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Bans trajecta n. sp. — Subcylindric and convex, shining and blackish- 

 piceous, the legs and distal parts of the beak bright rufous; beak in the 

 male cylindro-arcuate, rather closely punctulate and fully four-fifths as 

 long as the prothorax, the latter a third wider than long, the sides almost 

 evenly arcuate and moderately converging, a little more so anteriorly, 

 slightly narrowed at base; punctures rather coarse, deep and very close- 

 set throughout, cribrate, denser and confluent along the sides, with the 

 median smooth line very short, central and feebly defined; basal lobe 

 abrupt, rounded, the scutellum small, rounded and having one or two 

 punctures; elytra fully two-fifths longer than wide, just visibly wider 

 than the prothorax and almost twice as long, the sides subparallel, 

 gradually arcuate behind to the obtuse apex, the humeri prominent; 

 grooves rather coarse, deep, smooth, the intervals twice as wide as the 

 grooves, strongly, somewhat closely punctate in single series, becoming 

 confused on the fifth and sixth basally, the second and third barely at 

 all wider and with the irregularly serial punctures smaller; seta^ very 

 small; abdomen finely, sparsely punctate, more strongly and closely 

 toward sides and apex, the male with an elongate-oval basal impression, 

 obsolete toward tip of the second segment. Length (cf) 3-3 m"^-: 

 width 1.4 mm. California (Tehachapi Pass), — Wickham. 



Although allied evidently to rubripes, this species may be known 

 at once by the more slender legs and beak, more evenly rounded 

 sides of the still more closely cribrate pronotum, which is without 

 the conspicuous smooth median line of that species, and by the 

 closer interstitial punctuation. 



Bans coltonensis n. sp. — Oblong-suboval, convex, moderately shining, 

 obscure rufous, the elytra nearly black, broadly rufous at the apex and 

 posterior part of the sides; legs and beak bright rufous, the beak in the 

 male very short, slightly arcuate, loosely punctulate and but little more 

 than half as long as the prothorax, the latter with the arcuate upper 

 profile more sloping anteriorly, a third wider than long, the sides con- 

 verging and broadly arcuate, rapidly rounding and very oblique in 

 barely apical fourth, the apex feebly constricted; punctures rather coarse, 

 separated by nearly their own diameters, dense laterally, the smooth 

 median line partial and feebly defined, the basal lobe rather abrupt and 

 distinct, moderately narrow, the scutellum very small, subquadrate and 

 punctate; elytra two-fifths longer than wide, evidently wider than the 

 prothorax and three-fourths longer, the sides broadly arcuate, barely 

 converging, gradually rounding behind, the humeri prominent; grooves 

 rather coarse, deep; intervals nearly twice as wide as the grooves, with 

 single series of somewhat coarse and moderately separated punctures, 

 becoming broadly confused basally throughout, the second and third 

 distinctly wider, the punctures smaller and confused throughout on the 

 latter; set« small but distinct, glistening; abdomen moderately and 

 rather sparsely punctate, less sparsely toward the sides and apex, the 

 male with a rather large transversely oval basal impression. Length 

 (cf) 3.8 mm.; width 1.62 mm. California (Colton), — Wickham. 



