4O MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA. 



Recognizable by its dark coloration, rather narrow form, feeble 

 antennae, well developed elytra for the present group and other 

 characters as stated. 



Oxypoda egestosa n. sp. Slender, dark piceous-brown to blackish 

 throughout, the prothorax always somewhat the palest somite as usual, 

 feebly shining, the sculpture as in the preceding, the vestiture paler and 

 more evident; head nearly similar but relatively somewhat larger and 

 more inflated basally, the eyes slightly larger; antennae nearly similar, 

 the last joint slender, longer than the two preceding and with a distinct 

 median constriction; prothorax similar and convex, but not quite so short 

 and decidedly less transverse, slightly less narrowed apically; elytra less 

 developed, narrower and less transverse, parallel, evidently narrower 

 than the prothorax, the suture slightly shorter than the latter, the apical 

 sinuses distinct; abdomen narrower and more slender but otherwise 

 similar, slightly narrower than the elytra and likewise feebly, evenly 

 tapering, with straight sides but with thicker lateral margins and more 

 elongate fifth tergite, this being about as long as wide and not transverse 

 as it is in lassula. Length 2.7 mm.; width 0.53 mm. Vancouver 

 Island (Victoria), Wickham. 



Distinct from lassula in its paler coloration, more slender form 

 and relatively less developed elytra among other characters. The 

 hind tarsi are long and very slender, with the basal joint fully as 

 long as the next three. 



Oxypoda famula n. sp. Rather stout, convex and shining, dark 

 piceous-brown, the head and most of the abdomen blackish; punctures 

 minute and not at all dense anteriorly and on the abdomen, slightly 

 larger, closer and asperulate on the elytra, the vestiture rather long, 

 palish and distinct; head large, convex, fully two-thirds as wide as the 

 prothorax, almost as long as wide, the eyes rather small, with the small 

 facets isolated; antennae short, gradually strongly incrassate, thick and 

 darker distally, the second joint equal in length to the first and scarcely 

 more slender, much longer than the third, the fourth shorter than wide, 

 tenth fully three-fourths wider than long, the last short, ogival, but little 

 longer than wide and as long as the two preceding; prothorax only 

 moderately transverse, rounded at base, the sides from the obtuse and 

 blunt basal angles only very feebly convergent and but slightly arcuate 

 to the apex, where they are slightly rounded; elytra short, fully as wide 

 as the prothorax or wider, parallel, the suture barely as long as the prono- 

 tum, the apical sinuses deep and somewhat narrower than usual; ab- 

 domen wide, almost as wide as the elytra, very feebly tapering and with 

 somewhat arcuate sides to the fifth tergite, which is transverse though 

 nearly one-half longer than the fourth. Length 1.75 mm.; width 0.55 

 mm. Queen Charlotte Islands (Massett), Keen. 



A small species, very distinct in sculpture and antennal structure; 

 if it were not for the short elytra it might better go in Group IV. 



