154 MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA 



and with fine sparse granules along the middle; propleura with the 

 punctures gradually smaller externally. Length (9) 24.0 mm.; 

 width n.o mm. California (probably southern) crassus n. sp. 



9 Prothorax as usual widest and bluntly angulate at the sides slightly 

 behind the middle 10 



Prothorax widest near basal third, where the sides are very obtusely 

 prominent and rounded ; legs thicker 1 1 



10 Body rather slender (cf) or stout (9), somewhat shining, deep 

 black; head feebly impressed, sparsely punctate, more densely near 

 the apex of the epistoma; antennae moderately long, the third joint 

 twice as long as wide or nearly so in both sexes; prothorax three- 

 fifths to two-thirds wider than long, about as wide as the elytra (cf ) 

 or not more than three-fourths as wide (9 ), very minutely punctu- 

 late, the sides bluntly angulate and narrowly rounded slightly 

 behind the middle, the apical angles acute, only very slightly 

 everted, the sides at and near the prominence slightly reflexed and 

 somewhat thickened; elytra a little more (cf) to slightly less (9) 

 than twice as long as wide, evenly oval, gradually pointed and but 

 moderately declivous behind as usual, rarely with traces of three 

 fine riblets, the surface very convex, even and impunctate, very 

 faintly creased, the sides very obtusely rounded in section through- 

 out; abdomen very finely, closely micro-punctulate, rather sparsely 

 and finely creased, and, toward tip, finely and sparsely punctate; 

 legs long. Length (cf, 9) 22.6-25.0 mm.; width 8.0-10.0 mm. 

 California (San Diego). [Pelecyphorus angulatus Lee.] 



angulatus Lee. 



Body similar but more elongate and subcylindric, not so shining, the 

 head and antennae nearly similar, the prothorax not quite so trans- 

 verse and with the sides behind the middle notably still more nar- 

 rowly rounded and anguliform, the acute apical angles more everted; 

 elytra (cf ) nearly two and one-half times as long as wide, scarcely 

 visibly wider than the prothorax, as in angulatus but duller; abdomen 

 more finely and densely sculptured, rather dull, the scattered very 

 minute punctules inconspicuous, the apical punctures fine and sparse; 

 legs still thicker, of about the same length, the tarsi somewhat shorter 

 and very distinctly thicker. Length (cf ) 25.0 mm.; width 8.7 mm. 

 Southern California, Sanford deceptor n. sp. 



II Body (cf ) distinctly stouter than in augiilatus, similarly deep black 

 and rather shining, the head more densely punctate, the punctures 

 similarly of two sizes and finer and sparse on the vertex; antennae 

 similar but more dilated apically; prothorax less transverse, similar, 

 except that the converging sides anteriorly are still more rounded, 

 the acute apical angles more everted and the minute punctures evi- 

 dently less sparse; elytra twice as long as wide, nearly as in angulatus 

 but a little stouter, barely at all wider than the prothorax and less 

 gradually acute posteriorly; abdomen with the dense minute sculpture 

 stronger, the surface almost opaque; legs and tarsi notably long and 

 still thicker; anterior tarsi shorter, with the three perfoliate inter- 

 mediate joints much more transverse and more than twice as wide 



