Coleopterological Notices, VI. 663 



The male has a strong internal and subprominent dilatation of 

 the posterior tibia? just beyond the middle, the fifth ventral feebly 

 subtruncate, with the surface slightly more finely reticulate and 

 clothed with longer stiffer hairs toward the middle, and the geni- 

 tal segment, as usual, broadly sinuato-truncate. Sturmi is prob- 

 ably a somewhat local species and does not appear to be abundant. 



9. L.. iiitidulus Lee. — Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., N. Y., V., p. 153; Proc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1852, p. 96 (Anthicus). 



Moderateh' stout, polished, black throughout, the legs and base 

 of the antenna scarcel}' paler, picescent. Head small, wider than 

 long, broadly rounded behind from e3'e to eye, not impressed, the 

 temporal angles just traceable; e3'es rather large; surface finel}^, 

 rather closel}' and aspei'ately punctate ; antennse not quite one- 

 half as long as the body, incrassate, the tenth joint but slightly 

 longer than wide. Prothorax large and convex transversely and 

 longitudinall}^ ver^^ slightly narrower than the head, a little 

 longer than wide, the anterior lobe transverse and with its widest 

 point at its basal fourth ; posterior lobe with its sides straight and 

 just visibly divergent to the base; punctures fine and not dense. 

 Elytra long, twice as long as wide, twice as wide as the prothorax, 

 feebly dilated behind the middle, thence slightl^^ narrowed to the 

 npex, which is broadly, obtusely rounded ; scutellar impression 

 broad and distinct, the omoplates large and moderately promi- 

 nent ; transverse impression moderate ; punctures fine, sparse, 

 only slightly closer and more distinct toward base ; pubescence 

 sparse throughout, paler and coarser near the base but scarcely 

 ■denser. Length 2.75 mm.; width 0.85 mm. 



California. The male has feeblj^ marked sexual characters, as 

 in cursor and alacer. This description refers to the tj'pical 

 nitiduliis, but among my large series from various parts of the 

 State, it is easj' to distinguish a number of more or less well 

 marked varieties, some of them so marked that there can be but 

 little doubt that there are several closel}' allied species included ; 

 they all agree, however, in having the head comparatively small 

 and strongly, asperately punctate, and the anterior lobe of the 

 prothorax widest near its base. Most of them have the basal 

 parts of the elytra paler, the completely- black forms, which ma}' 

 be regarded as typical, being rather rare. One specimen is from 

 southwestern Utah. 



