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joints about one-half wider than long, the foartb as long as wide; 

 prothorax much wider than the head, f ally a third wider than long, 

 finely, but strongly, asperateiy and closely punctate; elytra uearly 

 quadrate, a third wider and a half longer than the prothorax, the 

 punctures strongly asperate, moderately large and rather well sep- 

 arated; abdomen narrower than the elytra but broader than the pro- 

 thorax, parallel, feebly narrowing toward apex, rather strongly and 

 closely punctate toward base. Length 2.4-3.0 mm.; width 0.72-0.78 

 mm. California (mountains near Ciaremont, San Mateo, Pomona and 

 Calaveras Co.) , — Mr. C. F. Baker and others. bakeri n. sp. 



Pronotum impressed as in bakeri. Body stout, moderately convex and shin- 

 ing, pale plceo-castaneous in color, the elytra each with a broad 

 flavescent area from the region of the humeruH to the suture in apical 

 half or more, the apical margin also pale, especially toward the sides; 

 abdomen blackish, pale at tip and nubilously so at the apices of the 

 first two or three tergites ; head large, as long as wide, strongly and 

 closely punctured, fioely and sparsely so on the front, the antennae 

 blackish, piceous toward base, rather short and compact, bat little 

 longer than the head and prothorax, the fourth joint slightly elongate, 

 the outer joints rapidly and strongly incrassate, the tenth almost twice 

 as wide as long; eyes rather small; prothorax large, distinctly wider 

 than the head, fully two-fifths wider than long, widest slightly before 

 the middle, the sides moderately arcuate, the punctures strong, close- 

 set and asperulate, the interstices feebly micro-reticulate; elytra 

 scarcely a third wider and nearly one-half longer than the prothorax, 

 the humeri only very narrowly exposed at base, the punctures coarsely 

 asperate and rather close -set; abdomen at base distinctly narrower 

 than the elytra, thence sensibly attenuate to the apex, the punctures 

 rather fine, asperate and sparse throughout; legs pale, moderately 

 stout. Length 2.5 mm.; width 0.78 mm. California (locality unre- 

 corded colUris n. sp. 



Pronotum with the usual short transverse snbbasal impresbiou, which is 

 only very biiefiy or not at all extended anteriorly at its sides 9 



9 — Abdomen gradually and very distinctly tapering almost from the base 

 to the apex, the antennae long. Body moderately stout and convex, 

 black, the elytra obliquely red from the humeri to the posterior half of 

 the suture; legs pale, the antennae blackish, slightly paler toward base 

 but not at apex; head nearly as long as wide, suborbicular, somewhat 

 narrowed behind the rather Inconspicuous eyes, finely punctured, min- 

 utely reticulate, the antennae long, rather loose, almost attaining the 

 middle of the elytra, moderately incrassate distally, the fourth joint 

 much elongated, the sixth as wide as long, the tenth scarcely one- 

 half wider than long ; prothorax minutely and feebly reticulate, very 

 much wider than the head, two-fifths wider than long, very minutely, 

 not densely and inconspicuously asperate; elytra nearly as long as 

 wide, about one-half wider and two-thirds longer than the prothorax, 

 finely, closely, subasperately punctate; abdomen at base slightly nar- 

 rower than the elytra but much wider than the prothorax, finely, not 

 very closely punctata, the impressions feebly and sparsely so. Length 

 3.0 mm. ; width 0.8 mm. California (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras Co), — 

 F. £. Blaisdell laxicornis n. «p. 



