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defined; the surface rather coarsely, moderately, deeply punc- 

 5 tate, jpunctures a little closer at the sides, but separated on an average by 

 i thei-r . own diameters; impressed line not very deep but sharply defined 

 \ throughout. Elytra a little wider, and at the suture about one-fifth longer 

 than thefprothorax, slightly wider posteriorly; punctures finer than on the 

 iprothoEax, separated by about their own diameters. Abdomen above 

 i finely, sparsely punctate, beneath more closely, less finely punctate. Pro- 

 s sternum finely, longitudinally carinate before the coxae; episterna narrowed 

 i in front ianid nearly flat. No sexual characters noted. 

 -Length, 4.8 mm. 



* One example from Kern County. 



r ]The thorax is acutely margined, the front coxal cav- 

 lities short and closed, thus making it a member of 

 ithe semiferrugineus group of Le Conte. It is evidently 

 ill-ear B. opacifrons Lee., but the distinctly, coarsely 

 i punctate head and other differences in detail mark it as 

 .quite surely .distinct. It is a little smaller, but super- 

 ficially m.uch ,like B. armatus, which occurs in the same 

 region; the latter, however, has the prosternal sutures 



obsolete, the prosternum not carinate in front, the sides 



of the prothorax parallel for a longer distance, and the 

 i punctuation sparser throughout. 



33. Bledius relictus, sp. nov. 



The description of the preceding species applies to this very nearly 



' except in the following particulars: The elytra are distinctly shorter, being 



but slightly longer than the prothorax, and are rufocastaneous, the base 



and suture more, or less blackish. The antennae have the outer joints 



more decidedly transverse, and the prothoracic episterna are here more 



narrowed anteriorly, the width at the front angles being less than one-half 



that at the coxal fissures, while in B. deceptivus it is fully one-half as great. 



Length, 4.7-5 mm. 



Two examples taken at Pomona in April. 

 34. Bledius clarus, sp. nov. 



Slender, convex, black; prothorax, elytra, legs and antennae rufotesta- 



ceous; the abdomen sometimes slightly rufescent beneath. Head finely 



reticulate, moderately shining; thorax, elytra and abdomen polished; the last- 



, named very feebly, the thorax more evidently and more finely reticulate. 



