Goleopterological Notices, VI- 581 



The single type before me is undoubtedly a male, and the fifth 

 ventral is broadh' truncate at apex. This distinct species recalls 

 some of the small anobiides in general outline ; it probably in- 

 habits the southern parts of the State. 



13. D. seminudus Lee— Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1866, p. 360. 



Oblong, rather stout, feebh' convex, the integuments smooth 

 and highly polished, black, the legs rufo-ferruginous ; antennae 

 blackish, pale toward base, the first joint darker ; pubescence 

 rather short, even, moderateh' dense, without trace of intermingled 

 erect hairs, cinereous on the elytra at the basal margin and thence 

 posteriorly along the suture to the broad submedian fascia, the 

 apex also cinereous. Head rather small, transverse, two-thirds as 

 wide as the prothorax, finel}' and moderately closely punctate, the 

 the e3'es prominent ; epistoma abruptly depressed along the apex, 

 the labrum very transverse ; mandibles in great part pale ; an- 

 tenna^ long and slender. Prothorax nearl}- three-fourths wider 

 than long, the sides subparallel, strongly and almost evenl}' arcu- 

 ate ; basal angles very obtuse but not obliterated ; marginal fringe 

 dense, even and distinct ; disk finely and somewhat closely punc- 

 tate, a wide lateral area rugose and abruptl}' delimited but with- 

 out an impressed line. Elytra short, scarcely one-half longer 

 than wide, barel}' one-third wider than the jiTi'othorax, subparallel 

 and straight at the sides, the apex broadly rounded ; disk finely 

 and rather sparsely punctate, more stronglj^ so toward base. 

 Length 2.7 mm.; width 1.15 mm. 



California. The example above described has the fifth ventral 

 broadly truncate at apex. The legs in this specimen are pale, but 

 in the tj^pes of LeConte they are said to be '' nigro-piceis." The 

 transverse and clearly limited bands of pale pubescence on the 

 elytra render this one of the most distinct species of the genus. 



14. D, lineellus n. sp. — Rather stout, strongly convex, oblong-oval, 

 black, the legs black; antennae and palpi black, the former slightly piceous 

 toward base excepting the first joint; pubescence pale luteo-cinereous, coarse, 

 rather long, extremely dense and closely decumbent, without trace of erect 

 hairs, the elytra each with four fine longitudinal dark lines of Idackish pubes- 

 cence, the lines somewhat irregular, the second from the suture approaching 

 the humeri toward base and broadly united with the fourth before the apex, 

 the third short and lying midway between them. Head nearly three-fourths 

 as wide as the prothorax, rather strongly and closely pvinctate, the epistoma 

 rather long with a short imle coriaceous margin; lal»runi Ijroadly arcuato-truu- 



