54() Coleopterological Notices, VI. 



disk deeply and rather closel}^ punctate, the interspaces polished 

 and nearl}' smooth, abruptly coarsely rugose in lateral fourth. 

 Elytra scarcely twice as long as wide, slightly wider than the pro- 

 thorax, parallel, parabolic in apical third, rather sparsely punc- 

 tate, the punctures not ver}^ strong and moderate in size. Legs 

 somewhat stout, black, picescent toward apex. Length 3.0-3.75 

 mm.; width L0-L3 mm. 



California. One of the largest species of the genus and readily 

 distinguishable b}^ its long pubescence. The description is drawn 

 from the female, for more advantageous comparison with others 

 represented by that sex alone. The male is, as usual, smaller and 

 narrower, with the head three-fourths as wide as the prothorax 

 and with slightl}' more prominent eyes, the fifth ventral unmodi- 

 fied on the disk and broadl}^ sinuato-truncate at apex, the genital 

 segment transversely oval, flat and completely" unmodified on the 

 disk but clothed with longer blacker and more erect hairs ; the 

 fifth ventral of the female is longer and slightly deflexed at the 

 apex. 



4. L.. nioiitaims n. sp. — Elongate-oval, strongly convex, polished with 

 a feeble viridi-a-neous lustre; pubescence long and rather dense, the elytra with 

 rounded and widely isolated denuded spots which are less evident toward 

 base. Head nearly three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, with the eyes some- 

 what prominent; punctiires moderate in size, close-set, the intersiiaces with 

 feeble scattered dents; frontal impressions feeble; antennse rather long, about 

 one-half longer than the prothorax, piceous-black, Avitb the second joint evi- 

 dently somewhat pale. Prothorax one- half wider than long, outlined as in inter- 

 ritptus, but with the sides more convergent anteriorly, the apex relatively not 

 quite so wide and the apical angles obtuse but scarcely at all rounded; disk 

 rather closely punctate, the interspaces with small indents, especially toward 

 base and apex, coarsely rugose laterally. Elytra nearly twice as long as wide, 

 distinctly wider than the prothorax, parallel, obtusely parabolic in apical 

 third, moderately coarsely, subrugosely and decidedly densely punctate. 

 Lens moderately slender, black, the tarsi picescent. Length 3.5-3.6 mm.; 

 width 1.2-1.25 mm. 



California (Dunsmuir, Siskiyou Co.). Mr. Wickham. 



The four specimens before me represent a species somewhat al- 

 lied to interruptus, but diflJ"ering in its larger size, longer, more 

 finely and densely punctate el3^tra, and in the sexual characters of 

 the male, the fifth ventral in that sex being broadly and very 

 feebly sinuato-truncate and completeh' unmodified on the disk, 

 with the vestiture closel}^ decumbent throughout. The descrip- 



