICA 



the course of metlian carina. Vertex in male and female 

 appreciably wider than one of the eyes, front margin truncate, 

 advanced about as far as the eyes, median carina prominent, 

 a little projecting, on either side longitudinally canaliculate, 

 the froiilo-lateral carinje prominent, convex, sides of crown 

 sinuate, ])Osteriorly transversely ridged or submammillate. 

 F'rontal costa in profile a little advanced before the eyes, 

 subdcpressed, at the junction with the median carina rounded, 

 opposite the antenn;e little convex; viewed in front the frontal 

 costa rather strongly furcate, the rami straight and evenly 

 divergent. Eyes globose. Pronotum anteriorly truncate, 

 posteriorly the apical process short, extended beyond the 

 posterior femora about one millimeter; dorsum between the 

 shoulders little elevated, transversely subtectiform, median 

 carina distinct throughout, anteriorly near the front margin 

 subcompresso-elevated, superior or elytral sinus of lateral 

 lobes shallow, the posterior inferior angle obtuse. Elytra 

 elongate acuminate towards ajjex; wings fully developed, 

 passing pronotal process from two to three millimeters. 

 Anterior femora little compressed, entire; margins of middle 

 femora distinctly compressed, entire above, feebly lobate 

 about the middle of lower margin; posterior femora subampli- 

 ate, first article of posterior tarsi distinctly longer than the 

 third, first and second pulvilli acute, the third straight below. 



Length of body 5, 14.5 mm.; pronot., 10. 2 mm.; post, 

 fern., 6 mm.; body ,f, 12 mm.; pronot., 8.8 mm.; post, fern., 

 5.1 mm. 



Locality, San Bernandina, Cal. (Morse) Hancock. 

 Recorded from Arizona, and several other points in California. 



Morse gives the measurements as follows: Total length, 

 (J, I 1. 5-13. 5 mm., 9, 12-14. 5 mm.; pronot., ^, 8.7-10 mm., 

 5, 8.5-11.5 mm; body, t, 7-9 mm., $, 9-11 mm.; post, fern., 

 $, 5-6 mm., $, 5.5-6.5 mm. 



Paratettic toltecus extensus, Morse, Jour. N. Y. P^nt. .Soc, 

 vii., 198 (1899). 



