EUSTATTUS VANDUZEEI 215 



Elytra with very fine remotely spaced punctures ; inflexed sides more 

 distinctly punctured and sometimes subasperately so, each puncture with 

 a rather long hair ; surface sometimes more or less finely wrinkled. 



Epipleura finely punctured, each puncture with a hair as on the 

 inflexed side of the elytra ; gradually wider from apex to base. 



Body beneath pubescent, each puncture bearing a hair. Inflexed sides 

 of the pronotum fimbriate with long fulvous hairs. Pubescence longest 

 on the sterna and femora. 



Prosternum asperato-punctate, with abundant hairs; process mar- 

 gined throughout; surface smooth and impunctate between and behind 

 the coxae. 



Abdomen very finely and remotely punctulate, punctules most 

 abundant laterally and on the fifth segment, hairs short and scarcely 

 evident centrally. 



Anterior tibiae very finely serrulate on their external edge. 



Male. Somewhat narrower. Pronotum usually as wide as or 

 slightly wider than the elytra. Abdomen less convex. 



Female. Broader and slightly more inflated. Pronotum as wide as 

 the elytra or slightly narrower. Abdomen more convex. 



Measurements. Length (Types), 12 mm.; width, 7.0-7.5 mm. 



A series of seventy-seven specimens studied. The individuals are 

 quite uniform as regards shape, although one variant is subovate, narrow- 

 ing anteriorly, with the pronotum distinctly narrower than the elytra, but 

 continuing the side lines of the elytra. Several specimens have the elytra 

 distinctly more or less crinkled. The extremes in size measure as follows : 

 Length, 11-13 mm.; width, 7-8 mm. 



Type locality. Prince Island, off the coast of Southern California. 

 Collected by E. P. Van Duzee on May 20, 1919. 



Holotype, male, and allotype, female, in the collection of the Cali- 

 fornia Academy of Sciences. Paratypes in the collection of the Academy 

 and that of the author. 



Habitat. Prince and Santa Rosa Islands, off the California coast 

 south of Santa Barbara County. 



This fine species is dedicated to its discoverer. There has been some 

 doubt as regards its relation to politus Horn, found at Santa Barbara. 

 While vanduzcei is undoubtedly related to politus, it can not be identical 

 if the published descriptions are complete. In vanduzeei the sides of the 

 pronotum are fimbriate, the inflexed sides of the elytra and epipleura 

 clothed with fulvous hairs, and the under surface of the body is more or 

 less pubescent throughout. The sides of the pronotum are somewhat 

 explanate. These characters are not mentioned as possessed by politus 

 Horn. In vanduzeei the size and form are apparently different. 



