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ing feebly diverging and almost straight thence to the base, the 

 apex shallowly sinuate, three-fifths as wide as the base, the angles 

 right and only slightly blunt ; surface rather finely but strongly, 

 remotely punctate, becoming coarsely and much less sparsely so 

 laterally, the bead thick, much thickened apically, curving but little 

 at base ; scutellum moderate, transversely triangular ; elytra not 

 quite one-half longer than wide, rounded at the sides and narrowed 

 to the obtusely ogival apex in posterior two-fifths, the punctures 

 deep but uneven in size ; prosternum strongly, rather closely punc- 

 tate, the process unmargined except feebly at base ; hind femora 

 minutely, sparsely, the abdomen rather strongly, somewhat less 

 sparsely, punctate. Length 9.2 mm. ; width 4.25 mm. " Cal." 



perpolita n. sp. 



Elytra almost equally and much less sparsely punctate, less smooth 

 though almost similarly rugose behind. Body more elongate, sim- 

 ilarly convex, less shining, the anterior parts sometimes faintly 

 alutaceous, deep black, the antennae and distal parts of the legs 

 picescent or rufous; head strongly but loosely, unequally punc- 

 tate, the sinus moderately deep, not wide, the anterior canthus 

 obliquely subangulate or obtuse, fully as prominent as the poste- 

 rior ; antennae moderate ; prothorax one-half wider than long, 

 formed as in perpolita but less narrowed at the shallowly sinuate 

 apex, the latter two-thirds as wide as the base, the sides of which 

 are more abruptly oblique, with the hind angles not more pro- 

 duced posteriorly but more narrowly and abruptly so ; bead not so 

 thick and not thickened apically ; punctures much finer and a little 

 closer throughout in the same relative parts of the surface ; scu- 

 tellum and elytra nearly similar, the latter somewhat less rapidly 

 narrowed behind ; punctures strong, somewhat uneven, each^with 

 a small yellowish-silvery seta, more distinct posteriorly but not 

 sufficiently long to constitute pubescence ; under surface similar 

 throughout, except that the abdomen is much more minutely, 

 sparsely punctulate. Length 8.6-9.7 mm - I width 4.0-4.6 mm. 

 (d% 9). San Francisco. Two specimens taken by the writer in 

 the suburbs, one example from the County, taken by Mr. Fuchs, 

 and several from the Levette cabinet pudica n. sp. 



21 Sides of the prothorax subangulate though rounded at the middle. 

 Form oblong-elongate, convex, deep black throughout, alutaceous, 

 the elytra rather strongly shining ; head very finely, rather sparsely, 

 subevenly punctulate, the sinus rather small but deep, subangular, 

 the lobes obtuse, the anterior canthus obtuse, very nearly as prom- 

 inent as the posterior ; antennae moderately thick ; prothorax almost 

 four-fifths wider than long, the sides strongly converging though 

 only slightly arcuate anteriorly, parallel and straight in about basal 

 half, the apex moderately sinuate, even less than three-fifths as 

 wide as the base, the angles obtuse but narrowly rounded, the 

 base moderately and rather narrowly, evenly sinuate at each side ; 

 surface remotely, very minutely punctulate, with an impunctate 

 medial linear area, the punctures gradually stronger and closer 



