532 Coleopterolof/ical Notices, VI. 



85. T. piliicti|ieiiiii«« Lt-c— I'loc. Acail. Nat. Sci., IMiila., l-^dC), p. 



355 { Pristoscelis. ) 



Ohlong, rather narrow and depressed, highl}- i)olishod, deep 

 black, the legs piceous-black ; antenniv dark piceous, the second 

 joint slightly paler ; pubescence ratlier fine, moderately long, de- 

 cumbent, blackish and very sparse, slightly cinereous on the ver- 

 tical tlanks of the elytra toward base, the intermixed erect setai 

 very sparse or wanting, the marginal cilia of the prothorax and 

 elytra rather short and fimbriform, dark in color. Head small, 

 barely two-thirds as wide as the prothorax, finel3- and sparsely 

 punctate, the eyes well developed ; antennix? moderate, the penul- 

 timate joints transverse. Prothorax small, one-half wider than 

 long, arcuate at the sides toward base, gradually narrowed and 

 less rounded anteriorly, the apex truncate and about equal to the 

 base ; basal angles very obtuse, the apical greatly deflexed and 

 rounded ; disk smooth, feebly reticulate but not rugose toward 

 the sides, finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra three-fifths longer 

 than wide, nearly one-third wider than the jirothorax, parallel, 

 slightly inflated behind, with the sides arcuate becoming straight 

 near the base ; apex evenly and not broadly rounded ; disk sub- 

 explanate and with the edge serrulate at apex, rather fineh- but 

 distinctly and very sparsely punctate. Abdomen polished, very 

 coarsely and obsoletely reticulate, sparsely pubescent. Length 

 1.8 mm.; width 0.75 mm. 



California (Sta. Catalina Island). A small and very distinct 

 species, which seems to be most naturalh' associated witha?/ieseens, 

 in spite of the apparent absence of erect and bristling hairs. The 

 above description refers to the female. The allusion to " pube 

 cinerea " in the original description is very inexact, the hairs being 

 dark and indistinct. 



86. T. stricticolli*; n. sp. — Elongate, strongly convex, polished, hlaok 

 with an txtrenu'ly ft't'})lf aMieous lustre; legs pieeous-black ; antenniv hlaok, 

 the funiele pieco-ttstaceons towanl base; jmbeset-nce .sjwrse, not very long, 

 blackish and nearly erect, cinereous and suMecnnibent on the prothorax to^\ard 

 the sidi>s; marginal cilia coarse, blackish, moderate in length, regular and 

 fimbriforni. llmd two-thirds as wide as the prothorax, smooth, finely and 

 sjiarsely punctate, the impressions rather small, widely sejxirated but distinct: 

 epistoma moderate in length, in great i>art pale luteo-flavat*; lal)rum blackish, 

 very ]>ale toward tij). nearly .as long as wide and strongly rounded; mandibles 

 strongly arcuate; eyes rather large and prominent, not attaining the liase; an- 

 tenna; slightly longer than the iirothorax, feebly incnissate, the penultimate 



