148 H. C. FALL. 



tive leugths of the joints are nearly as in the male, hut 6 and 8 are always evi- 

 dently longer than wide, 9 as long as the four preceding. Prothorax a little less 

 than twice as wide as long, the sides rather strongly rounded, margins moder- 

 ately reflexed. disk more or less evidently transversely impressed at the middle 

 from side to side, the impression most distinct laterally. Prosternum short be" 

 fore the coxse ; metasternum densely punctate. Length 3-4.2 mm. 



Southern Sierras of California. 



Abundant on pines in the San Bernardino Mountains. One 

 specimen sent by Mr. Fuchs is labeled Tulare County. With the 

 typical form I have placed a series taken by Barber and Schwarz at 

 Williams, Arizona, which are so close to the types that there can be 

 little doubt of their identity. 



15. E. filicorilis Lee. — Elongate, head and thorax black, opaque; elytra 

 piceous or brownish piceous, shining. Punctuation of head and thorax tine, the 

 surface scabrous but not distinctly granulate; elytral punctures moderate in size, 

 simple, becoming sometimes subasperate toward the base. Pubescence very short, 

 fine and sparse. Eyes very large and convex, the width of the front not much 

 greater than the vertical diameter of the eye in the male and less than twice that 

 diameter in the female. Third joint of antennse a little longer than the second 

 and subequal to the fourth and fifth, or to the sixth to eighth united ; fourth to 

 eighth all short, the fourth and fifth a little longer; sixth to eighth each as wide 

 as or a little wider than long ; ninth equal to the six precediug or nearly so. Pro- 

 thorax less than twice as wide as long, sides moderately rounded and narrowly 

 margined, front angles distinct, hind angles not defined, disk not distinctly im- 

 pressed. Elytra evidently a little wider than the prothorax. Prosternum very 

 short before the coxse ; metasternum opaque, sparsely punctate. Length 2.4-3 mm. 



Occurs, but not commonly, in the Atlantic coast region from 

 Massachusetts to Virginia. 



The terminal joints of the palpi are less dilated outwardly in this 

 species than in any preceding, the sides being nearly parallel. This 

 form is nearly repeated in two of the following species — Ivteipennis 

 and granulatus — and the reduction of the apical dilatation is car- 

 ried still further, the joint becoming widest at or before the middle 

 in marginicollis, gentilis and trapezoideus. 



16. E. granulatus Lee. — Moderately elongate, rufotestaceous, entire sur- 

 face opaque or with the elytra feebly shining; the head, prothorax and base of 

 the elytra granulato-reticulate, the latter becoming simply punctate posteriorly 

 though often somewhat scabrous; pubescence very short and sparse, cinereous. 

 Eves very large and convex in the male, the front but little wider than their 

 vertical diameter; distinctly smaller in the female, the front scarcely twice as 

 wide as their vertical diameter. Joint three of antennne just visibly longer than 

 two and very nearly equal to four and five united ; six and seven subequal and 

 about as wide as long, eighth distinctly transverse, nine as long as the five ( 9) 

 or six ( % ) preceding united. Prothorax as wide as the elytra at base, the sides 



