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punctate at apex in nitens, and the fourth joint of the tarsi is 

 as wide as the third. The prothorax in basalts is apt to be a 

 little wider than the elytra, with the sides feebly arcuate and, 

 b)' comparison, a little less densely punctate and rugose than 

 in the new species. The punctuation beneath is finer, espe- 

 cially upon the abdomen : the anal segment scarcely different 

 from the others. The fourth joint of the tarsi is very small, 

 feebly impressed and distinctly narrower than the third. The 

 distinct cinereous pubescence at base of the elytra in basalts 

 is slightly tinted in the present species by a few paler hairs 

 at the sides of base. The character noted by Dr. Horn, — tri- 

 angle of prosternal parapleura twice longer than wide in nitens 

 and less than twice as long as wide in basalts, — is rather diffi- 

 cult to appreciate. The present species, while partaking some- 

 what of the characters of both nitens and basalts, does not 

 appear to be intermediate. It might be placed after basalts 

 because of the still more feebly defined antennal grooves, 

 although by its general form and its tarsi it more resembles 

 nitens. 



Mr. L. E. Ricksecker, of Santa Rosa, Cal., July 7, 1897, 

 obtained many specimens of hospitalis and nitens at the same 

 time from a decayed Alder stump, " that had presumably been 

 floated down Russian river during some freshet, and deposited 

 a few miles below the mouth of the river on Wright's beach." 

 Mr. Chas. Fuchs, of San Francisco, has submitted one speci- 

 men from " Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz Co., July 5, 1895." 



Dromaeolas californicns Bon v.— This species has a short, deep impres- 

 sion or groove on the median line of the metasternum. 



Mr. Ricksecker has taken the species from decaying stumps 



of the Douglas spruce at Sylvania, " May 17, 1900." 



The eggs of Kermes gillettei Cockerell (family Coccidae). — New- 

 stead cites as the maximum number of larvse from one female Coccid 

 6258, from Walkeriana pertinax Newst., found in Africa. 



Upon examination, I found a female of Kermes gillettei, collected by 

 Mr. Cockerell at Manitou, Colo., to contain 6676 eggs. The eggs are an 

 opaque white color, and in form long oval, measuring 120 to 135 /a in 

 width and 220 to 244 ju, in length. — L. C. Himebaugh, Biology Dep't, 

 Colorado College. 



