506 Coleopterological Notices, VI. 



47. T. fu!«cil»$ Lee— Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei., Phila.. YI, p. 169 (Dasytes); 

 1. c, 1866, p. 351 (Pristosceli.s). 



Oblong, very stout, convex, shining, black ; legs and antennae 

 rufous; pubescence cinereous, moderate in length and coarseness, 

 dense on the elvtra, sparser and finer on the pronotum ; erect setae 

 of the elytra pale; pronotum with a few blackish sette toward the 

 sides anteriorl}'; marginal cilia very long and blackish on the 

 prothorax, equallj- long but paler on the elytra. Head not quite 

 one-half as wide as the prothorax, smooth, minutely and sparsely 

 punctate; antennae moderate. Prothorax fully three-fourths 

 wider than long, the sides feebly convergent, evenly and distinctly 

 arcuate from base to apex; all the angles obtuse and broadly 

 rounded; base rather strongly arcuate toward the middle; disk 

 smooth and polished throughout, minutel}' and sparsel}' pnnctate. 

 Elytra two-fifths longer than wide, scarcely visibly wider than the 

 prothorax, parallel, evenly and broadl}" rounded at apex, finely 

 and somewhat closely punctate. Length 3.0-3.6 mm.; width 

 1. 4-1.7 mm. 



California (San Diego Co.). The above sketch refers to the 

 female, and the male, as remarked b}- LeConte, is quite different 

 in form, being less stout, with the head a little more than one- 

 half as wide as the prothorax, the latter scarcel3' more than one- 

 half wider than long though similar otherwise, except that the 

 pubescence is a little darker and less obvious in the median parts 

 of the disk, and that the elytra are relatively shorter, narrowed 

 feebly from the base and not at all wider than the prothorax ; in 

 the female the elytra are much more than twice as long as the 

 prothorax, while in the male they are quite as conspicuously less 

 than twice as long. The fifth ventral in the male is broadly and 

 feebly sinuate at apex but otherwise unmodified, and, in both 

 sexes, the pronotum is feebly indented in the middle near the 

 base. 



48. T. serielllis ii. sp. — Obloug-oval, rather stout and convex, black; 

 legs black with the tibiae and tarsi rufesceut; antennte dark riifo-piceous; 

 pubescence cinereous, moderately long and coarse, dense and intermingled with 

 erect pale seta; on the elytra, rather less dense on the pronotum; marginal 

 cilia of the prothorax rather short, dense and fimhriform, of the elytra longer 

 and less close-set, pale throughout. Head fully three-fourths as wide as the 

 prothorax, convex, smooth and polished throughout, minutely and sparsely 

 punctate; frontal impressions rather large and feeble; epistoma moderately 



