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nearly as long as wide, with similarly feebly diverging sides; abdomen and 

 hind tarsi also similar, the former evidently narrower. Length 1.65 mm.; 

 width 0.27 mm. California (Placer Co. without more definite statement 

 of locality). 



Differs from the preceding very notably in its much more slender 

 outline, form of the head and other characters. 



lotota n. gen. 



The species of this group are minute and nearly parallel, having the 

 middle coxae contiguour, the mesosternum short, the metasternum 

 transverse as in Metaxya and not more than feebly arcuate medially, 

 the infra-lateral cephalic carinae wanting and the elytra very short, 

 their apices scarcely at all sinuate laterally; thetype is the following : 



lotota tepida n. sp.- Parallel, moderately convex, slightly shining, the 

 micro-reticulation rather strong, coarser but feeble on the shining abdomen, 

 the punctures asperulate and close-set, the vestiture rather coarse; uniform 

 piceous-brown in color, the legs concolorous, the abdomen blackish; head 

 nearly as long as wide; oval, being gradually and feebly dilated basally, the 

 eyes small, not prominent, at nearly twice their own length from the base; 

 antennae short, moderately stout, gradually incrassate, the outer joints 

 transverse, the last obtuse, as long as the two preceding, the first joint com- 

 pressed, the second elongate, very much longer than the third; prothorax 

 large, moderately transverse, evidently wider than the head and fully as 

 wide as the elytra if not wider, parallel, the sides slightly arcuate, the median 

 line rather broadly, feebly impressed throughout; elytra short and transverse, 

 the suture impressed throughout and evidently shorter than the prothorax; 

 abdomen parallel, as wide as the elytra, finely, sparsely punctulate, the 

 sixth ventral (cf) not much produced and semicircular; hind tarsi slender, 

 the first four joints equal. Length 1.3 mm.; width 0.26 mm. California 

 (Lake Tahoe). 



Easily recognizable by its parallel and somewhat convex form, 

 coloration and short elytra. 



The following species is placed in lotota, though it certainly cannot 

 remain there: 



lotota unica n. sp. Very much more slender, not so convex, rather duller, 

 the punctures very fine and dense, not asperate; color black or slightly pices- 

 cent throughout, the legs paler, piceous; head similar though not so convex, 

 the antennae a little longer and rather slender, only very feebly incrassate, 

 the outer joints unequal, the tenth longer than the ninth and only slightly 

 transverse, the last narrower and more pointed and as long as the two pre- 

 ceding, the basal joints nearly as in tepida; prothorax but slightly transverse. 

 a little wider than the head and narrower than the elytra, the sides feebly 

 converging from apex to base and very feebly arcuate, the median line only 



