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The elj'tra! surface is very finely rugulose, with punctures distinct and 

 less than moderate in size, plainly serial ; in each series the punctures 

 are separated by a space equal to a little more than their own diam- 

 eters ; the intervals are narrow, with a single row of irregularly placed 

 punctures ; at the periphery the punctures are more irregular. 



In size the specimens are as large as any collected in southern Cali- 

 fornia. The females have the pronotal sides less arcuate, as a result 

 the pronotal width is less. 



Measurements. — S, length, 22.0 to 33.5 mm.; width. 7.75 to 9.5 mm. 

 $ , length, 24.5 to 29.0 mm.; width, lo.o to 13.0 mm. 



Fifteen examples collected in Tehama County. California, 



April 27th. 1913. 



Eleodes gigantea, var. meridionalis new var. 



The form of gigantea occurring in southern and Lower Cali- 

 fornia, and from as far north as the Santa Cruz Mountains, 

 should be considered a geographical race, to which I give the 

 name meridionalis. The chief distinguishing characters may 

 be stated as follows : 



Pronotal disk rather sparsely and feebly punctulate, sides more 

 strongly arcuate in the female ; elytral surface finely, irregularly and 

 evenly punctate, rarely with closely placed series of punctures. 



Types: S and 9 in the author's collection. 

 Type locality: San Diego, California. 



Habitat: California (Kern and Santa "Cruz Counties south- 

 ward to northern Lower California), 



A New Agrias from Guatemala (Nymphalidae, Lep.). 



By W. ScHAU.s, Washington, D. C. 



In the supplement to the Rhopalocera of the Biologia Cen- 

 trali-Ainericana reference is made on page 6g6, under Agrias 

 acdon, to a letter from Senor Don Juan Rodriguez, who states 

 that he has a male of this species captured in \'era Paz, 

 Guatemala. 



After the death of Don Juan, his sons kindly gave me this 

 specimen in remembrance of their father, and on examination 

 I find it is a female belonging to a new species which I take 

 pleasure in naming after my late friend. 



