REVISION OF TENEBRIONID SUBFAMILY CONIONTIN^ 1 23 



stricted ; hind femora rather coarsely, closely and conspicuously 

 punctured basally, more remotely thence to the apex, the abdomen 

 very minutely and remotely; hind tarsi much shorter than in 

 sy7n9netrica. Length 10.8 mm.; width 5.3 mm. (c?). Exact 

 locality unrecorded anxia n. sp. 



Form moderately stout, oblong, convex, alutaceous, the elytra pol- 

 ished, deep black ; head not very coarsely but strongly, rather 

 sparsely punctate, the sinus broad, moderately deep, parabolic, 

 the lobes obtuse though rather narrowly rounded, the anterior 

 canthus nearly as in anxia but more obtusely rounded ; prothorax 

 shorter, a little more than one-half wider than long, the sides sub- 

 evenly and much more strongly arcuate, becoming parallel near 

 the base, strongly converging anteriorl}', the apex shallowly sin- 

 uate, fully three-fifths as wide as the base, the angles right and 

 moderately rounded, a good deal deflexed, the base broadly, feebly 

 bisinuate ; surface sparseh', very finely punctate, gradually strongly, 

 moderately sparsely to rather closely and coarsely so toward the 

 sides, the bead moderately thick, straight to the base; scutellum 

 as in the two preceding ; elytra as in anxia though still a little 

 more acutely ogival at apex, the punctures similarly very coarse 

 but w^ell separated and the surface rugose ; prosternum similar, 

 the process subparallel (9), semicircularly rounded at tip; hind 

 femora strongly and conspicuously punctured toward base, the 

 abdomen with small but distinct, sparse punctulation. Length 

 II. 5-13.0 mm.; width 5.4-6.1 mm. Exact locality unrecorded. 

 [Benicia, — LeConte] affinis Lee . 



A — Nearly as in affinis but more narrowly elongate-suboval in 

 form, the punctures toward the sides of the prothorax much sparser 

 and less coarse, the sides of the latter less strongly and more un- 

 evenly arcuate, being relatively more strongly arcuate apically, 

 the set« of the elytral punctures altogether inconspicuous except 

 apically, where they are much shorter, passing but little beyond 

 the confines of the punctures ; vmder surface nearly similar, 

 except that the hind femora are minutely, sparsely and incon- 

 spicuously punctate throughout. Length 13.0 mm.; width 

 5.78 mm. (9). "Cal." patruelis n. subsp. 



12 — Body oblong, convex, deep black throughout, the antennse scarcely 

 even picescent apically, stout ; surface feebly alutaceous anteriorly, 

 the elytra more shining ; head coarsely but loosely punctate, the 

 sinus wide, rather deep, parabolic, the anterior canthus oblique, 

 subacute, scarcely prominent ; prothorax one-half wider than 

 long, the sides rounded and convergent anteriorly, becoming 

 faintly sinuate and parallel in basal three-fifths, the apex shal- 

 lowly sinuate, two-thirds as wide as the base, the latter broadly 

 and rather strongly bisinuate, the basal angles unusually pro- 

 longed posteriorly and rather acute, the anterior obtuse though 

 not very broadly rounded ; surface sparsely but strongly punc- 

 tate, unusually coarsely, moderately closely and somewhat unevenly 



