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portion above and very closely at middle near base. There is a 

 smooth median line at basal part of thorax which is somewhat 

 elevated just in front of scutellum because of the depression of 

 thorax at either side there. 



Elytra distinctly wider than thorax and with sides evidently 

 convergent to posterior third, surface slightly convex, deeply stri- 

 ate, coarsely punctured, punctures slightly coarser and deeper at 

 base, intervals slightly convex at sides and flatter dorsally, and 

 finely uniseriately punctured. 



Body beneath moderately coarsely and sparsely punctured, 

 more closely towards sides and in front. 



Length 6.25 mm., breadth 1.5 mm. 



Type in my own collection, paratypes in U. S. Nat. Mus. and 

 Cal. Acad, of Sci. 



Type locality, Carrville, north fork of Trinity river. Trinity 

 Co., Cal., taken by myself under bark of Popiilus trichocharpa 

 Hook. June i, 1913. 



This species, which may vary in size from 5-7 mm. and con- 

 siderably with regard to shape and punctuation of thorax, ap- 

 proaching thereby more closely the appearance of ponderoscs, is 

 in appearance closest to ponderosce and in relationship closest to 

 platalea Say. In fact, I believe it to be the western congeneric 

 relative of the last. With ponderosce it agrees most in general 

 appearance and punctuation and with platalea Say in the type of 

 the rostrum, a certain similarity of thorax, elongate appearance 

 and shining aspect. A series of over thirty specimens collected 

 at the same time and place was consulted. Another specimen 

 collected at Hayfork, Trinity Co., Cal., Apr. 19, 1914, by Mr. 

 Ralph Hopping, differs from mine only in having the sides of 

 thorax more evenly rounded. Though related to platalea Say, 

 large series of which I have consulted, it is however quite distinct, 

 being far less flattened, more coarsely punctured, and so forth. 

 From ponderosce it can be best separated by the shape of the 

 rostrum. 



C. texanus n. sp. Black, somewhat shining. Head finely and 

 sparsely punctured posteriorly, more coarsely at base of rostrum 

 and coarsely and more closely at apex. Eyes moderately promi- 



