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but deep, abrupt, obsoletely punctured grooves, the intervals two to three 

 times as wide as the grooves, flat, moderately coarsely, deeply, rather closely 

 punctate, the punctures more or less broadly confused on all, sometimes 

 throughout but often only toward base ; setje very small, distinct but not 

 conspicuous. Abdomen sparsely, somewhat finely punctate. Legs short, 

 polished, very finely feebly and sparsely punctate ; tibise straight, minutely 

 prominent at apex. Prosternum scarcely at all impressed, the anterior coxje 

 distant, separated by but slightly less than their own width. Length 3.8-4.8 

 mm. ; widtli 1.8-2.4 mm. 



California (Lake and San Bernardino Cos.). 



A moderately large, distinct and easily recognizable species, not 

 at all closely allied to any other Calitbrnian representative of the 

 genus, although having several near eastern relatives. It can 

 always be distinguished from any of the latter by its bright rufous 

 legs and short rufescent Ix'ak. 



20 Baris Clineipeiinis n. sp. — Oblong-oval, convex, polished through- 

 out, blackish-piceous, tiie prouotum rather darker than the elytra. Head 

 almost impunctate, the beak moderately coarsely and closely so, robust, 

 strongly arcuate, three-fourths as long as the prothorax ; antennje normal, 

 the club rather small and not very abrupt, its basal joint glabrous and highly 

 polished, the last joint of the funicle with a widely spaced crown of unusually 

 long coarse bristles. Prothorax one-third wider than long ; sides subparallel 

 and almost straight in rather more than basal three-fourths, then strongly 

 rounded, thence strongly convergent but not at all constricted to the apex, 

 which is broadly, very feebly arcuate ; base about two and two-thirds times 

 as wide as the head, straight and feebly oblique from the small median lobe 

 to the sides ; disk with a narrow imperfect impunctate line, which in one 

 example is finely striate toward the middle ; punctures moderate in size, not 

 very dense, somewhat uneven, from one-third to one-half as wide as the scu- 

 tellum and separated by nearly their own diameters. Scutellum moderate, 

 slightly transverse. Elytra about one-third longer than wide, relatively small, 

 two-thirds longer than the prothorax, and, at the distinctly swollen humeri, 

 slightly wider than the latter ; sides behind the humeri quite distinctly con- 

 vergent, the apex rounded ; disk with moderately coarse and deep, abrupt, 

 obsoletely punctate grooves, the intervals flat or feebly convex, not very wide, 

 each with a single series of coarse approximate punctures, the third interval 

 noticeably wider than the others and with the punctures smaller and somewhat 

 confused ; setae very minute, scarcely at all observable. Abdomen sparsely, 

 moderately coarsely punctured. Legs moderate, finely, sparsely punctate ; 

 tibiie straight ; third tarsal joint not wider than long ; claws moderate. 

 Length 2.8-3.3 mm. ; width 1.4-1.6 mm. 



Texas (Austin). 



The two specimens before me are apparently females. The pro- 

 sternum is scarcely impressed and the cuxie separated by fully three- 



