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C1MATODEIM Ghat. 



338. C. fv. scifcra. Picea, pallide pilosa, oapite dense, thorace rugose 

 punctato, latitudiue duplo longiore, postice angnstiore, lateribus bi- 

 sinuato, dorso vix impresso, ad basin medio fovfeato ; elytria paroe pnno- 

 tulatis seriebus punctoruni postice obliteratis, fascia lata pallida ad 

 medium ornatis, ante fasciani testaceo-tinctis, macula humerali, nebn 

 laque pone basin signatis, apice sensim rufescentibus ; subtus piceo- 

 testacea, pedibus pallidioribus, anteunis testaceis, articulo 3io pieece- 

 denti sesqui longiore. Long. -33. 



One specimen, collected at Cape San Lucas, Lower California, 

 by Mr. Xantus. Body above pieeous, clothed with rather long, 

 not dense pubescence ; head densely punctured,, a little wider 

 than the thorax; palpi and antennae testaceous, the latter as 

 long as the head and thorax, with the 2d joint two-thirds as long 

 as the 3d, which is about equal to the 4th ; 11th joint about one- 

 third longer than the 10th. 



Thorax about twice as long as its greatest breadth, broadly 

 Insinuate at the sides, middle prominence as wide as the apex ; 

 base slightly narrower ; surface shining, finely and rngosely punc- 

 tured, lateral constrictions not obvious on the disc; a small im- 

 pression at the middle near the base. Elytra wider than the 

 thorax, slightly dilated behind, humeri prominent, rounded ; 

 finely, not densely punctured, and with rows of quadrate punc- 

 tures becoming obsolete about one-fourth from the tip : color from 

 the base to the middle pale pieeous, with a dark humeral spot 

 and a large posterior cloud ; then a wide pale yellow hand, con- 

 cave anteriorly, occupying about one-fifth of the surface ; then 

 pieeous, becoming reddish towards the tip. 



Beneath piceo-testaeeous ; legs paler, with the knees and tarsi 

 slightly fuscous; head and thorax colored beneath as above. 



339. C. pilosella. Picea, longe pallide pilosa, capite confertim, 

 thorace rugose punctato, hoc latitudiue duplo breviore, postice magi.-> 

 angnstato, lateribus ante medium leviter postice fortiter simiatis, dono 

 antice angulatim vage impresso, ante basin foveato ; elytris abas) Bensim 

 dilatatis, humeris obsoletis, punctis magnis seriatis impressis, fere ad 

 apicem extensis, interstitiis uniseriatim punctulatis, fascia media obso- 

 leta, apiceqiie indeterminate testaceis ; antennis palpifl pedibusqn 

 taceis. Long. *25 — '28. 



Two specimens, found by me at San Diego, California. T : 



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