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at all rounded, not prominent ; sides parallel and feebly arcuate, more conver- 

 gent near the apex ; disk coarsely, very deeply punctate, the punctures sepa- 

 rated by about twice their diameters, rather abruptly extremely dense and 

 longitudinally confluent in lateral fourth ; edges margined with a very thin 

 reflexed bead. Elytra equal in width to the prothorax and three times as 

 long ; sides parallel and nearly straight ; apex obtusely ogival ; disk coarsely 

 punctate, more coarsely, very densely and slightly muricately so toward the 

 sides, forming unimpressed series throughout the width, the punctures of the 

 intervals as large as those of the series, confused toward the suture unise- 

 riate laterally, the lateral series almost attaining the apex. Abdomen finely, 

 sparsely punctate ; metasternum rather finely and vnry sparsely punctate, 

 more coarsely, densely so laterally, fully one-half longer than the first ventral 

 segment, the transverse interrupted groove deeply impressed. Legs slender. 

 Length 7.2-8.5 mm. ; width 3.0-3.5 mm. 



California (San Bernardino and The Needles). 



This is the form which has been regarded as rufipes and agrees 

 with the description of Eschscholtz, but I have never taken it near 

 San Francisco, which is the locality assigned it in the original 

 diagnosis, and do not think that it occurs there. In all probability 

 it belongs exclusively to the fauna of southern California. 



Ell. congener n. sp. — Form oblong, parallel, very broad, rather strongly 

 convex, piceous-black ; legs and antennae dark rufous ; integuments polished, 

 the elytra alutaceous toward apex. Head moderate, strongly transverse, 

 broadly truncate at apex, rather coarsely, moderately densely punctate, the 

 punctures circular and rather widely separated, not in the least coalescent ; 

 eyes moderate, not prominent, the upper folds acute and strongly cariniform ; 

 antenna? as in rufipes but relatively longer. Prothorax from three-fourths to 

 five-sixths wider than long, nearly as in rufipes but with the sides more 

 strongly arcuate and the punctuation coarser, sparse toward the middle, 

 densely crowded, tending to coalesce and very coarse near the sides. Elytra 

 one-half longer than wide, nearly three times as long as the prothorax, very 

 abruptly and broadly ogival at apex ; sides parallel and nearly straight ; disk 

 slightly wider than the pronotum, punctured nearly as in rufipes but more 

 coarsely. ' Abdomen rather coarsely, deeply, moderately densely punctate 

 throughout ; metasternum fully one-half longer than the first ventral seg- 

 ment, rather coarsely, deeply punctate, sparsely so toward the middle, very 

 densely laterally. Legs slender. Length 7.0-7.5 mm. ; width 3.2-3.4 mm. 



Texas (El Paso). Mr. Dunn. 



Kesembles rufipes in general characters, but differs in its very 

 distinctly shorter and broader form, shorter and more strongly 

 rounded prothorax and coarser punctuation. It very, closely resem- 

 bles convexicolle, but differs in its well-developed wings which are 



