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lose elytra. It appears to be the inland representative of the mari- 

 time eschscholtzi. 



C. 8Ul>pul>escens Lee. — Ann. Lye. N. Y., V, p. 131. — Oblong-elongate, 

 parallel, somewhat depressed, feebly shining throughout. Head moderate in 

 size, very eoarsely, deeply and not very densely punctured ; antennse long 

 and slender, distinctly inerassate near the apex. Prothorax about two-thirds 

 wider than long, the apex moderately sinuate, nearly two-thirds as wide as 

 the base, the latter broadly truncate and straight, the basal angles abruptly 

 produced and distinctly prominent posteriorly, acute ; sides arcuate, straighter 

 toward base ; disk finely but distinctly, moderately densely punctate, the 

 punctures sparse and rather finer toward the middle ; lateral margins strongly 

 but finely beaded and finely grooved within the bead. Elytra distinctly more 

 than twice as long as the prothorax, broadly, feebly and unevenly undulated, 

 the undulations becoming strong coarse rugulosities toward apex ; punctures 

 fine, not very dense, each with a very long fine recumbent hair. Abdomen 

 polished, smooth, sparsely, very finely punctured. Legs well developed, very 

 slender. Length 9.2-10.8 mm. ; width 4.2-4.8 mm. 



California (Marin, Santa Clara and San Diego Cos.). 



This species, although assigned here to another section of the 

 genus because of its conspicuous pubescence, is in reality very 

 closely allied to ahdominalis and robusta, and in the original type 

 the three eroded grooves on the elytra, characterizing that group 

 of species, are clearly but of course very faintly visible ; another 

 character allying it to ahdominalis is the nature of the elytral 

 rugulosity, which is not caused by the coalescence of deep coarse 

 punctures ; in subpiibescens the punctures toward apex are fine and 

 distributed over the surface of the convexities. It is distributed 

 throughout the maritime districts of California but appears to be 

 rather rare. 



C. moiitana n. sp. — Oblong-elongate, rather feebly convex, sometimes 

 distinctly flattened above, rather feebly declivous behind and gradually, 

 acutely pointed ; surface strongly alutaceous throughout ; elytra frequently 

 conical. Head sparsely but coarsely punctate, the punctures finer posteriorly ; 

 antennae moderate. Prothorax well developed, from three-fifths to three-fourths 

 wider than long, almost as in suhpuhescens but with the pubescence shorter ; 

 punctures excessively fine toward the middle. Elytra fully two and one-half 

 times as long as the prothorax, feebly undulated, subrugulose toward apex, 

 the punctures throughout rather sparse and extremely fine, each having a 

 long somewhat coarse subrecumbent fulvous hair. Ahdomen very feebly sub- 

 alntaceous, finely, sparsely punctate. Leys moderate. Length 10.8-13.0 mm. ; 

 width 5.0-6.3 mm. 



