548 Coleoj)te7'ological Notices, VI. 



sicles toward base, strongly narrowed to the ajiex which is hroadly arcuato- 

 truncate, fully as wide as the head and distinctlj* uarro\\er than the base; 

 angles very obtuse but onlj' slightly rounded ; disk strongly but rather sparsely 

 punctate, becoming rugose only in lateral sixth and with a subinipunctate 

 area in the middle toward base. Scutellum densely pubescent. Eli/tra four- 

 fifths longer than wide, scarcely wider than the prothorax, parallel, parabolic 

 in apical third or fourth, coarsely, deeply- and rather sparsely punctate. Legs 

 moderately long, the hind tarsi much shorter than the tibite. Length 3. 3 mm. ; 

 width 1.2 mm. 



California (San Francisco). Mr. Dunn. 



The single type is a female, having the fifth ventral rather long 

 with the surface feebly reflexed at apex, the latter bristling with 

 dense pubescence. The two basal joints of the hind tarsi are 

 subequal in length, but in another female, Avhich I took at Sau 

 Francisco, the basal joint is distinctly longer than the second, 

 and, as the prothorax is much less transverse, it probabh- repre- 

 sents a closely allied but distinct species. 



This species is distinguishable at once from mofschidsJcii, with 

 which alone it can be confounded, by its much shorter pubescence, 

 sparser and coarser punctures of the pronotum and other 

 characters. 



7. L,. deiisicollis n. sp. — Stout, oblong-oval, somewhat depressed above, 

 polished, black with a greenish -brassy lustre; legs and antennis black, the 

 second joint of the latter feebly picescent; pubescence short, sparse, cinereous, 

 not very persistent, denuded in large indefinite patches on the elytra. Head 

 three-fifths as wide as the prothorax, densely punctate, somewhat dull, the in- 

 terspaces polished though feebly rugose; frontal impressions distinct; eyes 

 modei'ate and at a consideral)le distance from the base; antennaj only very 

 little longer than the prothorax, the tenth joint one-half wider than long. 

 Prothorax one-half wider than long, widest at basal third, where the sides are 

 rather broadly and evenly rounded, thence strongly convergent and feebly 

 arcuate to the apex, the latter truncate and scarcely narrower than the pedun- 

 culate base; apical angles \ery obtuse and rounded; lateral serrules strong; 

 disk somewhat finely but deeply and closelj" perforato-punctate, the intervals 

 fiat and feebly, sparsely punctulate, only slightly wider than the punctures; 

 rugose area occupying rather more than lateral fourth. Elijfra o])long, two- 

 thirds longer than wide, fully one-third wider than the prothorax, parallel, 

 parabolic in apical third; humeri tumid and prominent; punctures rather 

 coarse deep and sparse. Abdomen alutaceous, rather strongly but finely reticu- 

 late and punctulate, the legs moderately long, the hind tarsi much shorter 

 than the tibiai with the basal joint but slightly longer than the second. 

 Length 3.2-3.8 mm. ; width 1.2-1.4 mm. 



California (Napa Co.). 



