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incrassate, the basal joint of the hind tarsi much longer than usual, 

 the infra-lateral carinse of the head subobsolete and the middle 

 coxae approximate. 



Atheta (Anepsiota) torpens n. sp. Stout, shining, piceous, the head darker, 

 the abdomen black, the prothorax, elytra and legs more or less pale, the 

 antennae blackish throughout; head transversely oval, the eyes not prominent, 

 at fully their own length from the base ; antennae moderately long, thick, much 

 incrassated distally, the penultimate joints rather distinctly wider than long; 

 prothorax large, convex, two-fifths wider than long, parallel and evenly 

 rounded at the sides, much wider than the head and slightly narrower than 

 the elytra, with a small rounded indentation before the base, the punctulation 

 minute and very sparse; elytra large, parallel, almost as long as wide, much 

 longer than the prothorax, minutely, simply and much more closely punc- 

 tulate and micro-reticulate; abdomen as wide as the elytra, parallel, the sides 

 just visibly arcuate, polished, the punctulation minute and remote; basal 

 joint of the hind tarsi distinctly longer than the second but much shorter 

 than the next two; metasternum almost truncate, very feebly arcuate 

 medially. Length 2.6 mm.; width 0.8 mm. California (San Mateo Co.). 



Resembles insignis Csy., from San Francisco Co., but differs in 

 its feebler and sparser punctulation, longer elytra, stouter antennae 

 and other characters. 



Atheta (Anepsiota) shastana n. sp. Rather stout and shining, testaceous, 

 the head and abdomen, except at tip, blackish, the legs pale; antenna? fuscous, 

 pale basally; head orbicular, the eyes small, at much more than their own 

 length from the base, not at all prominent; antennae long, gradually and 

 distinctly incrassate, the tenth joint as long as wide, the eleventh gradually 

 acutely pointed, as long as the two preceding; prothorax two-fifths wider 

 than long, parallel, with evenly rounded sides, rather convex, much wider 

 than the head and evidently, though not greatly, narrower than the elytra, 

 minutely, sparsely punctulate, the basal impression very small and subob- 

 solete; elytra much wider than long, the suture but little longer than the 

 prothorax, finely, closely punctulate and micro-reticulate; abdomen perfectly 

 parallel, with straight sides, not quite as wide as the elytra, the fourth and 

 fifth tergites equal in length, the sixth (c?) very broad, arcuato-truncate, 

 the edge nearly even but the surface adjoining with a series of feeble irregular 

 beading defined at each side by a feeble straight oblique carinule, its general 

 surface strongly reticulate and with small sparse granules. Length 2.75 mm.; 

 width 0.72 mm. California (Siskiyou Co.). 



Not closely allied to any other Anepsiota and not quite typical 

 in its rather narrower abdomen, longer, though slender, mesosternal 

 process and sexual characters; the first three joints of the hind 

 tarsi decrease rapidly in length. 



