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Female: Apices of elytra not modified; fifth ventral moder- 

 ately deflexed; tarsi not dilated. 



In its sexual modifications, both primary and secondary, this 

 species is obviously allied to cavalnSy but the differences in size, 

 color, elytral sculpture and pubescence as indicated under the latter 

 mark it as abundantly distinct. So far as known its geographical 

 range lies entirely outsicie that of cavatus. 



All specimens seen are from Southern California. The type is 

 a $ from Pasadena, collected by Dr. Fenyes. I have taken it at 

 Pomona, May 20; Glendora, July 8, and in the San Bernardino 

 Mts., July. Other examples before me are labeled Sierra Madre, 

 June (Fenyes) ; San Diego, April 18 and May 10 (Blaisdell). 



Pedilus ahicola n. sp. 



Length 5.5-7.8 mm. Black, moderately shining, prothorax 

 rufous. 



Antenna: rather feebly serrate, very little longer than half the 

 body in the male, slightly shorter in the female. 



Head and prothorax very minutely remotely punctulate. 



Elytra finely, moderately closely punctate. 



Male: Elytra each with an apical elongate juxta-sutural impres- 

 sion, which is smooth in its posterior half, the sutural tips acute 

 but not produced; front and middle tarsi feebly dilated; side pieces 

 of oedeagus broadly arcuate on their outer edge toward the apex, 

 the tip gradually pointed and seemingly not barbed on the inner 

 margin. 



Female: Elytral apex not modified, tarsi not dilated. 



In none of the specimens at hand is there any indication of change 

 of color of the elytral apex. This species is, so far as known, con- 

 fined to the Middle Sierras of California at altitudes of 5000 to 

 11,000 feet. The type is a male collected at Atwood's Mills, 

 Tulare Co., 6600 feet, June 24, by Mr. G. R. Pilate. A female 

 from "below Monarch Lake," 10,500 feet was also sent by Mr. 

 Pilate. There are also at hand 1 c5 , 2 9 's taken at Yosemite, June, 

 by Dr. Fenyes, and several examples taken by Mr. Hopping at 

 Round Meadow, Giant Forest, Tulare Co., July. 



