228 MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA 



usually dense, the fifth ventral in the male a little longer than the 

 fourth but very broadly arcuate. Length (cf) 8.3 mm.; width 



2.9 mm. California (Lake Co.), Fuchs protensicollis n. sp. 



Last antennal joint normal in both sexes, never more than faintly sug- 

 gesting the structure observable in protensicollis 17 



17 Lateral tumorosity of the prothorax rather small and abrupt, 

 distinct though obtuse and not strong. Body stout, rather convex 

 and shining, black, the elytra and abdomen pale red-brown in the 

 type, the legs piceous-black; pubescence everywhere coarse and 

 pale yellowish, short on the elytra, long and conspicuous, though 

 only moderately dense, on the head and prothorax; head and eyes 

 moderate, the antennae short and thick; prothorax distinctly shorter 

 than wide, moderately narrowed and broadly constricted at apex, 

 the punctures fine, close, sparser medially and with others larger 

 sparsely intermingled, the impunctate line very gradually broadening 

 basally; elytra scarcely two-thirds longer than wide, feebly tapering 

 from the humeri, rather rapidly and arcuately narrowed in about apical 

 third, the apex rather narrowly though obtusely rounded; punctures 

 somewhat close-set and coarse though of unequal size basally, 

 becoming finer but still very distinct apically; pale red-brown of the 

 surface becoming nubilously and faintly blackish suturally, except 

 basally, and also along the side margins in a broad vitta, uniting 

 at apex with the median darker cloud; abdomen moderately punc- 

 tulate. Length (9) 9.0 mm.; width 3.3 mm. California (Gilroy 



Springs) robustula n. sp. 



Lateral swelling of the prothorax extremely broad and feeble, barely 



> detectible 1 8 



1 8 Body moderately large, rather stout, convex, moderately shining, 

 black, the elytra with feeble green metallic lustre, the abdomen 

 black in the male, wholly ferruginous in the female; vestiture pale 

 yellowish throughout, unusually long, coarse and conspicuous, 

 rather dense on the head and prothorax, the former moderate, with 

 but feebly prominent eyes; antennae (cf) thick, extending barely at 

 all behind the middle of the elytra, or ( 9 ) similar but relatively 

 shorter; prothorax relatively large, a little wider than long, distinctly 

 wider than the head in both sexes, moderately narrowed and strongly, 

 rather abruptly constricted apically, the punctures strong, slightly 

 separated, the narrow smooth line not quite entire; elytra feebly 

 tapering, nearly parallel in the female, obtusely rounded at apex, 

 two-thirds to three-fourths longer than wide, one-half to two- 

 thirds wider than the prothorax, the punctures not coarse but very 

 deep, rather close-set throughout, smaller but distinct apically; 

 abdomen rather densely punctulate, with conspicuous coarse pale 

 pubescence. Length (cf 9 ) 9.2-10.2 mm.; width 3.2-4.0 mm. 



California, Levette hirsuta n. sp. 



Body much smaller and relatively much narrower than usual, the elytra 

 strongly tapering and cuneiform, rather narrowly rounded at tip, 

 black, the elytra moderately metallic green to sometimes partially 

 cupreous; abdomen black, rather narrowly tapering, distinctly 

 but not densely punctulate and with finer sparse cinereous hairs; 



