156 [September, 



San Jose, California, near water, abundant. Reddish testaceous, finely pubes- 

 cent. Head one half longer than wide, sides almost parallel; last joint of the 

 palpi very distinct; antennae as long as the head and thorax; in the female with 

 the joints 3 6 subequal slightly rounded, 7 10 gradually larger, rounded, not 

 transverse, 11th larger obtuse ; in the male the 4th joint is twice as thick as the 

 3d and globular ; the 5th narrow, the 6th triangular, strongly produced internally 

 at the apex, 7 11 as in the female. Thorax a little wider than the head, one 

 half longer than wide, gradually slightly narrowed in front, transversely im- 

 pressed at the base. Elytra twice as wide as the thorax and forming an angle 

 with it, elongate elliptical, convex, impunctured, foveate at the base. Legs 

 slender, thighs subclavate. 



^. S. Zimmermani, testaceo-rufus, pubescens, thorace elongato, sub-cor- 

 dato, elytris elongato-ovutis, punctatis, convexis, antennis articulis tribus ulti- 

 mis abrupte maioribus. Long. -06. 



Schaum, Anal. Entom. 26. 



One specimen, Habersham Co., Georgia ; a slender yellowish red species, 

 easily known by its slightly cordate elongate thorax and strongly punctured 

 elytra. 



The following species is unknown to me, and the description does not permit it 

 to be referred with probability to any particular group. It is perhaps allied to 

 S. subpunctatus Lee. 



S. californicus," piceus nitidus, subpubescens, capite triangulari, ver- 

 tice excavato, thorace quadrato, lateribus subsinuatis, basi subimpresso, utrin- 

 que foveolato, elytris rufo-testaceis, apice subtruncatis, ore antennis pedibusque 

 testaceis. Long, f lin." 



Motschulsky. Bull. Mosc. 1845, 1, 48. 



California. 



Brathinus Lee. 



Palpi maxillares filiformes, articulo ultimo longiore ; labrum antice membra- 

 neum, late emarginatum ; mandibulEe apice acuminatae ; antennfe elongatae fili- 

 formes ; tarsi posteriores articulis gradatim, brevioribus, indistinctis. 



A remarkable apterous and glabrous genus, which except in the presence of 

 eyes and in the form of the head and thorax bears a strong resemblance to Lep- 

 todirus, (Schmidt.) 



The head is oval, strongly constricted behind, with the eyes moderately pro- 

 minent; the front between the antennae is concave ; the vertex marked with two 

 impressed lines converging behind ; the labrum is transverse, hairy, apparently 

 membranous anteriorly and broadly emarginate ; the mandibles are acute at the 

 apex; the ligula is emarginate, the labial palpi moderately short, three-jointed, 

 the last joint a little longer ; the mentum is transverse, scarcely trapezoidal ; the 

 head behind the mentum is deeply channeled, and bilobate. The maxillary palpi 

 are long and slender ; the first joint is small, the second long, slightly conical, the 

 third one half as long as the second, cylindrical ; the fourth a little longer than the 

 second, very slightly fusiform, almost acute at the tip. Antennae inserted under 

 the margin of the front, two thirds as long as the body, almost filiform, first three 

 joints shining, the others opaque ; 2nd joint a little shorter than the 3rd, which 

 is equal to the fourth and following ones. Mesosternum entirely simple ; legs 

 very long and slender, thighs not at all clavate ; tibial spurs obsolete, tarsi short, 

 the four first joints of the anterior and intermediate tarsi distinct, short, almost 

 equal, the first a little longer ; the four first joints of the posterior feet gradually 

 shorter, very indistinct, the fourth so closely united to the third and so short as 

 to be scarcely visible. Thorax ovate, convex, not wider and scarcely larger 

 than the head, narrowed behind, truncate at base and apex. Elytra not connate, 

 ovate, large, convex, gradually dilated from the base for two thirds their length, 

 then broadly rounded to the apex. 



