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  THE 
  BEETLE 
  FAMILY 
  PSEUDOMORPHIDAE 
  NOTMAN 
  19 
  

  

  broadly 
  and 
  feebly 
  elevated 
  behind 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  apices 
  truncate 
  and 
  

   angles 
  rounded 
  as 
  usual. 
  Length, 
  9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width, 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Male. 
  San 
  Diego 
  County, 
  California. 
  Morena 
  Dam. 
  

   July 
  4, 
  1907. 
  G. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Collection 
  of 
  H. 
  C. 
  Fall. 
  

  

  Allotype. 
  — 
  Dewey, 
  Arizona. 
  July 
  10-20, 
  1917. 
  Collection 
  of 
  

   E. 
  C. 
  Van 
  Dyke. 
  

  

  PSEUDOMORPHA 
  VINDICATA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Form 
  slightly 
  elongate, 
  rather 
  depressed. 
  Color 
  rufo-piceous. 
  

   Integuments 
  finely 
  alutaceous, 
  rather 
  feebly 
  shining. 
  Head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  finely 
  and 
  rather 
  sparsely 
  punctured, 
  sparser 
  medially 
  ; 
  elytra 
  

   as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  key. 
  Head 
  about 
  three-fifths 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  

   thorax, 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long. 
  Preocular 
  lobes 
  prominent, 
  strongly 
  

   rounded; 
  clypeal 
  suture 
  distinct. 
  Antennae 
  (tips 
  broken 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  

   type) 
  probably 
  long, 
  surpassing 
  the 
  anterior 
  coxae. 
  Thorax 
  rather 
  

   more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long 
  ; 
  apex 
  very 
  feebly 
  emarginate 
  ; 
  sides 
  

   broadly 
  arcuate 
  and 
  convergent; 
  posterior 
  angles 
  rounded; 
  base 
  not 
  

   margined 
  medially; 
  sides 
  scarcely 
  explanate; 
  median 
  line 
  subob- 
  

   solete. 
  Elytra 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   thorax, 
  somewhat 
  more 
  than 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  wide; 
  sides 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  convergent 
  from 
  the 
  base; 
  suture 
  broadly 
  and 
  feebly 
  ele- 
  

   vated 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  apices 
  rather 
  less 
  strongly 
  truncate 
  than 
  usual. 
  

   Length, 
  9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width, 
  3.75 
  mm. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Densely 
  pubescent 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  ventral 
  

   segments 
  about 
  one-sixth 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  segment. 
  Five 
  setigerous 
  

   punctures 
  either 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  segment. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Male. 
  Stockton, 
  Utah. 
  August 
  1-7 
  (Spalding). 
  Col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  the 
  author. 
  

  

  PSEUDOMORPHA 
  ARROW!, 
  new 
  speecies 
  

  

  Form 
  slightly 
  elongate, 
  moderately 
  convex. 
  Color 
  blackish 
  

   pieceous 
  above, 
  dull 
  rufous 
  beneath. 
  Thorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  polished, 
  

   shining, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  alutaceous; 
  head 
  finely 
  alutaceous. 
  Head 
  

   moderately 
  finely 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punctured; 
  thorax 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  key. 
  

   Elytra 
  with 
  nine 
  rows 
  of 
  coarse 
  punctures, 
  seventh 
  in 
  part 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  of 
  fine 
  punctures. 
  Head 
  three-fifths 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  thorax, 
  

   twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long. 
  Preocular 
  lobes 
  prominent, 
  subtruncate; 
  

   clypeal 
  suture 
  distinct 
  laterally. 
  Antennae 
  far 
  surpassing 
  the 
  an- 
  

   terior 
  coxae. 
  Thorax 
  three-fourths 
  wider 
  than 
  long. 
  Apex 
  emar- 
  

   ginate 
  ; 
  anterior 
  angles 
  somewhat 
  prominent 
  ; 
  sides 
  arcuate 
  and 
  con- 
  

   vergent 
  anteriorly 
  ; 
  posterior 
  angles 
  rounded 
  ; 
  sides 
  feebly 
  explanate 
  ; 
  

   base 
  not 
  margined 
  medially; 
  an 
  extremely 
  fine 
  median 
  carina 
  on 
  

   apical 
  half. 
  Elytra 
  not 
  quite 
  two 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  

   thorax, 
  about 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  wide; 
  sides 
  probably 
  slightly 
  

   convergent 
  behind 
  the 
  middle 
  (not 
  exactly 
  determinable 
  owing 
  to 
  

  

  