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20 California, which belong not only to the type of the two preceding species but closely resemble them, to such a degree in fact that it is scarcely worth while to describe them at present.

Distinguishable by the abdominal and sternal structure and the fine impressed median line of the pronotum. Sexual characters are not evident in the types. The fifth tergite is slightly longer than the fourth.

The male sexual characters of this small species are remarkably distinct, the sixth tergite being densely micro-reticulate and with