PSYCH t: 
'rilK NORTH AMKUIC'.AN SPI-XTES OF (iLAUESIS. 
nv II. C. F.\I.L, P.\.S.\DEN.\, C.\UFOKN’I.\. 
Among a ini.scellanenus lot of colcoptera .sent me for identifieation by Mr. Clias. 
Fuelis of San Eraneiseo about a year ago, were two nnile.seribed .species of (flaresis. 
'I'liese latter were retained for study when the lot was sent back, and so eseapeil the 
destruction which befell the greater |)art of i\Ir. Fuch’s eollection in the terrible 
eartlujuake and fire which devastated San Francisco. 
The comparative characters given by Dr. Horn in his descriptions of 0. vulurta 
and viendica ' are not very pronounced, are suljject to .some variation, and in respect 
to the elytral costae are actually misleading, having been — as I later discovered — 
accidentally reversed. It was thought best therefore to postpone further action till 
a eonipari.son could be made with the types. Such comparison having been made 
it now seems proper to jiresent descri[)tions of the new forms, with some compara- 
tive notes. 
(llareftif) ecnMaia n. sp. 
Moderately robust, very slightly wider posteriorly, rufotestaeeous throughout. 
Mandibles rather deeply sinuate externally; head nearly smooth, not im|)ressed, 
epistoma squarely truncate. Prothorax of the lusual form, apical marginal groove 
wanting, median groove very faintly indicated, no discal impressions; the linear 
granular elevations of the surface sparse and indistinct. Elytra with rows of rather 
small very feebly defined shallow punctures, the intervals slightly convex but not 
at all costiform, each with the usual line of short suberect fulvous setae. Outer 
a])ical angle of middle tibiae only moderately prominent; outer margin of hind 
tibiae deeply cmarginate before the apex. Length 4. 5-4. 7 mm., width 2.4 mm. 
Two examples of this fine species are before me, one taken in June at Pilot 
Knob (near Yuma) California; the other collected by Dr. Fenves May 20 at Palm 
Springs, Cal. It is our largest species, and is, aside from size, at once se]>arable 
'Trans. .\m. Ent. Soc. XII. 18S5, p. 117. 
