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and subequal to the fifth. Anterior thighs very stout, armed with one 

 long and two shorter acute teeth; middle and posterior thighs unidentatc, 

 front tibiae strongly curved; front claws with a long tooth, which is parallel 

 to and nearly as long as the claw ; middle and hind claws toothed as 

 usual. 



Length, 2)- 2 mm. One example, San Jose del Cabo. Type in the 

 collection of the Cal. Academy. 



This species seems most closely allied to nebulosus, agreeing with it and 

 with no other so far as I have observed in the ungual peculiarity above 

 mentioned. 



I have more recently received several examples of this species from 

 Mr. Beyer, who took it at Santa Rosa and San Felipe, in the Cape region. 



Crypt or hynchm lucanus, n. sp. —Oblong, elongate, clothed widi 

 rather broad, pale yellowish-brown scales, which are suberect on the head 

 and beak, pronotum, legs and abdomen ; recumbent and mixed with 

 erect bristles on the elytra. Beak a little shorter than the prothorax, stout, 

 regularly arcuate. Antennae inserted near the middle, pale throughout, 

 scape reaching the eye ; first and second joints of funicle subequal, the 

 latter more slender and about equal to the two following ; club elongate, 

 oval, rather bluntly pointed, the first joint comprising less than one-half 

 its mass. Prothorax a little wider than long, feebly constricted at apex, 

 sides nearly parallel and slightly arcuate in basal half, not carinate ; 

 deeply, moderately, punctate, each puncture bearing a suberect scale, 

 which is inclined forward. Elytra parallel to, or a little beyond, the middle, 

 then gradually narrowed, apex obtusely rounded, surface concealed by 

 closely appressed scaly vestiture, which is nearly uniform in colour, 

 except for a common transverse fascia of paler scales at the summit of the 

 declivity, which extends to the fifth interval. Striae moderate, punctate, 

 each puncture bearing a small recumbent scale, each interval with a row 

 of erect setae. Under surface with coarse, well separated punctures, each 

 bearing a broad scale. Thighs all with a small acute tooth, tibia? feebly 

 sinuate at intervals, the outer margin not angulate near the knee. 



Length, 3-3^2 mm. Two examples, San Jose del Cabo. Type in 

 the collection of the California Academy. 



In one specimen the scales are as described in colour, in the other 

 much darker brown, rendering the transverse subapical pale fascia much 

 more prominent. Seems most nearly related to lutosus, but much smaller, 

 and with decidedly longer and more slender elytral setae. 



