1929 ] On the Dryopid Beetle Genus Lara 329 
Lara gehringi sp. nov. 
Text figure “a”. 
Black throughout. Punctuation and pubescence above 
and below almost as in Lara avara, except that there is no 
alternation of pubescence on the elytral intervals. Gen- 
eral form similar to that of L. avara, but the pronotum 
less strongly convolved and its side margins less strongly 
sinuate throughout. Hind pronotal angles only moderately 
prominent, scarcely more so than the sides of the pronotum 
at middle. Genitalia of $ definitely more decurved apically 
than in L. avara . 
Length to apex of elytra 5.7 — 6.5 mm. 
The $ holotype and one $ paratype are from North 
Bend, Washington, July 28, 1927. One $ paratype is 
Fig. 1. Outlines of pronotum and elytra of a, Lara gehringi; 
b,- Lara avara avara; c, Lara avara amplipennis. All are magni- 
fied about 6.5 diameters. 
from Bartlett Springs, California, collected by A. 
Fenyes. The holotype is in my own collection, the North 
Bend paratype in the collection of Dr. J. G. Gehring, and 
