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Ulus latus n. sp. — Length 7.1 mm.; width 3.7 mm.; elliptical, strongly 

 conve.x, piceous, legs and antennae concolorous; pubescence pale luteons, 

 rather long, moderately slender, recumbent, and quite evenly distributed, 

 but not densely so. Head moderately transverse and convex, rather 

 coarsely and evenly, but not densely punctate; epistoma rather deeply 

 sinuate; antennae slender, joints nine, ten and eleven, subequal in width, 

 last visibly longer than wide and narrowly rounded. Prothorax scarcely 

 twice as wide as long; apex rather more than three-fourths as long as base, 

 quite strongly emarginate in circular arc, angles slightly rounded; sides 

 convergent,, in basal third straight, very feebly arcuate in anterior two- 

 thirds; base moderately arcuate at middle third, laterally slightly sinuate, 

 angles right; frimbrise moderately short and robust; disc convex, strongly 

 so in basal third, feebly dished at lateral sinuations, rather coarsely and 

 unevenly punctate, somewhat denser at sides, interspaces polished. Elytra 

 strongly convex, widest in middle third; base nearly equal to contiguous 

 prothorax; sides evenly arcuate, apex rounded; disc feebly striate, striae 

 not perceptibly impressed, closely, evenly and rather coarsely punctured, 

 intervals equal, not convex, finely and quite sparsely punctate, surface 

 feebly shining; scutellum narrow, triangular, impunctate, glabrous; pu- 

 bescence confined to intervals, giving the elytra a decidedly striate ap- 

 pearance. Abdovien finely and rather densely punctate; apical segment 

 slightly dished near tip. Legs long, faintly rufo-piceous, anterior femora 

 decidedly robust. 



Type a female. San Diego River. 



This species differs from crass7is in being strongly convex, with 

 convergent sides of prothorax; ixon\ fimbriatus in the character 

 of the pubescence. 



ENTOMOLOGIZING ON MOUNT WASHINGTON.-Part IL 



By R. Ottolexgui, M.D.S., New York. 



At three miles we saw the last straggling semidea, and the trees 

 became more like trees and less like bushes. Suddenly a little 

 red butterfly crossed the road close to me. With Dr. Scudder's 

 statement in my mind, I was so astonished to see a real live mo7t- 

 imus that I stupidly stood still as it flew over the wall and disap- 

 peared far down among the crags. I was so disgusted with my- 

 self that I started to go in pursuit, but was stopped by Mr. 

 Perkins, who showed me the folly of climbing over a dreadfully 

 steep embankment in search of an insect that had passed from 

 view. Half a mile further we could easily see below us the half- 

 way house, toward which we were aiming. Just here the road 

 makes a long detour in the shape of a horse-shoe. To save a 



