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tervals flat, not punctate, the surface microscopically 

 alutaceous. Body beneath very sparsely punctate. Ab- 

 domen smooth. Legs finely sparsely punctate. Length, 

 .36— .40 inch; 9— 10 mm. 



At first sight this insect would be thought a Helops 

 allied to dijficilii or sp)'ctiis. The figure given by Mr. 

 Champion (Biol., iv, pt. i, pi. xx, fig. 19) very closely 

 resembles our species, excepting the pilose surface of 

 carbonarins. It is, however, more closely related to 

 liidalgooisis, which, however, has the interstices finely 

 and sparsely punctured. 



Sierra Laguna, El Taste and Pescadero. 



Allecula sordida n. sp. 



Brownish black, dull, sparsely clothed with short black 

 erect hair. Head coarsely and moderately closely punc- 

 tate. Thorax about one-fourth wider than long, narrower 

 in front, sides arcuate in front then parallel to base, hind 

 angles rather obtuse, disc convex, a slight median im- 

 pression near the base, basal foveas small, surface densely 

 and moderately coarsely punctate. Elytra with stria? of 

 moderate size, closely placed punctures, the stria? slightly 

 impressed near the apex, intervals flat punctate, punctures 

 as large as of the stride, but gradually finer to apex. 

 Prothorax more sparsely punctured beneath than above, 

 sides of meso- and metasternum more coarsely punctured. 

 Abdomen finely sparsely punctate. Body beneath with 

 short yellow hairs. Legs closely punctate. Length, 

 .40 inch ; 10 mm. 



This species resembles the figure of rugicolUs Ch. 

 (Biol., iv, pt. I, pi. xviii, fig. 17), and from description 

 seems most closely related to pilipcs Ch. 



One female specimen. Coral de Piedra, Sierra El 

 Taste. 



