512 Goleopterological Notices, VI. 



short cinereous hairs ; suture bordered narrowl}' with stiff inclined 

 cinereous hairs; scutellura sparsel}' clothed with short fine hrown 

 hairs. Head two-thirds as wide as the prothorax, convex, smooth, 

 fineh^ and sparsely punctate, the impressions small and very 

 feeble; antenna? well developed, about as long as the prothorax, 

 distinctly incrassate, the penultimate joints stronglj^ transverse. 

 Prothorax large, two-fifths wider than long, the sides just visibl}' 

 convergent and extremel}' feebly arcuate from base to apex, feeble- 

 serrulate, becoming slightly sinuate toward base, the angles dis- 

 tinct ; apical angles nearle^ right and very distinct ; disk minutel}', 

 sparsel}^ punctate throughout. Elytra at base exactly equal to 

 the base of the prothorax and closely applied throughout the 

 width, three-fifths longer than wide, the sides just visibly con- 

 vergent from the base ; apex rather strongl}- rounded ; punctures 

 fine but sparse and somewhat strong. Length 2.4-3.T5 mm. ; 

 width 1.1-1.1 mm. 



California (San Diego). An abundant species, represented in 

 m}^ cabinet b^' a large series exhibiting as usual great variability 

 in size. The description here given is taken from the male, and 

 the female is broader with a relativelj^ more transverse prothorax, 

 slightly smaller head and pai'allel ele^tra which are more broadly 

 rounded at apex. I cannot distinguish the original types of con- 

 formis from this species. 



56. T. variiis n. !<p. — Oblong, strongly convex, shining, black or with a 

 faint piceous tinge ; elytra! apices rufescent; legs, epistoma and labrum pale 

 ruf o-testaceous ; antenna testaceous, blackish toward apex; pubescence short, 

 dense, decunil)ent, pale luteo-cinereous, blackish and inconspicuous in a 

 broad pronotal vitta, and in a broad and well defined stripe on each 

 elytron not attaining the apex and nearer the suture than the exterior 

 margin; erect hairs, long, cinereous, scarcely evident toward the mid- 

 dle but dense and bristling laterally. Head nearly four-fifths as Avide as 

 the prothorax, finely, sparsely punctate, smooth, the impressions sub- 

 obsolete; einstoma transverse; labrum large, strongly rounded; eyes promi- 

 nent, moderate in size; antenna; rather slender, strongly serrate and setose 

 within, one-third longer than the prothorax, the tenth joint but little wider 

 than long and sul)triangular, fifth slightly dilated. Prothorax rather small, 

 not quite one-half wider than long, the sides feelily convergent from base to 

 apex and strongly, almost evenly arcuate; angles very obtuse and rounded; 

 apex narrower than the base, arcuate ; disk finely and sparsely punctate, pol- 

 ished, not at all rugose laterally. Elijtrn one-half longer than wide, at base 

 about one-third wider than the prothorax, the sides feebly con\ergent from 

 the base; apex obtuse; disk rather finely but strongly, not very densely punc- 



