Goleopterological Notices, VI. 481 



te7'7ius, it may be known in addition b}- the black legs. A single 

 specimen. 



11. T. sparsus n. sp. — Elongate-oval, strongly convex, polished, black, 

 the upper surface with a scarcely perceptible metallic lustre; the legs and an- 

 tennaj throughout dark rufous ; pubescence somewhat loug and line, closely de- 

 cumbent, very sparse but cinereous and distinct. Head fully two-thirds as 

 wide as the prothorax, rather convex, jiolished, tinely, sparsely- punctate, the 

 anterior impressions large l)ut very feeble; epistoma at apex and labrum pale, 

 the latter broadly rounded; eyes moderately large and prominent; antennas 

 a little longer than the prothorax, the fifth and se^■enth joints very feebly 

 dilated, the tenth transverse. Prothorax three-fifths wider than long, the sides 

 feebly convergent from base to apex and feebly, evenly arcuate ; basal angles 

 l)roadly rounded, the apical obtuse and nearly as broadly rounded as the basal; 

 apex truncate in the middle; base very broadly areuato-truncate, slightly but 

 perceptibly ■s\-ider than the apex, disk finely, remotely punctate, not at all 

 scabrous at the sides, the interspaces smooth and polished. Elytra two-thirds 

 longer than wide, only very slightly wider than the prothorax, feebly inflated 

 behind basal fourth, the sides becoming slightly arcuate; apex very broadly 

 rounded; humeri tumid but not large; punctures very coarse, impressed and 

 simrse. Abdomen rather densely clothed with sliort fine pubescence, the legs 

 somewhat short. Length 3.2-3.4 mm.; width 1.25-1.4 mm. 



Colorado. 



The tj'pe is a female having the fifth ventral produced at the 

 middle of the apex in an acute and prominent cusp, the surface 

 feebly deflexed toward tip and ver^- slightly impressed in the 

 middle, with some long erect black setie toward the sides ; the 

 genital segment is large, broadly arcuate at apex, broadly im- 

 pressed and finel}', deeph' canaliculate along the middle. 



This species and the next, of the Rocky Mountain region, dif- 

 fer conspicuoush' in general type from the Californian species 

 which immediately precede. The side margins of the bod^' bear 

 a close and even fringe of moderately short seta?. In the present 

 species the elytral punctures become much finer and distinctly' 

 closer toward apex, and the pubescence becomes corresponding!}^ 

 a little less sparse. Two specimens. 



12. T. ciliatlis n. sp. — Subcylindrical, polished, black, the elytra rufo- 

 piceous, becoming darker toward base; legs bright rufo-ferruginous through- 

 out ; antennse pale testaceous, slightly piceous at the extreme apex ; pubescence 

 rather long, moderately coarse, very sparse, cinereous and distinct. Head 

 about two-thirds as wide as the prothorax, rather short, finely but strongly, 

 remotely punctate, polished throughout and not in the least scabrous ; anterior 

 impressions very feeble, seimrated at apex by a large convex impuuctate area ; 



