IO2 MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA 



and with the fine punctures not so strong basally and rather more 

 close-set throughout; third interval distinctly wider than the 

 others. Length (cf) 4.0 mm.; width 1.5 mm. California (San 

 Diego) reconditum n. subsp. 



Outline narrower and more elongate, less ventricose 26 



26 Form elongate-oval, rather convex, shining, the head but slightly 

 alutaceous, black, with greenish lustre, the elytra piceous, each with 

 a nubilous pale spot at base and with an imperfect nubilous fascia 

 near apical third; under surface black, the legs and epipleura pale 

 testaceous; head well developed, fully three-fourths as wide as the 

 prothorax and as wide as an elytron, the sulci extremely shallow; 

 antennae fuscous, rufous beneath at base, the medial joints between 

 two and three times as long as wide; prothorax only two-fifths wider 

 than long, the sides rather strongly, subevenly arcuate and moder- 

 ately reflexed, becoming feebly sinuous for some distance before the 

 minutely prominent basal angles; surface with some transverse wavy 

 rugulosity, the impressions very feeble, the stria fine, not quite en- 

 tire; foveae and carina as in the preceding; elytra more than one-half 

 longer than wide, not quite one-half wider than the prothorax, grad- 

 ually parabolic behind; striae very fine, unimpressed, the punctures 

 very fine, well separated, subequal, traceable to the declivity; third 

 interval barely at all wider than the others, the small foveae before 

 basal and behind apical third. Length (cf 9 ) 3.8-4.2 mm.; width 

 1.35-1.6 mm. California (San Francisco and Alameda). Descrip- 

 tion taken from the male; the female is rather smaller and nar- 

 rower, with the antennae less elongate franciscanum n. sp. 



Form rather narrower than in franciscanum and slightly more depressed, 

 shining, the greenish anterior parts somewhat alutaceous; color as 

 in franciscanum, except that the piceous elytra have more pallid 

 maculation toward and surrounding the humeri, and that the trans- 

 verse posterior biarcuate rufous fascia is entire and more conspicu- 

 ous than in any other species of the subsection; apices pale; head 

 moderate, but as wide as an elytron; antennae fusco-testaceous 

 throughout, thicker than in any of the allied species, the medial 

 joints barely twice as long as wide; sulci rather narrow, moderately 

 deep; prothorax shorter than in franciscanum, one-half wider than 

 long, the sides similar but not evidently sinuate, except at the min- 

 utely prominent angles; surface similar, except that the impressions 

 are rather more obvious; elytra long, fully three-fifths longer than 

 wide, scarcely two-fifths wider than the prothorax; striae very fine, 

 unimpressed, the punctures fine and widely separated; third inter- 

 val much wider than the others, the foveae as in franciscanum. 

 Length (cf ) 3.8 mm.; width 1.4 mm. California (Alameda). 



ornatellum n. sp. 



Form narrow, very moderately convex, smaller in size, shining, the head 

 but slightly alutaceous, black, not metallic; elytra piceous, paler at 

 the sides in basal half, extending inwardly to the second stria, with, 

 diminishing width, and inclosing a piceous spot at the anterior dor- 

 sal fovea, also with a wide nubilous fascia near apical fourth, widely 

 interrupted at the suture, the anterior pale area sometimes united 



