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brevi oinerea sericans, capite thoraceque saepe rufo-testaceis, lioc latitudine 

 plus sesqui breviore, lateribus rotundatis marginatis, antennis pedibusque 

 testaceis, illis articulo 9no praecedente vix majore. Long. "07 *09. 



Fort Tejon. Varies much in size and color, being sometimes fuscous, some- 

 times entirely pale testaceous : the usual variety has dark elytra and pale head 

 and thorax. It differs from the types of the genus in having the antennae 

 very slightly thickened from the 3rd to the 9th joint, the 10th and 11th are 

 thicker and longer than the 9th; the latter in the male is about twice the size 

 of the 8th, in the female but little larger. The effect of this is to cause the 

 antennie to be only moderately clavate, instead of capitulate. This taken in 

 connection with the more dense pubescence and punctuation, and less convex 

 body would seem to indicate the propriety of separating this as a distinct 

 genus, but before a general study is made of our species of the family of 

 Nitidulidse the attempt to define it would be premature. As in other species 

 of the genus, the antennal grooves are entirely wanting. 



22. Carpophilus pallipennis (Jioralis Er.). Found also in the Rio 

 Grande valley. 



23. Carpophilus caudalis, elongatus, depressus, piceus nitidus, subtiliter 

 pubescens, thorace brevi, lateribus rotundatis marginatis, sat dense punctato, 

 elytris thorace duplo longioribus, fortius marginatis, punctulatis, macula 

 magna rubro-testacea triangulari utrinque ornatis, pedibus antennisque rufis, 

 his clava infuscata ; abdomine segmentis tribns detectis, quarto sequente paulo 

 longiore. Long. *15. 



Two females ; one from Tejon, the other from Nebraska. Precisely resem- 

 bles in color and sculpture C. discoideus Lee, (Proc. Acad. 185S, 62), 

 but differs by the abdomen being much longer, and having three segments ex- 

 posed. The latter was, however, described from a single male, and future ex- 

 amination may show that they are sexes of one species. 



24. Nitidula humeralis, longiuscula, subconvexa, fusca, pubescens, 

 thorace latitudine duplo breviore, lateribus late rotundatis, ciliatis, elytris 

 nigricantibus, margine apicali et laterali angusto, strigisque tribus basalibus 

 pallidis, intermedia longiore, antennis basi pedibusque pallidioribus. 

 Long. "1G. 



One specimen, Tejon. Related to N. zi c z ac , but is longer and more con- 

 vex with the sides of the thorax less rounded, and with no medial angulated 

 spot on the elytra : the three spots at the base are connected, and there is be- 

 sides a slight submarginal spot near the middle. As in that species the 

 middle and posterior tarsi are very feebly dilated. 



25. Temnochila chlorodia. . 



26. Hister sexstriatus Lee. Found also at San Francisco. 



27. Hister remotus, oblongus niger nitidus, parum convexus, thorace 

 stria marginali a margine remota, subsinuata, disco intra striarn punctis paucis 

 notato, elytris striis internis duabus pone medium antice abbreviata, tertia 

 parum abbreviatis, tribus externis marginalique integris, epipleuris bistriatis, 

 tibiis anticis serrulatis. Long. *23. 



One specimen, Tejon. Belongs to div. 9 of my arrangement, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sc. 6, 38, although very distinct from all the others found in the United 

 States. It seems most nearly related to the European H. negleotus, and 

 with it belongs to Mr. de Marseul's 6th group. 



28. Hetaerius morsus, piceo-rufus oblongus, thorace punctato subnitido, 

 sulco obliquo utrinque insculpto, partibus lateralibus incrassatis valde elevatis 

 planis, opacis dense puberulis, lateribus ante medium angulatis, ante basin 

 profunde incisis ; elytris pube erecta parce vestitis, punctatis subnitidis, striis 

 externis tribus integris ; prosterno compresso, postice paulo dilatato, mesos- 

 terno piano. Long. '14. 



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