Goleopterological Notices, VI. 613 



•sides strongl}' arcuate ; disk rather finely but strongly, sparsely punctate, more 

 densely so and somewhat scabrous toward the sides. Elytra short, not quite as 

 long as wide, equal in width to the prothorax, broadly rounded behind, the 

 asperities moderate in size, feeble toward base, closer and stronger toward 

 apex. Length 5.5 mm. ; width 3.4 mm. 



California (San Francisco). 



In ciliatus the prothorax is less strongly narrowed from base 

 io apex, not more than twice as wide as its maximum length and 

 is scarcel}' more than twice as wide as the head, and the elytra 

 are much more densely asperate. The proportions of the typical 

 ciliatus are 6.5 by 3.8 ram. I have carefully collected large colo- 

 nies of ciliatus, and believe that there are scA^eral forms which 

 are at least racial or A'arietal, some localities yielding specimens 

 of a very much larger average size than others, with differences 

 in color, relative size of the head, sculpture and other minor fea- 

 tures. 



ElJSATTrS Lee. 



The following species is allied to dubius Lee, differing in its 

 smaller size and dull integuments : — 



Ell. nanus n. sp. — Oblong-oval, stronglj' convex, dull, the pronotum 

 more shining and simply alutaceous, deep black, the antennae, labrum, troplii 

 and tarsi dark rufous, subglabrous, each puncture bearing a very small de- 

 cumbent hair more noticeable near the sides of the pronotum, the hypomera 

 with long projecting hairs near the edges. Read one-half as wide as the pro- 

 thorax, strongly but not very densely punctate, the occiput impunctate; epi- 

 stoma moderately sinuate in the middle, the margin abruptly reflexed; antennae 

 slender. Prothorax twice as wide as long, the apex deeply emarginate and 

 three-fifths as wide as the base, the latter deeply bisinuate, with the angles 

 posteriorly acute and prominent; apicjil angles advanced and narrowly rounded; 

 sides evenly and rather strongly rounded ; basal margin with a fringe of very 

 short yellowish hairs; disk finely and sparsely punctate, narrowly reflexo-ex- 

 planate at the sides, the punctures vei-y minute and feeble toward the middle. 

 Elytra quite distinctly longer than wide, slightly more than twice as long as 

 the prothorax and barely as Avide, subovate, the sides arcuate; apex broadly 

 rounded, the apical margin feebly subexplanate ; disk slightly uneven, finely 

 sparsely and submuricately punctured. Epiplciirse narrow throughout, glab- 

 rous, sparsely wrinkled, deeply impressed near the apex, the outer margin de- 

 scending. Ahdomen finely granulato-reticulate, convex, alutaceous, very finely 

 feebly and sparsely punctulate, each puncture bearing a small decumbent hair; 

 legs s^jarsely and coarsely sculptured, the femora sparsely and coarsely pubes- 

 cent. Length 6.0-8.0 mm. ; width 3.4-4.8 mm. 



California (Kern Co.). 



