204 MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA 



specimens of Aneflus linearis by Mr. Ricksecker. It does not appear 

 to be allied in any way closely with nevadica, and is widely distinct 

 from the preceding. 



Ortholeptura n. gen. 



The body is elongate, very much as in Centrodera throughout, 

 except that the legs, and especially the tarsi, are much longer, the 

 latter almost as densely clothed with short pubescence beneath. 

 The eyes are large, convex and prominent, coarsely faceted and 

 with a relatively small but deep, angulate emargination, the antennae 

 long and moderately slender, the fourth joint distinctly shorter 

 than the third or fifth, the head before the antennae as in Leptalia 

 and the palpi slender. The prothorax is subcylindric, only very 

 slightly protuberant at the sides, only moderately biconstricted and 

 is dorsally channeled feebly along the middle, the elytra with the 

 sutural angle strongly spiniform in typical species. The type is the 

 following: 



Ortholeptura oculea n. sp. Elongate, relatively slender, convex, shin- 

 ing anteriorly, the elytra feebly alutaceous, feebly pubescent, pale flavo- 

 testaceous throughout, except some small maculation as stated; head 

 with small and well separated punctures, becoming fine and close near 

 the eyes, which are very large and convex, separated above by barely 

 one-half more than their width, extending almost to the base, which is 

 abruptly constricted behind the extremely short and retracted, arcuately 

 converging tempora; antennse (cf ) about as long as the body, pale, the 

 fourth joint fully four times as long as wide, four-fifths as long as the 

 third and three-fourths as long as the fifth, barely as long as the first, 

 which is thickened and curved apically ; penultimate joint of the maxillary 

 palpi barely two-thirds as long as the last; prothorax a fourth longer than 

 wide, the arcuate apex but little narrower than the broadly bisinuate 

 base, the basal angles obtuse; sides very feebly arcuate submedially; 

 basal constriction short but very deep discally, the apical broad and 

 deep, the median line acutely but broadly impressed from the centre 

 to the apical constriction; punctures well separated, strong, moderately 

 coarse and unequal laterally, becoming very fine, sparse and feeble 

 medially; surface with the apical and basal beads and two elongate 

 central spots blackish; scutellum acutely triangular; elytra four times as 

 long as the prothorax, widest at the humeri, where they are not quite 

 twice as wide as the prothorax, strongly but not very densely punctate, 

 gradually more finely posteriorly, each with two small elongate black 

 spots near basal fifth, the outer on the flank and the smaller of the two, 

 also with two subsimilar elongate spots just before the middle and more 

 approximate, the outer in advance and smaller than the inner; sutural 

 spine long ; hind tarsi somewhat longer than the tibiae. Length 21.0 mm. ; 

 width 5.3 mm. California (Truckee). 



