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the punctures more dense — but still confused — along the more densely- 

 pubescent lines, strongly convex TeutriCOSIIS 



Pubescence denser, without trace of serial arrangement- 

 Lustre rather dull ; form strongly convex ; punctures dense, very large 



and deeply impressed ; antennae rather robust rotlindatllS 



Polished, subdepressed above, more abruptly and strongly convex at the 

 sides ; punctures small, sparse and perforate ; antennae longer and very 



slender, less capitate nitidlis 



Pubescence very short, subrecumbent, not definitely arranged globosiis 



E, nitidllS n. sp. — Broadly-oval, black ; legs piceous ; antennae dark 

 rufous. Head distinctly narrower than the prothorax ; median lobe of epis- 

 toma strong, much wider than long, truncate, dilated -at apex ; outer face of 

 mandibles very coarsely and densely punctate, the punctures distinctly sepa- 

 rated. Prothorax fully four times as wide as its median length ; apex broadly 

 emarginate in circular arc, the apical angles strongly, anteriorly produced and 

 acute ; sides very feebly convergent from base to apex, extremely feebly sinuate 

 toward apex ; base truncate ; lateral acute edge obsolete except at the apical 

 angles ; disk finelj^ very sparsely punctate in the middle, the punctures be- 

 coming much larger, dense and subasperate laterally. Elytra widest just before 

 the middle ; sides. strongly, evenly arcuate, the apex from above very broadly 

 rounded ; disk somewhat flattened above, nearly six times as long as the 

 median pronotal length, and about one-third wider than the prothorax, finely, 

 sparsely punctate, the punctures generally separated by from four to five times 

 their own diameters. Length 7.5 mm. 



California (Mojave Desert, Kern Co.). 



This species is quite distinct from any of the others ; the pubes- 

 cence is long and somewhat coarse, evenly distributed over the 

 elytra, a little shorter, sparser and coarser than in rotundas, and 

 distinctly shorter, more matted and slightly coarser than in ventri- 

 cosus ; the latter is larger and much more minutely punctate. 



E. gloliosus n. sp. — Very broadly oval and strongly convex, black 

 throughout ; legs and antennae slightly piceous ; pubescence very short, 

 cinereous, abundant and depressed. Head moderate ; median lobe of epistoma 

 wider than long, feebly constricted at base, the angles rounded and apex trun- 

 cate ; punctiTres of outer face of mandibles coarse, deep and dense, polygonally 

 crowded. Prothorax very strongly transverse, broadly, very feebly emarginate 

 in circular arc at apex ; lateral edges completely obsolete and broadly rounded, 

 the apical angles alone acute and prominent ; disk polished, very finely and 

 sparsely punctate in the middle, abruptly coarsely, deeply and very densely 

 so at the sides, the punctures mutually contiguous. Elytra subglobose, very 

 strongly convex, rather coarsely, densely and evenly punctate throughout the 

 disk, the punctures separated generally by rather more than their own diame- 

 ters. Length 5.5 mm. 



