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eighth smallest, eighth, ninth and tenth gradually much larger, 
trapezoidal, the last joint not connate, oblong-ovate. Pro- 
thorax impunctate, polished, as long as wide, widest through 
the middle, convex, lateral fovez small, not in full view from 
above; the median basal puncture very small. /ytra indeti- 
nitely punctulate, shoulders not prominent, their width equal 
to that of the prothorax; suture one-fifth longer, across the 
tip one-third wider, sutural lines parallel, the interval not 
punctured, discal lines parallel, obsolete in the posterior fourth, 
sides and posterior margin of each elytron arcuate. Abdomen, 
punctation doubtful, first segment three times wider than 
long, the carine one-third as long as the segmental length, 
divergent, and including one-half of the total width. Legs 
slender, stronger in the male, posterior tibiz arcuate, 2 frontal 
margin produced in a tubercle, behind which is a perceptible 
acupuncture. : 
Habitat. California, San Diego, Lake county (Carl Fuchs). 
Plate IX., Fig. 70, antennz ¢ and @. 
B. compar, Lec. ‘“ Elongata, punctata, pubescens, thorace 
subangulata, elytris punctatis, abdonunis segmento primo strtis 
nullis*’— Leconte’s original description. Front transversely 
impressed, dark ferruginous, antennz (4) stout, joints sixth to 
eighth narrower than fourth and fifth. Length, 1.2 mm. 
Unknown to us; may be identical with Casey’s B. franciscana. 
B. FUNDATA, Casey. Black, elytra red, darker at the base 
and posterior limits, antennz and legs dark piceous, pubes- 
cence dense, short. Length, 1.3 mm. 
flead convex at the occiput, evenly punctulate, foveze small, 
frontal foveee wanting; front declivous, on the declivity bear- 
ing an oval spot with short, dense, erect setee. Antenne longer 
than the head and prothorax together, slender, the basal joint 
irregular, large, truncate, wedge-shaped, transverse; the second, 
smaller; third, narrower, obconical; fourth, alittle smaller and 
transverse; fifth, longer than wide, regular, more than one-half 
wider than the fourth; sixth and seventh, of nearly the same 
