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of the prothorax, very feebly arcuate, subequal in length to the funicle, 

 rather densely squamose, setose ; funicle setose, slender, first two 

 joints longer, first distinctly more robust and slightly longer than the 

 second ; club elongate-oval, two-fifths as long as the scape. Prothorax 

 as long as the head and beak, two-fifths wider than long, distinctly 

 narrowed toward apex and inflated behind the middle ; sides rather 

 strongly arcuate behind, convergent and feebly sinuate toward apex ; 

 base and apex broadly and very feebly arcuate ; disk convex, coarsely, 

 deeply, and sparsely punctate, with coarse erect setae, and a fine short 

 glabrous carina in the middle. Scutellum minute, not distinct. Elytra 

 at base broadly sinuate, to fit the arcuate margin of the pronotuni, 

 oblong-oval, broadly rounded behind, not twice as long as wide, nearly 

 twice as wide as the prothorax, feebly convex above, strongly so at the 

 sides, finely and feebly striate ; striae very finely and not closely punc- 

 tate ; intervals flat, sparsely covered with fine erect piceous setae, which 

 are not arranged in rows, but scattered uniformly over the surface. 

 Legs short and robust ; tibiae mucronate. Length 4.2 mm. 



California (Monterey Co. 1). 



The vitt^e of pale scales at the sides of the prothorax are very 

 obscure and only visible near the base, where they confront a 

 very small humeral pale spot. This species is decidedly smaller 

 than incomptus Horn. 



OEODERCODES n. gen. (Otiorhynchini). 



Beak slightly longer than the head, slightly narrowed toward tip, not 

 transversely impressed at base; scrobes lateral, slightly descending 

 posteriorly, attaining the eyes which are surrounded above and beneath 

 by a fine impressed channel. Antennae moderate; scape fully attain- 

 ing the prothrorax, distinctly arcuate, equal in length to the funicle, 

 squamose and setose; funicle slender, first joint more robust, nearly as 

 long as the next two together; second slender, as long as the third and 

 fourth combined; seventh slightly longer and wider than the sixth, all 

 coarsely, sparsely setose, not at all squamose; club rather small, very 

 densely and finely pubescent, oval, pointed. Elytra widely embracing 

 the sides of the body. Metasternal episterna very narrow, linear, dis- 

 tinct. Abdomen with the first suture broadly, feebly, but distinctly 

 arcuate; second segment slightly longer than the third and fourth 

 together; the latter very short, equal and with the sutures very deeply 

 impressed. Legs rather short and robust; cotyloid surface of posterior 

 tibiae glabrous; tibiae finely mucronate, the anterior not denticulate, 

 but having two or three inclined spines along the inner edge toward 

 apex. Claws connate at base. 



As can be readily seen from the above diagnosis, this genus 

 differs from G-eoderces in its longer second segment of the abdo- 



