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Measurements. — Males: Length, 25-31.5 mm.; Avidth, 10.2-11.5 mm. 

 Females: Length, 24-33.5 mm.; width, 8.5-13.8 mm. 



The following varietal genital characters may be correlated with 

 the above forms of elytral sculpturing, and although they are not 

 always as clearly defined, yet they seem to be sufficiently so as to war- 

 rant their being recorded. 



Dispersa. — Genital segment rather elongate, and generally more 

 strongly chitinized and sculptured. 



Ohscura. — Genital segment subtriangular, sides more convergent, 

 apex less truncate; moderately strongly chitinized and sculptured. 



Svlcipennis. — Genital segment rather broadly trapezoidal, slightly 

 elongate. Valves broadened apically, and not strongly chitinized nor 

 sculptured. 



Ilahitat. — Dispersa: xVrizona (C. V. Riley; Coll. Beverly Letcher; 

 Keams District, Navajo Reservation, April, collected by A, W. Bar- 

 ber) ; New Mexico (Coll. Charles Fuchs; H. F. Wickham ; Coolidge, 

 Hubbard and Schwarz ; Aztec, April, Coll. C. F. Baker) ; Colorado 

 (San Luis Valley, Mr. Bowditch). 



Obscvra. — Colorado (Colorado Springs, August, Collector H. Sol- 

 tau; Rocky -Mountains, Coll. Hubbard and Schwarz; Greenhorn, 

 Trinidad, and San Luis Valley, Hay ward) ; Wyoming (Cheyenne, 

 April, Hubbard and Schwarz; May, H. Soltau, National Park, 

 August, H. Soltau; Saratoga, Coll. E. C. Van Dyke) ; New Mexico 

 (Santa Fe, Coll. C. V. Riley; Las Vegas, August, Coll. Barber and 

 Schwarz) ; State of Washington (Coll. J. B. Smith) ; Oregon (Coll. 

 C. V. Riley). 



Svlcipenms. — Arizona (Bright Angel, July, Barber and Schwarz; 

 Santa Rita Mountains, May, Hubbard and Schwarz; Pinal Moun- 

 tains, Coll. E. C. Van Dyke; Fort Grant, July; Walnut, September, 

 H. F. Wickham; Williams, July, Barber and Schwarz; Ash Fork, 

 June; Nogales, September, Koebele and Nunenmacher; along the 

 Colorado River, Charles Fuchs) ; Idaho (Camas Creek, L. Bruner) ; 

 Nevada (Hubbard and Schwarz) ; Oregon (Hubbard and Schwarz) ; 

 State of Washington (C. V. Riley; Wawawai, Coll. C. V. Piper) ; 

 northern California, Nevada (Doctor Horn). 



ELEODES DISPERSA LeConte. 



Number of specimens studied 20. 



Type in the LeConte collection. 



Type-locality. — "Creek Boundary;" collected by Doctor Wood- 

 house (LeConte). 



Salient typo char-acters. — Oblong, bright. Thorax moderately 

 finely punctate; sides strongly rounded, toward base subsinuate; 



