BEETLES OF GENUS LUPERODES—BLAKE 61 
Head polished, deeper reddish yellow in coloring, smoothly rounded 
over the occiput, frontal tubercles well defined, interocular space 
very wide, over half the width of the head. Antennae extending nearly 
to the middle of the elytra, third joint shorter than fourth, in color 
varying from pale to reddish brown, but in darker specimens the four 
or five apical joints becoming paler than the basal ones. Prothorax 
about a third wider than long, somewhat convex, with rounded sides, 
shining, finely alutaceous, usually deeper reddish yellow than elytra. 
Scutellum usually dark. Elytra oblong, somewhat convex, elytral 
humeri not prominent, only faint trace of intrahumeral depression, 
finely punctate; pale yellow with sutural edges piceous nearly to apex, 
and a narrow lateral vitta extending over the humerus nearly to the 
apex. Body beneath usually dark with pale pubescence, legs pale, all 
tibiae spurred, first tarsal joint of hind leg barely as long as the re- 
mainder together. Anterior coxal cavities open. Length 4.2-5.8 mm., 
width 1.9-2.5 mm. 
Type, male, and 6 paratypes (5 female, 1 male), U.S.N.M. No. 
90110. 
Type locality—San Diego, Calif., collected January 1, 1909, by 
Ricksecker on the flowers of Adenostoma. 
Other localities —Pifion Flat, San Jacinto Mountains, collected by 
E. S. Ross; in the mountains near Claremont, collected by C. F. Baker. 
Remarks.—This species, confused in collections with L. bwwittatus 
(LeConte), seems to occur only in southern California... It is more 
convex than bivitiatus, and the aedeagus is different. 
LUPERODES MONORHABDUS, new species 
PLATE 6, FIGURE 22 
About 4.5 mm. in length, elongate oblong, moderately shining, 
yellow-brown, with reddish-brown antennae and usually a median spot 
or vitta on the pronotum, and on the elytra a sutural and a lateral 
vitta, the body beneath tending to be dark. 
Head polished, pale, with the tips of the mouth parts slightly deeper in 
coloring, rounded and polished over the occiput, tubercles well defined, 
with a transverse depression above, interocular space over half the 
width of the head. Antennae reaching scarcely to the middle of the 
elytra, third joint not so long as fourth, all joints deep reddish brown or 
darker. Prothorax somewhat convex with rounded sides, scarcely 
a third wider than long, polished, very finely punctate, deep yellow 
or reddish and usually with a dark median vitta, but this sometimes 
lacking. Scutellum dark. Elytra oblong, somewhat convex, with 
moderately prominent humeri and short intrahumeral depression, 
shining, very finely punctate; pale, a dark sutural vitta not reaching 
the apex, and a lateral one extending over the humerus and about the 
scutellum to join the sutural one. Body beneath dark, shining, with a 
