658 Coleopterological Notices^ VI. 



Eyes small ; body testaceous, the elytra dark except in basal third or fourth ; 



antennse shorter 13. Ti vidu S 



Elytra not appreciably impressed, parallel; body pale testaceous throughout, 



the elytra abruptly dark in apical three-fifths 14. Mpartitus 



S — Elytra distinctly impressed near the scutellum, the omoplates prominent. 

 Elytra parallel almost to the apex, abruptly and obtusely rounded behind. 

 Rufo-testaceous, the elytra piceous; prothorax large; head flattened an- 

 teriorly 15. turgidicollis 



Piceous throughout; prothorax small, the head convex... 16. subtilis 

 Elytra gradually rtarrowed behind from just behind the middle, narrowly 



rounded at apex 17. animatiis 



Elytra not distinctly impressed near the scutellum, nearly even, subparallel 

 toward base; prothorax not longer than wide; antennaj long. 



18. soliTagans 

 Group II. 



Pronotum with a strong tumid elevation near the base. 



Eeddish-testaceous, with the abdomen and posterior two-thirds of the elytra 

 blackish 19. gibltitliorax 



1. L.. pinalicilS n. sp. — Eather slender, the elytra somewhat flat, rather 

 dull in lustre, rufo-piceous, the elytra black with a transverse flavate and ill- 

 defined fascia near the base ; antennse black, testaceous near the base; legs 

 pale. Head only feebly convex, scarcely as long as wide, broadly, evenly 

 arcuato-truncate at base, unimpressed, the eyes large, prominent, the tempora 

 short behind them, rounding into the base; surface finely, closely punctate 

 and feebly reticulate; antennae stout, incrassate, barely as long as the head and 

 prothorax, the tenth joint scarcely as long as wide, still broader in the female, 

 Prothorax large, very strongly convex, only slightly narrower than the head, 

 distinctly longer than wide, the anterior lobe large and subglobular, the pos- 

 terior rather short and parallel, the basal margin distinct; collar short; disk 

 finely evenly and rather closely punctate throughout, the pubescence fine and 

 short. Elytra fully three-fourths longer than wide, twice as wide as the pro- 

 thorax, just visibly wider behind the middle than at base, thence gradually 

 narrowed to the tip, which is somewhat narrowlj' subtruncate; disk finely 

 evenly and densely punctate, the punctures asperate toward base, broadly, very 

 feebly, transversely impressed near the base along the wide yellow fascia; 

 omoplates scarcely at all prominent; ashy pubescence short, rather dense and 

 conspicuous. Under surface finely, sparsely punctate and pubescent. Legs 

 moderate in length, the femora rather stout. Length 2.1-'2.6 mm.; width 

 0.65-0.7 mm. 



Arizona (Pinal Mts. — near the southern border). Mr. Wick- 

 ham. 



The male has the fifth ventral distinctly longer than the fourth, 

 narrowly truncate at tip and broadly, feebly impressed at the 

 center of the disk, the genital segment broadly, feebly sinuato- 

 truncate throughout its width. 



