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and scarcely defined; the surface rather coarsely, moderately, deeply punc- 

 tate, punctures a little closer at the sides, but separated on an average by 

 their own diameters; impressed line not very deep but sharply defined 

 throughout. Elytra a little wider, and at the suture about one-fifth longer 

 than the prothorax, slightly wider posteriorly; punctures finer than on the 

 prothorax, separated by about their own diameters. Abdomen above 

 finely, sparsely punctate, beneath more closely, less finely punctate. Pro- 

 sternum finely, longitudinally carinate before the coxae; episterna narrowed 

 in front and nearly flat. No sexual characters noted. 

 Length, 4.8 mm. 



One example from Kern County. 



The thorax is acutely margined, the front coxal cav- 

 ities short and closed, thus making it a member of 

 the se.miferrugineus group of Le Conte. It is evidently 

 near B. opacifrons Lee, but the distinctly, coarsely 

 punctate head and other differences in detail mark it as 

 quite surely distinct. It is a little smaller, but super- 

 ficially much like B. armatus, which occurs in the same 

 region; the latter, however, has the prosternal sutures 

 obsolete, the prosternum not carinate in front, the sides 

 of the prothorax parallel for a longer distance, and the 

 punctuation sparser throughout. 



33. Bledius relictus, sp. nov. 



The description of the preceding species applies to this very nearly 

 except in the following particulars: The elytra are distinctly shorter, being 

 but slightly longer than the prothorax, and are rufocastaneous, the base 

 and suture more or less blackish. The antennae have the outer joints 

 more decidedly transverse, and the prothoracic episterna are here more 

 narrowed anteriorly, the width at the front angles being less than one-half 

 ihat at the coxal fissures, while in B. deceptivus it is fully one-half as great. 



Length, 4.7-5 mm. 



Two examples taken at Pomona in April. 

 34. Bledius clarus, sp. nov. 



Slender, convex, black; prothorax, elytra, legs and antennae rufotesta- 

 ceous; the abdomen sometimes slightly rufescent beneath. Head finely 

 reticulate, moderately shining ; thorax, elytra and abdomen polished; the last- 

 named very feebly, the thorax more evidently and more finely reticulate. 



