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not rounded and not prominent; sides evenly, not very strongly arcuate, 

 feebly convergent and nearly straight toward base; disk just perceptibly 

 wider at the middle than at base, finely and sparsely punctate in middle two- 

 fifths, the punctures gradually larger and very dense but not coalescent later- 

 ally. Elytra distinctly more than three times as long as the prothorax and 

 subequal in width to the latter, occasionally just visibly wider ; apex rather 

 acutely rounded ; sides parallel and extremely feebly arcuate ; disk with dis- 

 tant, unimpressed series of moderately large and approximate punctures, which 

 are distinctly traceable throughout the width, but confused near the apex, 

 where the punctures generally become finer and the surface lustre a little 

 duller ; intervals more or less evenly, uniseriately and more finely punctate. 

 Length 4.5-5.3 mm. ; width 2.0-2.3 mm. 



California (San Francisco). 



This is a plentiful species near the coastline of middle California, 

 and the description refers to the typical form. The specimen marked 

 " ? S. D." in the Cabinet of LeConte, which is referred to in the 

 original description, differs only in having the punctures of the 

 principal series a little larger, deeper and less approximate ; it is 

 not specifically distinct and the locality is probably erroneous. I 

 have, however, a single specimen which was taken by me in the 

 Sierras at Truckee, which seems to indicate an extremely closely 

 allied species, having a slightly less transverse prothorax, with the 

 basal angles very small and slightly prominent, also another single 

 specimen taken at San Francisco, which is distinctly larger than 

 any other of the fifteen examples, with a distinctly longer, much 

 more sparsely punctured prothorax ; the length of this specimen is 

 5.8 mm. ; both those last referred to are probably specifically distinct. 



E. fallax n. sp. — Oblong-oval, very strongly convex, rather distinctly 

 shining but not strongly polished, very slightly alutaceous near the elytral 

 apex ; color dark castaneous-brown, the under surface, legs and antennae 

 paler, rufo-ferruginous. Head moderate, broadly rounded at apex, finely, 

 deeply and very densely punctate, the eyes and antennae as usual. Prothorax 

 rather more than three-fourths wider than long, the apex very distinctly nar- 

 rower than the base, feebly, evenly sinuate in circular arc, the angles right 

 and very narrowly rounded ; base truncate, the angles obtuse but not rounded ; 

 sides moderately arcuate, more convergent and rather straighter toward apex ; 

 disk slightly wider just behind the middle than at base, not very finely, very 

 deeply, perforately and densely punctate, the punctures very slightly less 

 dense toward the middle. Elytra nearly three times as long as the prothorax 

 and, in the middle, quite distinctly wider ; sides parallel and feebly arcuate ; 

 apex acutely ogival ; disk rather coarsely and strongly but moderately densely 

 punctate, the punctures fine and feeble near the apex as usual, the unim- 

 pressed series not distinctly traceable except toward the sides, the punctures 



