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verging anteriorly, becoming parallel and nearly straight toward 

 base, the apex shallowly sinuate, nearly two-thirds as wide as the 

 base, the angles rather deflexed, moderately rounded ; base very 

 broadly and feebly bisinuate, the hind angles right, not more than 

 slightly blunt ; surface very minutely, not very sparsely punctulate, 

 the punctures becoming decidedly strong and closer but still 

 noticeably fine laterally, the margins not at all reflexed and with 

 a moderately fine bead ; scutellum less obtuse though transversely 

 triangular ; elytra but little more than one-half longer than wide, 

 the sides broadly, subevenly rounded and converging from near 

 basal third to the more obtusely ogival apex, scarcely visibly nar- 

 rower than the prothorax ; surface coarsely, less sparsely and less 

 strongly punctate, but more densely and more rugose on the 

 declivity ; prosternum sparsely and very minutely punctulate, the 

 process unusually short, broadly rounded, very feebly constricted, 

 margined throughout ; hind femora and abdomen minutely, sparsely 

 and inconspicuously punctate. Length 10.7 mm. ; width 4.9 

 mm. (cJ*). " Cal." pagana n. sp. 



25 — Body oblong-oval, strongly convex, black and moderately shin- 

 ing throughout, the anterior parts slightly alutaceous ; head rather 

 coarsely and closely punctured anteriorly, finely and sparsely 

 toward base, the sinus moderately wide, deep, evenly rounded, the 

 anterior canthus obtusely oblique, much more prominent than the 

 posterior ; prothorax not more than one-half wider than long, the 

 sides converging and progressively more rounded from base to 

 apex, the latter shallowly emarginate, nearly two-thirds as wide 

 as the base, the angles much deflexed and broadly rounded ; base 

 very feebly bisinuate, the angles but slightly projecting ; surface 

 extremely minutely, sparsely punctulate, becoming somewhat 

 coarsely but sparsely so toward the sides, the margin not reflexed 

 and not very thickly beaded ; scutellum very transversely triangu- 

 lar ; elytra visibly less than one-half longer than wide, slightly 

 wider than the prothorax, the sides parallel and nearly straight, 

 arcuately converging at base, rapidly rounded and converging in 

 apical two-fifths, the apex very broadly ogival ; surface very 

 coarsely but not closely punctate, rugose, densely and strongly so 

 posteriorly ; prosternum minutely, sparsely punctate, the process 

 short, impressed along the middle, rounded at tip, barely at all con- 

 stricted, very strongly margined throughout ; hind femora and ab- 

 domen minutely, remotely punctulate. Length 10.5 mm. ; width 

 5.18 mm. (9). California inornata n. sp. 



Body oblong-oval, very stout, stronglv convex, very deep black and 

 strongly shining throughout, the elytra with very minute and in- 

 conspicuous setie posteriorly ; head finely, sparsely punctate, the 

 sinus moderately wide, rather deep and parabolic, the lobes very 

 widely rounded, the anterior canthus obliquely subacute, fully as 

 prominent as the posterior ; prothorax three-fifths wider than long, 

 the sides broadly rounded and converging anteriorly, becoming 

 nearly straight and almost parallel in about basal half, the apex 



