138 CHARLES W. LENG. 



larly bent and with a long extremity, sometimes hooked at tip, and 

 an apical lunule, all connected at margin ; form slender ; head granu- 

 late rugose, interocular strise strong and numerous, labrum pn^mi 

 nent and three toothed ; thorax subquadrate, granulate, depressions 

 deep ; elytra moderately arcuate, granulate punctate, except in the 

 white markings. Hairiness as in the last, but less abundant and 

 especially on the vertex where there is scarcely any. This species 

 has been placed as a variety of formosa, from which it is abundantly 

 distinct by its smaller size, more slender form and pattern of macu- 

 lation. 



This species is found plentifully in Kansas by Mr. Knaus in com- 

 pany with formosa, by Mr. Oslar at Denver with the same, and by 

 Mr. Griddle at Aweme with manitoba. 



V. latesigiiala Lee, 1852, Aim. Lye. v, 172; Schaupp, I. c, p. 91, pi. iii, fig. 



57, 58. 

 Length 12-14.5 mm. =.48-. 58 inch. 



Habitat —Southern California, seashore. 



Brownish black, beneath green ; elytral markings consisting of 

 humeral lunule obliquely prolonged, middle band rectangularly bent 

 and expanded at margin, apical lunule anteriorly inflected, {a) all 

 separated at margin, or (6) partly connected at margin, or (c) very 

 broadly confluent; head granulate rugose, labrum short, three 

 toothed ; thorax broader than long, subquadrate, little convex, 

 granulate, depressions deep; elytra strongly punctured, except in 

 white marks, not granulate. 



Abundant on the sea beach at San Diego, Cab, in August, flying 

 on the white sand above the immediate reach of the tide. Mr. Fall 

 says it occurs throughout the whole year, but most commonly in 

 mid-summer. 



The form marked (A) in the figures on plate III, is in some col 

 lections as tenuiciucta, but it is not that species, and while extreme.s 

 are apparently distinct, it is impossible to separate the forms with a 

 large series of specimens. 



v. tenuiciucta Schaupp, 1884, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc. vi, p. 122. 

 Length 12-14 ram.=.48-.56 inch. 



Habitat. — Colo, (fide Schaupp), Saltair, Utah, June 15-29, col- 

 lected by Mr. Warren Knaus. 



Blackish brown, beneath green ; elytral markings moderately 

 broad, consist of humeral lunule, oblique, middle band entering rec- 



