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transversely impressed near base, finely, feebly, sparsely and unevenly 

 punctate with traces of median sulc\is on impunctate line. Elytra 

 broadly and separately rounded at apex, one-half longer than wide, 

 two-thirds wider than prothorax, sides parallel and nearly straight; 

 humeri narrowly rounded; disk convex, impressed along suture, 

 feebly and irregularly punctate, rather finely and more coarsely so 

 near suture. Claws armed with a large tooth. 

 Type.— Cat. No. 12589, U.S.N.M. 



AULETES VIRIDIS, new species. 



Described from tliree specimens collected in July in Siskiyou 

 County, California, by A. Koebele. Another specimen in the Hubbard 

 and Schwarz collection is labeled from Colorado. 



Length 2 mm. Twice as long as wide, slightly convex; greenish, 

 lustrous throughout, antennae piceous, beak violaceous; punctuation 

 coarse and generally rather close; pubescence moderate, short, semi- 

 erect, whitish. Head almost flat between the eyes; punctuation 

 behind the eyes very minute, but between them close and coarse; 

 front sulcate; eyes large, convex, and prominent. Beak short, 

 stout, as long as prothorax, over one-third as wide as the head, 

 evenly arcuate, cylindrical, rugosely punctate, finely above and 

 more coarsely on the sides; scrobes deep, broad, anterior opening 

 broad, rounded, not narrowed to a point as in rufj^ennis, beginning 

 at basal third of beak; antenna? inserted at basal fourth, 11-jointed, 

 scape and first funicular joint short and stout, second funicular 

 longer than broad, last four becoming shorter and transverse; club 

 three-jointed, as long as the preceding portion of the antennae and 

 three times as broad, first two joints quadrate, third slightly nar- 

 rower, as long as wide, obtusely rounded at apex. Prothorax 

 widest at basal third, wider than long, sides strongly arcuate at base, 

 more strongly convergent and straighter toward apex; apex straight, 

 tlu-ee-fourths as wide as base; base broadly, feebly arcuate; disk 

 evenly and feebly convex, transversely impressed near base, coarsely, 

 closely, and unevenly punctate with a smooth impunctate line in 

 front, becoming a sulcus behind the middle. Elytra separately 

 rounded at apex, one-half longer than wide, two-thirds wider than 

 the prothorax, sides nearly straight, humeri narrowly rounded; 

 disk almost flat, somewhat impressed along suture, coarsely, closely, 

 and unevenly punctate. Claws armed with a large tooth. 

 Type.— C&t. No. 12588, U.S.N.M. 



AULETES CONGRUUS Walker. (SUBCCERULEUS LeConte.) 



Fort ^IcKenny, Wyoming; National Park, Wyoming, August 

 (Hubbard and Schwarz); Leavenworth Valley, Colorado, June (Wick- 

 ham); Moscow, Idaho (Aldrich). 



