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tibiae of male a little bent at tip, the inner margin quite deeply sinuate; in 

 the female the hind tibiae are scarcely bent and much less deeply sinuate 

 internally, but are visibly stouter than the others and very decidedly 

 stouter than the corresponding ones in the male. The apical mucro is 

 curved downward. Claws with long, slender, approximate teeth. 

 Length, 2.75 mm. 



Described from a single pair given the writer by Dr. 

 Fenyes, who took them at Tallac (Lake Tahoe) early in 

 July. 



A. tahoensis is most closely related structurally to A. 

 subvittatus, but differs from it and all other members of 

 the subgenus in its sparse vestiture. 



85. Anthonomus stolatus, sp. nov. 



Elongate-oblong, pitchy brown; legs, beak (except extreme tip) and 

 antennas, reddish brown; extremely densely clothed above and beneath 

 with broad, rounded, overlapping scales; the scales become narrower on 

 the head and along the middle of the abdomen, and are very small and 

 especially densely matted on the scutellum; the prevailing color is pale 

 yellow, varied with yellowish brown on the upper surface, the prothorax 

 showing three pale vittae, and the elytra exhibiting indistinctly the usual 

 pale markings, viz., a post-scutellar sutural line, a line on the fourth 

 interval behind the middle, and another on the sixth interval beginning at 

 the base; these markings at best are faint, and some examples show 

 scarcely a trace of them. Beak as long as the head and thorax (in the 

 male) or somewhat longer (in the female), parallel, moderately strongly, 

 evenly arcuate, glabrous except at base, punctate and carinate at sides, 

 more finely punctate and scarcely carinate above. Head densely clothed 

 with scales, apparently with an elongate puncture or short sulcus between 

 the eyes, the latter moderately convex, their posterior margins not free. 

 Antennas rather slender, third funicular joint two-thirds to three-fourths 

 as long as the second and a little longer than the fourth. Prothorax dis- 

 tinctly wider than long, sides evenly, arcuately convergent and moderately 

 constricted before the apex, which is about three-fifths as wide as the base; 

 surface coarsely, densely, deeply punctate, the sculpture however entirely 

 concealed by the vestiture. Elytra slightly wider at base than the pro- 

 thorax, sides parallel to apical third, striae of moderate closely placed 

 punctures, intervals feebly convex, and nearly smooth, shining. Last 

 ventral segment longer than the preceding and somewhat longer in the 

 male than in the female. Legs as usual; the front thighs feebly toothed; 

 claws with a moderately long, acute tooth, which is approximate to its 

 fellow. 



Length, 2.3-2.6 mm. 



