660 Goleopterological Notices, VI. 



piceous; aiitenufe black, the fuuicle slightly paler toward base; pubescence 

 rather short and sparse, moderately' coarse, forming a broad even cinereous 

 fascia at basal and apical third, and a narrower fascia enveloping the apex; 

 intermediate dark fascise clothed witli finer blackish hairs; anterior pale baud 

 prolonged narrowly along the suture to the scutellum. Head two-thirds as 

 wide as the prothorax, finely, sparsely and unevenly punctate, rugose onh- to- 

 ward the eyes and base; impressions distinct, short and widely separated; 

 apical margins of the epistoma and labrum somewhat pale and subcoriaceous ; 

 eyes rather large and subprominent; anteunne very slender, the basal joint 

 stout as usual; two-fifths longer than the prothorax, scarcely visibly incrassate, 

 the tenth joint barely as long as wide, eleventh elongate-oval, pointed and 

 nearly as long as the two preceding. Prothorax short and strongly transverse, 

 fully two-thirds wider than long, widest and rather broadly rounded toward 

 base, the sides strongly convergent and almost straight in apical half; serrula- 

 tion rather coarse and strong; apical angles obtuse, the apex truncate; disk 

 finely and sparsely perforato-punctate, the interspaces wide, flat, polished and 

 sculptureless, coarsely scabrous only in lateral fifth or sixth. Elytra oblong, 

 scai'cely three-fifths longer than wide, distinctly wider than the prothorax, 

 feebly dilated behind basal third, with the sides feebly arcuate, broadly 

 ogival at apex, not very coarsely but strongly and quite sj^arsely punctate. 

 Length 2.4 mm.; width 0.9.5 mm. 



California (Truckee) ; Utali (Provo). 



Tlie type from tlie Sierras seems to be a female, and the Provo 

 specimen is quite similar. This is one of the more distinct and 

 isolated species of the genus, and may be readily known by the 

 evenly banded arrangement of the vestiture. 



25. L<. ruljripes n. sp. — Stout, ol)long-oval, convex, polished, black with 

 an aeneous lustre ; legs throughout bright rufous; antennse piceous-black, the 

 funicle distinctly paler toward base; pubescence short and sparse, not \evj 

 coarse, the pale ashy hairs arranged in three transverse fascia on the elytra, 

 the first extending from the base to rather beyond basal third and enclosing- 

 two subscutellar dark spots, the second narrow and near apical third, and the 

 third enveloping the apices; dark bands and spots clothed as usual with finer 

 dark hairs. Head nearly three-fourths as Avide as the prothorax, finely, 

 sparsely punctate, only feebly rugulose, the eyes moderately prominent but 

 well developed; labrum slightly pale at apex, the epistoma black; frontal im- 

 pressions distinct and A\idely separated; antenna; moderately stout and incras- 

 sate, with some sparse erect seta; toward tip, distinctly longer than the pro- 

 thorax, the tenth joint barely as long as wide. Prothorax transverse, fully 

 one-half wider than long, broadly rounded and parallel at the sides, narrowed 

 and with the sides straight toward apex, widest near basal two-fifths; disk 

 rather s]mrsely punctate, the interspaces flat and smooth, rugose in lateral 

 fifth; punctures only moderately deep. Elytra oblong, two-thirds longer 

 than wide, one-third wider than the prothorax, slightly wider at apical two- 

 fifths than at base, the sides feebly arcuate; apex broadly and obtuselj' rounded; 



