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base; side margin slightly explanate and a little reflexed, minutely indistinctly 

 crenulate. Elytra elongate-oval, with striae of very coarse punctures, which are 

 as wide as, or even a little wider than the intervals, and with the exception of 

 the two inner striae, but little finer apically; intervals nearly flat on the disk, 

 the two outer ones distinctly convex. Body beneath impunctate, the metaster- 

 num with numerous elevated lines or rugae radiating from post-coxal fovea?; first 

 ventral segment with many similar subparallel longitudinal rugae. Middle coxae 

 separated by substantially their own width. Length 1.4 mm. 



Hub. — Arizona. 



Described from two examples taken by Mr. Schwarz in the 

 Chiricahua Mts. in the extreme southeastern part of the Territory. 



E. lU'tiiN sp. nov. — Elongate-oval, feebly convex; head and prothorax 

 blackish, subopaque; elytra castaneous or piceo-castaneous, feebly shining; 

 beneath piceous brown, legs and antennae rufous. Head about as long as wide, 

 densely rugosely punctate, with a well-defined median sulcus, and on each side 

 a shorter feebler one; eyes small, prominent, tempore, parallel and nearly as long 

 as the eye; antennae a little longer than in aterrimus but similarly formed. Pro- 

 thorax transversely subquadrate, sides feebly rounded, a little, convergent poste- 

 riorly, not sinuate before the hind angles, margin minutely indistinctly crenu- 

 late ; median sulcus shallow, a little broader anteriorly, the basal tranverse impres- 

 sion deep. Elytra elongate-oval, striae scarcely impressed, except the sutural and 

 two lateral ones, which are noticeably deeper ; the punctures moderate at base, 

 growing finer posteriorly, and nearly obsolete well before the apex. Beneath 

 impunctate, metasternum with short and rather fine rugae radiating from the 

 post-coxal foveae, but not reaching the hind margin ; first ventral segment with 

 very fine, subparallel, longitudinal rugae in basal half. Middle coxae separated 

 by distinctly more than their own width. (PL IV, fig. 24). Length 1.65-1.85 mm. 



Hub. — Montana (Bear Paw Mt.) ; Colorado (Garland and Veta 

 Pass); "Fort McLeod, N. W. Territory;" Nevada; California 



This species resembles mimm very closely, but the latter differs by 

 the antennal joints being a little more elongate and the club less 

 abruptly formed, and more conspicuously by the metasternum and 

 first ventral segment being distinctly punctate over the entire surface. 

 In these respects fictus agrees with crassipunctatus, from which the 

 characters of the table, together with its larger size and different 

 coloration, at once separate it. 



E. mi in us sp. nov. — The preceding description will serve admirably for this 

 species with the following modifications and additions: The tempore are just 

 perceptibly divergent, the prothorax more evenly rounded at the sides and 

 widest very near the middle; the elytra a trifle more elongate, with the striae a 

 little more coarsely punctate; the metasternum finely and rather sparsely punc- 

 tate laterally, and still more sparsely and finely at the middle, with only faint 

 indications of rugae close to the post-coxal foveae; first ventral finely and sparsely 

 but distinctly punctate, not rugose ; color nearly uniform throughout, but varying 

 from rufotestaceous to piceous. Length 2 mm. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXVI. NOVEMBER, 1S99. 



