REVISION OF TENEBRIONID SUBFAMILY CONIONTIN^ I35 



wider than long, the sides feebly converging and nearly straight 

 from the base to beyond the middle, there becoming rounded and 

 more converging, the apex more evenly sinuate, two-thirds as 

 wide as the base, the angles, base and basal angles nearly as in 

 regiilaris ; surface rather coarsely, not very sparsely punctate, 

 becoming unusually coarsely and densely so laterally, the bead 

 moderately coarse, arcuate about the basal angles ; scutellum more 

 transverse, with rather rounded sides and more obtuse apex ; 

 elytra fully one-half longer than wide, near the middle a little 

 wider than the prothorax, the sides parallel and sensibly arcuate, 

 rounding in posterior third, becoming straight to the acutely angu- 

 late apex; surface rugose, polished, very coarsely but rather 

 sparsely punctured ; prosternum moderately shining, strongly, 

 rather closely punctate, the process a little wider, constricted, 

 strongly rounded at tip, feebly margined and somewhat uncer- 

 tainly so near the apex ; abdomen polished though feebly rugu- 

 lose, with fine and rather sparse but very strong punctures. 

 Length 10.7 mm.; width 5.55 mm. Probably from the neigh- 

 borhood of Puget's Sound punctata n. sp. 



5 — Form oblong-oval, rather elongate, strongly convex, alutaceous 

 anteriorly, the elytra polished ; head rather finely but strongly, 

 sparsely punctate, the sinus rather narrow, deep, angular, the 

 lobes rounded, broadly impressed, the anterior canthus nearly as 

 in punctata ; prothorax similar but much less coarsely punctured 

 and less closely so toward the sides, the bead finer and more feebly 

 hooked at base, not entirely surrounding the basal angles ; scutel- 

 lum small, similar in form ; elytra similar in form but not inflated 

 and with the parallel sides nearly straight, the surface similarly 

 rugose though with the rather sparse punctures not quite so coarse ; 

 prosternum subopaque, moderately punctured and with ver}' short 

 fulvescent seta^, the process well developed, very feebly constricted, 

 angularly rounded at apex, somewhat feebly margined along the 

 sides, the apex unmargined ; hind femora and abdomen sparsely 

 and finely but somewhat strongly punctured. Length i r .3 mm. ; 

 width 5.75 mm. Vancouver Island parilis n. sp. 



Form much more abbreviated and more evenly elliptic, convex, strongly 

 shining throughout ; head with moderately small, perforate and 

 somewhat close-set punctures, the sinus a little wider and less 

 deep, angulate, the lobes rounded, strongly impressed, the anterior 

 canthus still more broadly rounded, much more prominent than 

 the posterior ; prothorax much shorter, nearly four-fifths wider 

 than long, the sides more strongly converging and nearly straight 

 to before the middle, then rounding, strongly converging at apex, 

 the latter barely three-fifths as wide as the base, more deeply 

 and subevenly sinuate, the angles more deflexed and much more 

 broadly rounded, the base and the produced angles similar ; sur- 

 face with larger, strong and rather sparse punctures and a broader 

 impunctate line, the punctures relatively less enlarged, sparser,. 



