Goleopterologicol Notices, VI. 551 



The iinique example is a male and has the fifth ventral flat, 

 completely unmodified, with the usual sparse decumbent pubes- 

 cence, and with the apex broadly- truncate. The antennse are un- 

 usually long, and this is probably a specific character, as I have 

 not been able to note much variability in this organ due to sex. 



11. L.. pai'dalis u. sp. — Oblong-oval, convex, polished, lilack with a 

 feeble aeneous lustre; legs black, the antennse black or piceous-black, with the 

 second joint not distinctly paler, the basal joint large and deep black; pubes- 

 cence moderately short, coarse, ratlier sparse, arranged in a complex pattern 

 on the elytra, of which a narrow uneven fascia at apical third is particularly 

 noticeable. Head fully two-thirds as \\ide as the prothorax, the eyes rather 

 large but not very prominent; punctures somewhat fine and well separated, 

 the interspaces Hat and smooth toward the middle; frontal impressions broad 

 but distinct; antennae about one-fourth longer than the prothorax, somewhat 

 slender, the tenth joint as long as wide and scarcely asymmeti'ic. Prothorax 

 transverse, one-half wider than long, the sides feebly convergent and straight 

 in apical half to the broadly rounded angles, becoming parallel and feebly 

 arcuate posteriorly ; apex broadly arcuato-truncate, much wider than the peduu- 

 culiform part of the base, which is pronounced; disk strongly and closely per- 

 forato-punctate, the interspaces flat and smooth toward the middle, scabrous 

 and opaque in distinctlj' less than lateral fourth. Elytra nearly twice as long 

 as wide, scarcely wider than the prothorax toward base but feebly inflated in 

 apical half, very obtusely and subcircularly rounded behind ; punctures moder- 

 ately large and somewhat sparse. Lcf/s moderate, the hind tarsi long and 

 slender, almost as long as the tibia?. Length 3.25 mm. ; width 1.25 mm. 



California (Mountains of Sta. Cruz Co.). 



The single type is a female. In this species the pattern of 

 cinereous hairs on the elytra is better defined and with the pubes- 

 cence apparently more persistent than in those which precede, 

 and it is further remarkable in having the fringe at the sides of 

 the prothorax composed of hairs which are longer, stiffer and 

 darker than usual, and in the posterior inflation of the elytra. 



12. L.. senilis Lee. — Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci., Phila., VI, p. 170; 1. c, 

 1866, p. 358. 



Female rather stout and convex, the male more slender ; body 

 densel}' and uniforml}" clothed with moderately long, subdecum- 

 bent, coarse and dense cinereous hairs, the integuments black, 

 polished, the punctures of the head and pronotum densely and 

 polygonall}^ crowded and rugulose though shallow, of the elytra 

 coarse, deep and close-set ; legs and antenna? black throughout, 

 the latter slightly longer than the prothorax, with a distinct 



