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only one small tooth above the second, though specimens 

 occur occasionally with two small teeth as in substriatus 

 Hald. A specimen from northern California, which otherwise 

 does not differ from typical subterraneus Fab., has two small 

 teeth on one side and three on the other. 



Scarites subterraneus var. calif ornicus Lee. 



Scarites californicus Lee. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. vol. V, p. 198. 

 Scarites tcxanus Chaud.,, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. XXIII, 94. 



Agrees with subterraneus Fab. in size, the transverse an- 

 tennal joints and number of teeth on anterior tibiae but has the 

 elytral striae feebly impressed and the intervals nearly flat. It 

 occurs in Texas, (Chaud.) Southern California, Arizona, Lower 

 California (Horn) and Mexico (Bates). I have seen speci- 

 mens from all of these localities except Lower California. 



Scarites subterraneus subsp. substriatus Hald. 

 Scarites substriatus Hald., Proc. Acad. Phil. vol. II, p. 54. 

 Scarites quadriceps Chaud. Bull. Nat. Mose. 1843, p. 729. 



This is much larger in size than subterraneus Fab. about 20- 

 29 mm. long with the elytral striae generally less deeply im- 

 pressed and the intervals more or less convex, the antennal 

 joints not transverse, but rather elongate and in the majority 

 of specimens examined the anterior tibiae have two and some- 

 times three small teeth above the second one. A large speci- 

 men from Texas has, however, only one small tooth. It seems 

 to be fairly common in the Middle States. 



Scarites subterraneus subsp. substriatus wBxMssopterus Chaud. 



Scarites quadriceps var. lissopterus Chaud. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique 



XXIII, 93. 



The size and form of the antennal joints are as in substriatus 

 Hald., but the elytral striae are finely punctured and scarcely 

 impressed and all the intervals are flat; the anterior tibiae 

 have, in the few specimens before me, two small teeth above 

 the second one, though one specimen has three small teeth on 

 one side and two on the other. It seems to occur only in Texas. 



Scarites alternans Chaud. 



Scarites alternans Chaud. Bull. Nat. Mosc. 1843, 727. 



A specimen from Chokoloskee, Florida, in my collection 

 agrees with the description of this Cuban species. It is as 

 large as substriatus Hald. and differs principally from subter- 



