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Genus CALOSPASTA Lec. 
Calospasta imperialis n. sp. 
Color piceous, head and thorax testaceous, elytra and legs stramine- 
ous, antenne varying from piceous to testaceous, pubescence sparse 
and short throughout; form small, slender and delicate, subparallel ; 
head small, subglobose, sparsely and very minutely punctured, with a 
small shallow depression at frons; /abrum short, transverse, oblong, 
finely and thickly punctured in the middle, labro-clypeal suture very 
distinct; clypeus short, transverse, with anterior angles rounded, punc- 
tured like head; mavillary palpi medium, slender, last article trun- 
cate; antennae medium, robust, article 1 short, slightly swollen, 2 
bead-like, 3 almost equal to 1 and 2, cylindrical, 4-10 subequal, short 
cylindrical, 11 a little longer and somewhat fusiform; eyes large, far 
apart, almost entire. 
Pronotum long, somewhat cone-shaped, very strongly contracted in 
front and slightly narrowed behind, posterior margin reflexed, a V- 
shaped depression posteriorly at the middle, punctuation as that of 
head; scutellum small, V-shaped, almost impunctate; elytra slightly 
widened behind, ora and nervures distinct, somewhat coarsely, irregu- 
larly and rugosely punctured, separately and bluntly rounded behind; 
ventral surface very finely but distinctly punctured; Jegs long and 
slender, femora and tibize punctured like ventrals, posterior tibial 
spurs short and weak, the inner sharp, the outer blunt; tarsi long and 
slender; claws long and weak. 
Length 6 mm., width 2 mm. 
Type in Wellman coll. Type locality Meloland, Imperial 
Valley, California. 
Distribution. Imperial Valley, May, 1911, on wild hollyhock 
(J. C. Bridwell, 9 specimens). 
This species is very distinct from anything in the genus yet 
described. 
Genus MELOE L. 
Meloe latreillei Mars. = M. purpurascens Germ. 
M. aeneus Cast. = M. purpurascens Germ. 
M. maculifrons Luc. = M. mayjalis L. var. 
Genus NEMOGNATHA Illig. 
Nemognatha bridwelli n. sp. 
Color yellowish testaceous, antenne and last 3 articles of tarsi 
piceous, pubescence medium in length, light yellow and very thick 
and close, covering the entire insect; head subtriangular, closely, 
