ELEODES SANMARTINENSIS MOESTA 221 



apical sinus more or less arcuately narrowed; metatibiae quite straight. 

 Abdomen notably flattened and moderately oblique to the sterna. 



Measurements. Length, 22.9 mm. ; width, 9.5 mm. 



Female. Suboblong-oval, elytra moderately inflated, distinctly wider 

 than the pronotum, more abruptly declivous posteriorly. Femora less 

 stout, tooth of pro femora less stout, sinus more open. Abdomen moder- 

 ately convex and on the same plane with the sterna. 



Measurements. Length, 26 mm.; width, 11 mm. 



Holotype, female, in the collection of the California Academy of 

 Sciences. Allotype, male, in the author's collection. 



Type locality and habitat. San Martin Island, off the coast of 

 northern Lower California, July 11, 1905; F. X. Williams collector. 



Sanmartinensis differs from laticollis subspecies apprima in the 

 broadly rounded sides of the pronotum, without basal constriction. An 

 unusual character in the dentipes and laticollis sections of the genus. The 

 general form is that of a male grandicollis Mann. 



Eleodes sanmartinensis moesta, new variety. Form elongate ovate, 

 surface lustre dull, elytra sparsely and muricately sculptured. 



Sides of head in front of the antennae rather rapidly converging, 

 frons rather flat, sparsely, finely and distinctly punctate. Antennae rather 

 short and slender, ninth and tenth joints transversely oval, eleventh trun- 

 cate oval. 



Pronotum a little wider than long ; sides broadly arcuate, somewhat 

 more strongly so in anterior half, thence somewhat straight to the basal 

 angles ; punctuation of the disk fine, sparse and distinct. 



Elytra suboval, humeri obtuse but distinct; disk feebly flattened in 

 the central area, punctuation consisting of small, distinct granulate punc- 

 tures ; granules shining on summit ; each puncture with a distinct black 

 semi-erect seta, punctures serially arranged in the central part of the 

 disk with an interstitial and more widely spaced row ; punctures fine, be- 

 coming rather coarse and asperate on the sides and apical declivity ; sides 

 rather broadly arcuate, somewhat oblique in apical fourth to apex, the 

 latter obtuse. 



Legs densely sculptured and comparatively short. 



Otherwise as in sanmartinensis. 



Female. Abdomen convex ; femora normal in thickness. 



Measurements. Length, 21 mm. ; width, 9.5 mm. 



Holotype, female, in the collection of the California Academy of 

 Sciences. 



Type locality and habitat. San Martin Island, off the coast of 

 northern Lower "California. Collected July 11, 1905; F. X. Williams, 

 collector. 



