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Prothorax orange red, the extreme apical edge pale yellow, the Ijasal edge 

 very narrowly blackish; surface sparsely feebly and very finely punctate. 



Elytra black, with narrow wliitish yellow basal and lateral margin which at 

 apex does not quite reach the sutural angle; striae moderately impressed, nearly 

 as in sanguinicollis, the sutural not reaching the middle of the elytra, 6th very 

 widely interrupted medially, 7th dislocated at basal third. 



Entire upper surface polished and strongly sliiiiing. Pygidium coarsely 

 punctate, obtusely carinate at middle in basal third. Body beneath black; 

 prosternum whitish yellow, with moderate cuspiform lobe in front, the hind 

 angles with erect spiniform processes tipped with black. 



Length: 4 mm.; width: 2.3 mm. 



Discussion. — The single male specimen from whioli Fall described 

 the species was taken at Palm Springs, California. 



Cryptocephalus pinicola Schaeffer 



Figure 25 

 Cryptocephalus pinicola Schaefier, 1920, p. 326. 



Pronotum: Black throughout, nearly always with a bluish tmt; 

 punctation dual, larger punctures minute to moderate in size and 

 coarse. 



Elytra: Dark brown to (usually) black, usually with a bluish tint. 

 With light orange to orange or light reddish markings on each elytron 

 as follows: from fourth or fifth stria to side and posteriorly not quite 

 to middle, marking usually nearly square, sometimes reduced and 

 with humerus black, sometimes a little expanded and attaining middle 

 of elytron; a large apical spot sometimes present, usually reduced to 

 completely absent. With nine rows of punctures, or with row six or 

 seven much reduced, then evidently with eight rows; fifth sometimes, 

 sixth and seventh always confused, one of latter two may be reduced ; 

 punctui'es as large, dense as usual, distinctly finer at apex; imier 

 and outer rows at apex distinct, usually clearly meeting. 



Prosternum: Male with anterior margin produced downward into 

 a distinct, sharply pointed spine; female with anterior margin pro- 

 duced downward into a rather short, pointed lobe. 



Length: 3.3 to 5.1 mm. 



Discussion. — A collection note refers to a specimen taken on 

 flowers of Ceanothus fendleri Gray ("Caenothus fendleri"). 



Five cotypes are in the U.S. National Museum and bear type num- 

 ber 42410. The specimen with Schaefier's determination label, a male, 

 is hereby designated lectotype. It bears the label information "Carr's 

 Peak, Huach Mts., VII, Ariz., on pine 9000 ft." Two cotypes, one 

 female and one male, bear the same data except that the label of the 

 latter does not include the last Hue. Another female cotype is from 

 the above locahty but was taken on "VII. 10." The final specimen 

 bearing a museum cotype label, a male, bears collection data not 



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