562 Goleopierological Notices, VI. 



tnre toward liase feehly (iiiasi-denuded in two rounded .spots on each ely- 

 tron. Head nearly four-tifths as wide as the prothorax, flat, densely punc- 

 tato-rugose, the impressions feeble and separated by a large impuuctate spot; 

 eyes rather large and only moderately prominent; antennse somewhat stout, 

 of the iisnal length, the tenth joint slightly wider than long and feebly ob- 

 trapezoidal. Prothorax feebly transverse, but slightly more than one-third 

 wider than long, widest and somewhat obtusely angiilate at basal third, the 

 sides thence moderately convergent and straight to the apex; disk densely 

 punctato-rugose and opa(|ue. Elytra two-thirds longer than wide, fully two- 

 lifths wider than the prothoi-ax, parallel and straight at the sides, the ai)ex 

 very broadly and obtusely ogival and narrowly dehiscent as usual, the sutural 

 angles right and not blunt; base truncate, the hiimeri slightly tumid and 

 rather broadly rounded. Length 1.9 mm.; width 0.7 mm. 



Nevada (Reno). 



The two males, which are the sole representatives of this dis- 

 tinct and diminutive species, have the fifth ventral truncate at 

 apex, the disk feebly flattened posteriori}', the white hairs there 

 becoming slightly more erect and directed obliquely toward the 

 median line. It resembles luteipes somewhat, but is still smaller 

 and differs conspicuously in the very dense and opaque sculpture 

 of the pronotum under low power. 



28. Ir. balteellllS n. sp. — Narrow, parallel, convex, the elytra polished 

 and with a feeble seneous lustre, black, the legs red with the tibiae toward 

 base and tarsi sometimes picescent; antennte black, the funicle paler toward 

 base; pubescence rather sparse, that in basal half of the elytra rather long and 

 coarse, cinereous and with only feeble traces of small brown spots, that in the 

 even transverse fascia at apical third apparently a little shorter, denser and 

 more decumbent, the apex with scattered pale hairs; dark bauds clothed with 

 blackish hairs. Head three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, tinely, densely 

 punctate, tlie impressions broad and feeble; eyes rather large, moderately 

 prominent; antennte somewhat short and stout, moderately incrassate, with 

 erect bristling set* toward tip, the tenth joint scarcely as long as wide. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, three-fifths wider than long, the sides evenly and feebly 

 arcuate and anteriorly convergent throughout, widest at basal third; apex 

 arcuate, the angles extremely obtuse and indefinite; disk densely, deeply and 

 poh'gonallj' punctato-scabrous and dull. Elytra two-thirds longer than w ide, 

 only very slightly wider than the prothorax, parallel and nearly straight at 

 the sides, the apex obtusely parabolic ; base transversely truncate, the humeri 

 right and naiTowly rounded; punctures moderately coarse and close-set, finer 

 and less dense towai'd apex. Length 1.9-2.3 mm. ; width 0.6-0.8 mm. 



California (San Diego). 



The description is taken from the male, the fifth ventral being 

 truncate at apex and unmodified on the disk. The female is 



