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more finely so on tlie epistoma ; sides broadly reflexed before the eyes ; 

 antennae rather short and slender, about as long as the prothorax, rufescent 

 at base, the third joint distinctly shorter than the next two together. Pro- 

 thorax nearly twice as wide as the head, two-fifths wider than long, the apex 

 and base subequal, the former truncate, feebly sinuate laterally, the latter 

 broadly, feebly arcuate ; sides broadly, evenly arcuate, becoming oblique and 

 straight near the basal angles, which are very obtuse but not rounded ; apical 

 angles slightly obtuse and narrowly rounded ; disk feebly alutaceous in lustre, 

 evenly convex, rather finely, sparsely punctate throughout, the punctures 

 becoming almost obliterated near the thick marginal bead. Scutellum broad, 

 triangular. Elytra two-thirds longer than wide, two and one-half times as 

 long as the prothorax, and in the middle, one-fourth wider than tlie latter ; 

 sides nearly straight and parallel from the strongly oblique and broadly 

 arcuate humeri to posterior third, the apex rather acutely triangular ; disk 

 rather strongly, gradually declivous behind, with scarcely at all impressed, 

 distant striae of small, unevenly spaced and feeble punctures, the intervals 

 shining, coarsely wrinkled, extremely minutely and sparsely punctate, without 

 small tubercles except near the sides toward apex. Legs short and slender. 

 Length 13.0 mm. ; width 5.6 mm. 



California (Sta. Barbara). Mr. G. W. Dunn. 



This species differs from blaschkei in its shorter, broader form, 

 smooth surface, finely, rather sparsely punctate prothorax with the 

 sides behind oblique and straight and not at all sinuate before the 

 broadly obtuse basal angles, and in the much smoother and less 

 tuberculate elytra. In general appearance it is altogether distinct 

 from either blaschkei or hachei. A single specimen. 



AL^PIIUS Horn. 



^. macilentlis n. sp. — Elongate-oval, moderately convex, pale luteo- 

 flavate throughout, strongly shining, the head and pronotum very slightly 

 alutaceous ; body nearly glabrous, each puncture of the elytra bearing a 

 short pale recumbent seta. Head rather coarsely punctate, the punctures 

 shallow, strongly and polygonally crowded forming a reticulation of raised 

 lines ; eyes large, angulate antero-internally ; front deeply impressed at each 

 side in front of the eyes ; antennae slender, cylindrical, filiform, a little longer 

 than the head and prothorax, the outer joints not thicker but gradually much 

 shorter, third very long and slender, though scarcely as long as the next two 

 together. Prothorax but very slightly wider than long, the apex transversely 

 truncate, nearly three-fourths as wide as the base, the latter transverse, very 

 broadly, feebly bisinuate ; basal angles right, not rounded, the apical very 

 obtuse and rather blunt ; sides broadly, feebly, almost evenly arcuate ; disk 

 scarcely as wide at base as just behind the middle, feebly convex, broadly, 

 feebly impressed along the middle, feel)ly, rather widely reflexo-explanate 

 laterally, especially toward base, very feebly, subcoalescently punctate and 



