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genus. Other specimens from Holbrook and Albuquerque, New 

 Mexico, appear to represent a distinct variety with denser piceous 

 integuments, denser punctuation and slightly larger size, with 

 shorter posterior tarsi, the metasternum being equal in length to 

 the first ventral segment. 



Eu. iiiflatlim Lee. — Cryptadius injiat.: Ann. Lye. N. Y., V, p. 140. — 

 Broadly, evenly elliptical, strongly convex, rather shining, piceous-black, 

 sometimes pale from immaturity ; under surface, legs and antenna? dark 

 rufous. Head moderately transverse, coarsely, somewhat sparsely punctate, 

 the punctures carinate outwardly ; eyes moderate, very slightly prominent, 

 the fold strongly cariniform, strongly arcuate before them ; apex broadly 

 transverse, remotely bisinuate, middle lobe broadly arcuate ; antennae long 

 but somewhat robust, rather strongly clavate, the tenth joint distinctly wider 

 than long. Prothorax nearly two and one-half times wider than long, the apex 

 scarcely more than two-thirds as wide as the base, evenly, strongly emarginate 

 in circular arc, the angles slightly obtuse, a little blunt but very pronounced ; 

 base transverse, feebly and anteriorly oblique and slightly arcuate toward the 

 basal angles, which are obtuse and distinctly rounded ; sides very strongly 

 convergent from base to apex, evenly and moderately arcuate ; disk rather 

 coarsely punctate, the punctures simple and slightly separated toward the 

 middle, denser, coarser and externally cariniferous laterally, widest slightly 

 before the base. Elytra about one-fifth wider than the prothorax and three 

 times as long, at base truncate and fully as wide as the disk of the latter, 

 rather acutely angulate at apex ; sides parallel and feebly arcuate in basal 

 two-thirds ; disk evenly and almost equally punctate throughout without 

 trace of series, the punctures moderate in size, rather dense and distinctly 

 granuliform. Abdomen very finely, sparsely punctate ; metasternum very 

 short, between coxa and groove but slightly more than one-half as long as 

 the first ventral segment ; epipleurse dilated at base, very wide. Legs long 

 and slender, the posterior tarsi slightly shorter than the corresponding tibise 

 which are very slender and feebly arcuate throughout the length. Length 

 6.5-7.0 mm. ; width 3.6-4.0 mm. 



California (San Diego). 



A most interesting and aberrant species which is very certainly 

 entitled to subgeneric distinction, the characters relating to the 

 front as given in the table differing from those of Tela bis to a 

 remarkable degree. 



In two of the specimens before me, which are perfectly black, 

 there are no traces whatever of serial arrangement of the elytral 

 punctures, but in three others, which are uniformly pale ferrugi- 

 nous, there are very feebly defined lateral series in which the punc- 

 tures are more densely but irregularly aggregated. Although there 



