558 Goleojyterological Notices, VI. 



the median line. Head three-fourths as -wide as the prothorax, rather rugose 

 finely and somewhat sparsely punctate, deeply and broadly biimpressed an- 

 teriorly, the impressions but slightly sejmrated; epistoma ■with a wide pale 

 apical margin; eyes rather prominent; antennae distinctly longer than the 

 prothorax, somewhat stout toward apex, the tenth joint as long as mde 1)ut 

 unusually asymmetric, being more pointed and pubescent internally at apex. 

 Prothorax transverse, rather more than one-half wider than long, naiTOwly 

 rounded at basal third, thence strongly convergent and straight to the obtuse 

 apical angles, which are scarcely at all rounded from aljove; apex l)roadly, 

 rather strongly arcuate; disk somcAvhat finely and densely punctate, thejiunc- 

 tures unusually shallow and irregular, the narrow interspaces not rugose but 

 finely, sparsely and unevenly i^unctate, the lustre very dull, the lateral rugose 

 area not distinctly delimited. Elytra ol^loug, only slightly wider than the 

 prothorax, three-fourths longer than wide, parallel and straight at the sides, 

 parabolic at apex, with a short and narrow sutural notch : punctures rather 

 coarse and sparse. Ler/s moderately long and stout, the hind tarsi slightly 

 shorter than the tibire. Length 2.7-2.75 mm. ; width 0.9-1.0 mm. 



California (San Francisco). Mr. Dunn. 



A single pair of this species was sent to me some 3'ears ago, 

 and the description is drawn from the male, the female being al- 

 most similar but slightly stouter, with a distinctly' smaller head 

 and less prominent e3'es. The sexual characters are of the same 

 t3'pe as in difficilis, from which it can be known at once by the 

 confused pubescence and shallow opaque sculpture of the prono- 

 tum. A single female from southern California represents a spe- 

 cies closel3' allied to this, which it would serve no good purpose 

 to define at present. 



22. L.. variegatus n. sp. — Oblong-oval, moderately convex, highly pol- 

 ished throughout, black with a feeble violaceo-metallic lustre; legs black, 

 the tibiiE and tarsi piceo-rufous ; antenna- piceo-testaceous, the basal joint 

 black, second paler, outer joints gradually slightly blackish; pubescence mod- 

 erately long, fine, sparse, dark brown and quasi-denuded in a broad median 

 band and another more irregular near a^iical fourth, also in several subljasal 

 spots. Head only slightly narrower than the prothorax, the eyes rather small 

 and prominent; punctures fine and sparse, the anterior impressions broad, 

 moderate, separated at apex Ijy a large feebl}' elevated and nearly smooth 

 area ; apical margin of the epistoma not pale ; antennis slender, only vei-y feebly 

 incrassate, the tenth joint distinctly longer than wide. Prothorax barely two- 

 fifths wider than long, widest and broadly rounded at basal two-fifths, the 

 sides almost equally and feebly convergent and straight to Itase and apex, the 

 basal angles nearly right and not rounded, the apical obtuse and slightly 

 blunt; apex feebly arcuate; disk rather finely and sparsely perforato-punc- 

 tate, the interspaces wide, flat, and almost sculptureless though very obso- 

 letely and iruevenh' punctulate, becoming scabrous and dull in lateral fifth. 



