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vergent anteriorly, slightly wider near the middle than at base, the 

 apex not more than three-fifths as wide as the base, the angles 

 obtuse and broadly rounded, more deflexed than usual ; surface 

 very finely, rather sparsely punctate, more strongly but still not 

 coarsely and almost equally sparsely so toward the sides, the bead 

 rather fine, slightly curving at base ; scutellum and elytra nearly 

 as in nemoralis, the latter scarcely one-half longer than wide, 

 gradually arcuately narrowed behind the middle, the apex ogival, 

 though narrowly obtuse ; surface and punctures uneven, nearly as 

 in nemoralis; under surface nearly similar. Length 7.25 mm. ; 

 width 3.3 mm. " Cal." parva n. sp. 



1 6 Body oblong, rather stout, very small in size, similar to the pre- 



ceding in coloration but more shining, the anterior parts not at all 

 alutaceous; head moderately large, strongly, subevenly but not 

 very closely punctate, the sinus nearly as in parva, the anterior 

 canthus much more obtusely rounded and scarcely at all less prom- 

 inent than the posterior ; prothorax fully three-fifths wider than 

 long, nearly as in nemoralis, the apex more than two-thirds as 

 wide as the base; surface finely but distinctly, sparsely punc- 

 tate, more strongly and less sparsely toward the sides, the bead 

 moderate, curving very slightly at base, the basal angles very 

 blunt ; scutellum rather small ; elytra short, two-fifths longer than 

 wide, otherwise nearly as in parva though smoother, rugulose api- 

 cally, the punctures not coarse but strong, well separated and 

 rather unequally distributed; prosternum finely but strongly, 

 sparsely punctate, the process rather narrow, evenly and strongly 

 convex longitudinally, margined only at base ; hind femora and 

 abdomen very minutely, sparsely and inconspicuously punctulate. 

 Length 6.7 mm.; width 3.1 mm. (c?). San Francisco Co., 

 Chas. Fuchs minuta n. sp. 



17 Body deep black in color throughout, inhabiting the mainland 



exclusively , 1 8 



Body piceous to pale testaceous in color; habitat insular 26 



1 8 Elytral punctures only moderately coarse, relatively fine for the 



present group 19 



Elytral punctures very coarse and generally deep 23 



19 Small species, never as much as 10.0 mm. in length 20 



Larger species never less than 10.0 mm. in length 21 



20 Elytra unequally punctate, very remotely so, with the surface 



nearly smooth, becoming more coarsely and closely with the sur- 

 face very rugose apically. Body oblong-oval, moderately convex, 

 deep black, the tarsi and antennal base and apex piceo-rufous, very 

 highly polished throughout ; head strongly but sparsely punctate, 

 the sinus only moderate in width, deep and parabolic, the anterior 

 canthus obliquely rounded, as prominent as the posterior ; antennae 

 moderately thick ; prothorax fully two-thirds wider than long, the 

 sides broadly rounded and converging before the middle, becom- 



