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ing to just behind the middle coxa% the second joint 

 reaching to the posterior margin of tlie anterior cox* ; 

 antenna; dusky rufous, darker on middle of last three 

 segments. Pronotum wide, deeply, coarsely punctate, 

 mostly in transverse wavy lines, and punctures partly 

 confluent on the disk, depression at base of forward lobe 

 marked with a transverse series of indented and discolored 

 spots, the posterior lobe more or less darkened with 

 obscure green, the humeral angles irregularly trian- 

 gular, callous at tip, a little shorter and less acute than in 

 P. cynicMS Say, the extremity often dark green, and 

 charged with four wrinkles, anterior part of lateral margin 

 coarsely granulate-serrate. Pleural pieces coarsely, re- 

 motely, deeply punctate, excepting the area around the 

 ostiolar canal. Legs luteous, sparsely punctate, the 

 femora more or less pointed with rufous, and wrinkled. 

 Scutelium more finely punctate, clouded with green, the 

 middle line smooth and very sparsely punctate. Clavus 

 narrow, dark, luteous, greenish at base, punctate in lines; 

 coriuni finely and remotely punctate with green, the 

 costal area more coarsely so, and more spotted, mem- 

 brane longer than the venter, pale bronze, finely granu- 

 lated, the veins a little darker. Venter coarsely, remotely, 

 unevenl}^ punctate and rugose on the sides, with a broad, 

 smooth, middle line, almost impunctate; tergum purplish 

 black, dull, the connexivum orange, punctate with red, 

 the sutures of the segments broadly marked with a 

 quadrate, black-green, densely punctate spot across the 

 entire width of the connexivum; ventral spur long, acute 

 in the male, blunter in the female. Length to end of 

 venter 13 to 17 mm. Width across humeral angles 

 8 to 10 mm. 



This species is common in Western Oregon and Wash- 

 ington Territories. It occurs also on Vancouver's Island, 

 and extends south into California. The third joint of the 



