302 California academy of sciences. 



T. laticeps n. sp. — Form slender; body rather dark piceous - brown 

 throughout; legs slightly paler; autenua?. piceous-black; integuments highly 

 polished; pubescence extremely fine end rather spars -■, closely recumbent. 

 Head distinctly wider than loug, broadly and squarely truncate at base; sides 

 behind the eyes parallel and slightly arcuate, basal angles slightly rounded; 

 front and occiput transversely, equally and moderately convex, excessively, 

 minutely and very spars ly punctate; eyes rather small, not at all prominent; 

 antenna' as loug as the head and pronotum together, first three joints de- 

 creasing uniformly and rather rapidly iu length, joints four to ten equal iu 

 length, the former slightly longer than wide, the latter slightly wider than 

 long, eleventh as long as the two preceding together, abruptly compressed 

 near the tip. Prothorax widest at about one-third its length from the apex 

 where it is scarcely perceptibly wider than the head and slightly wider than 

 long; sides strongly convergent and arcuate to the apex, and very feebly con- 

 vergent and rather strongly arcuate to the base; the latter broadly, evenly 

 and strongly arcuate, very slightly narrower than the disk and much wider 

 than the apex; disk rather strongly and transversely convex, extremely 

 fee! ly and transversely impressed iu the middle just before the base, ex- 

 tremely, minutely, evenly and rather sparsely punctate. Elytra at base 

 about one-fourth wider than the prothorax; sides nearly parallel, eveuly and 

 distinctly arcuate; together broadly truncate and trisiuuate at apex; disk 

 depressed, narrowly impressed on the suture toward the scutellum, quadrate, 

 nearly one-third longer than the pronotum, finely, nearly evenly and sparsely 

 punctate ; punctures larger thin those of the pronotum, feeble and sub- 

 asperate, forming very broken series, giving a slightly imbricated appearance 

 in certain positions. Abdomen at base slightly narrower than the elytra; 

 sides parallel and straight; first three segmeuts impressed at base, very 

 slightly more coarsely punctate in the impressed areas, elsewhere finely, 

 rather densely and asperately punctate; middle longitudinal carina) obsolete. 

 Legs moderate iu length, very slender; posterior tarsi very slender, first 

 joint distinctly longer than the next two together, nearly as long as the last 

 three. Length 1. "J mm. 



California (Paraiso Springs, Monterey Co., 1). 



The type is a female, the sixth ventral segment being 

 broadly and very evenly rounded behind. It is easily dis- 

 tinguished by its small size, pale color and very elongated 

 basal joint of the posterior tarsi. 



T. faceta n. sp— Very slender; body piceous-black, antennas same, two 

 basal joints paler; legs piceous, extremities of the femora aud tibia? paler, 

 tarsi testaceous; integuments polished; pubescence extremely fine, rather 

 dense but not conspicuous except on the abdomen where it is much coarser. 

 Head as long as wide; sides behind the eyes very moderately convergent and 



