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the Californian paratype is returned to Mr. H. C. Fall, who 
very kindly loaned the specimen to me for the present 
study. 
The important diagnostic characters of Lara gehringi 
are set forth in the key. The Californian specimen differs 
from the other two in being a little more shining above. 
I take great pleasure in naming this species for Dr. John 
George Gehring, who was almost my first entomological 
correspondent, and to whom I owe my western trip of the 
summer of 1927. 
Lara avara amplipennis subsp. nov. 
Text figure “c”. 
Generally similar in form and sculpture, as well as gen- 
italia, to typical Lara avara, but larger, with the elytra a 
little wider as compared with the prothorax. The pro- 
notum is proportionately a little longer and narrower, with 
both the anterior and posterior angles more prominent. 
These differences taken together give the insect a recog- 
nizably modified appearance, although they do not impress 
one as being of specific value. There seem to be no external 
differences between the sexes. 
Length to apex of elytra (amplipennis) 7.3 — 8.1 mm. 
(avara) 6.8 — 7.2 mm. 
Length of an elytron (amplipennis) 6.1 — 6.5 mm. 
(avara) 5.2 — 5.4 mm. 
Since the total length depends partly on the insect’s 
position at death, the measurements of elytral length show 
the comparative size of the two subspecies more accurately. 
Holotype $ from North Bend, Washington, July 28, 
1927, in my collection. Paratypes: 49 $-$9 9 from the 
type locality, July 27-31; 2 $ $ from Revelstoke, British 
Columbia, August 14, 1927. Paratypes in the Museum of 
Comparative Zoology, the United States National Museum, 
the California Academy of Sciences, the Canadian National 
