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REVISION OF THE TENEBRIONID.E OF AMERICA, 



cited. The elytra are rather coarsely and densely punctured in scarcely evident lines, 

 each puncture bearing a short hair. 



Occurs in California from San Francisco to the head of Sacramento Valley. 



Length .36-50 inch. 



E. lecontei, Horn; aubaspera || Lee., Now Species, i>. 115. 



I change the name given it by Leconte, Solicr having used the name many years be- 

 fore. Closely allied to consdbiina. The sides of the thorax arc regularly rounded to the 

 basal angles, and the angles scarcely evident. The elytral sculpture consists of irregularly 

 but closely placed granules. 



Found in Colorado. 



Length .60 inch. 



B. oo n so l,v iiia, Leo., Ann. Lye. 5, p. 135; veseyi, Lee., Proc. Acad. 1858, p. 187. 



This species begins a series with the thorax more strongly constricted at base; in this 

 and the two following, however, the lateral line still extends to the base. The elytral 

 sculpture consists of muricate punctures rather irregularly placed on the disc, becoming- 

 tubercles on the sides. 



Abundant at Fort Tejon, California. 



Length .60-74 inch. 



E. tenebrosa, black, opaque. Head rather coarsely punctured; thorax one-third broader than long, very 

 coarsely punctured, becoming granular at, the sides; sides strongly rounded, margin entire, basal angles moderately 

 prominent, rectangular; elytra elongate oval, moderately convex, sides moderately rounded, basal angles obtuse, sur- 

 face rather densely and irregularly covered with small, rounded, shining tubercles, arising from a very Opaque base. 

 Under surface and legs coarsely and densely punctured. 



From Owens' Valley, California, (collected by myself), and from western Nevada (by 

 Mr. Gabb). 



Length .54-^— .65 9 inch. 



The elytra arc scarcely broader at their broadest part than the thorax, and much less 

 rounded on the sides than any species of this section of the sub-genus. 



E. planipennis, Lee, New Species, p. 116. 



The elytra of this species arc quite flat on the disc, and the margin less obtuse than 

 the other species. The thorax is also more deeply cmarginate in front, and tin; anterior 

 femora rather more strongly sinuate. The elytra arc also more finely and less densely 

 muricately punctured. 



From eastern New Mexico. 

 Length .64 inch. 



