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punctate, nearly equal to the elytra in width, sides nearly as strongly rounded 

 as iu mollis. Pubescence of upper surface a little longer and more yellow than 

 in mollis. Length 4J mm. 



California, Santa Clara County. 



With the type, which is a male in my collection, is placed another 

 male in the Horn collection which is larger (5A mm.), with the 

 antennal joints even more elongate, though perfectly similar in 

 their mutual proportions, the prothorax not granulate on the disk 

 and less broadly margined at sides. In both specimens the elytra 

 are a little swollen and paler in color on either side of the suture at 

 the apex, a character which has been observed in individuals of 

 several other species. 



3. E. |»iiii4'l ulal us Lee. — Similar in color and form to mollis but smaller, 

 with rather more shining surface and longer more fulvous pubescence. Head 

 and prothorax quite closely and conspicuously granulate-punctate, elytra with 

 simple punctures which become granulate at base. Eyes moderate, front fully 

 twice as wide as their vertical diameter in the male and slightly wider in the 

 female. Antenna? proportioned nearly as in mollis, joints b'-8 each scarcely twice 

 as long as wide, the ninth but little if any longer than the two preceding united. 

 Prothorax less strongly rounded at sides, the front angles more distinct, and the 

 elytral punctuation less close than in mollis. Length 2i-4J mm. 



California, Oregon, Washington, Vancouver. 



A common species ranging along the coast from below San Fran- 

 cisco to Victoria, and in the Sierras from Middle California to Hood 

 River, Oregon, and eastern Washington. In a considerable num- 

 ber of specimens, notably in those from the Sierras of California, the 

 three outer joints of the antennae are infuscate. There is also much 

 variation in size and in the extent of the surface granulation, the 

 elytral punctuation of certain small specimens from the coast 

 region being subgranulate throughout. In these smaller specimens 

 the intermediate joints of the antenme are often relatively shorter 

 than in typical specimens, but in a considerable series showing every 

 gradation in size it is impossible to draw any line of separation. 

 One of these smaller forms was described as debilis by LeConte ; I 

 must, with present light, regard it as a synonym of punctulatus. 



4. E. convergens n. sp. — Brown, moderately shining and generally simi- 

 lar in appearance to punctulatus, from which it differs as follows : The sides of the 

 prothorax are less widely margined, less arcuate, and distinctly though not 

 strongly convergent from base to apex. The punctuation is not distinctly granu- 

 late at any part, the punctures of the head being surrounded by a narrow feebly 

 raised annulus, which is still less obvious on the prothorax, the punctuation of 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXI. APEIL, 1905. 



