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thickly and finely punctured, a median vertical smooth, raised line on 
the frons and vertex; Jabrum short, transverse, with strongly rounded 
anterior angles, punctuation that of head, labro-clypeal suture very 
distinct; clypeus transverse oblong, punctured like head; ma-illary 
palpi long, mediumly robust; articles subequal, last article feebly flat- 
tened and truncate; antennae long, mediumly robust, article I short 
and swollen, 2 not quite as long as I, cylindrical, 3-10 subequal, monili- 
form, becoming gradually thinner and slightly flattened on the under 
side towards the end, 11 about equal to preceding and bluntly pointed; 
eyes large, narrow, strongly uniform and far apart. 
Pronotum transverse oblong, sharply and shortly contracted in front, 
sides parallel, posterior margin slightly reflexed, a very small posterior 
median depression, punctured like head, but more sparsely; scutellum 
large, triangular with rounded apex, excavated in middle, feebly and 
thickly punctured; elytra slightly narrowed behind, ora and nervures 
not distinct; very thickly, finely and rugosely punctured, uniformly and 
separately rounded behind; ventral surface punctured like elytra but 
more sparsely; Jegs medium and robust, femora and tibie punctured 
like ventrals but a little more closely, posterior tibial spurs the inner 
slender and pointed, the outer thick and grooved; tarsi long and 
mediumly robust; claws short and stout. 
Length 9 mm., width 4 mm. 
Type in Wellman collection. Type locality, Imperial Valley, 
California. 
Distribution, Meloland, Imperial Valley, May 11, on arrow- 
weed, (J. C. B.) 3 specimens. 
This species may be placed near punctipennis Lec. and im- 
maculata Say., but is easily told from either by its very thick 
pubescence. 
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Second INTERNATIONAL CoNGREsS OF ENtomoLtocy.—The Second In- 
ternational Congress of Entomology will be held at Oxford, England, 
from August 5 to 10, 1912, Further particulars will be announced 
shortly. 
The Executive Committee proposes to find for members of the Con- 
gress lodgings in the town, or in rooms in one of the Colleges at a 
moderate charge; rooms in the Colleges will be available only for 
men. The Executive Committee invites an early provisional notice 
of intention to join the Congress, in order to be able to make the ar- 
rangements for the necessary accommodation. 
The Proceedings of the First Congress are in the press and will be 
published shortly. 
All communications and inquiries should be addressed to the Gen- 
eral Secretary of the Executive Committee, Dr. Malcolm Burr, care 
of the Entomological Society of London, 11 Cavendish Square, Lon- 
don, W., England. 
