080 Goleopterological Notices, VI. 



dilated behind tlie middle, thence feeblj' narrowed, Ihe apex rather broadly 

 roiinded ; humeri very broadly ronnded ; scutellar impression strong, the 

 humeral feeble; omoplates prominent; disk coarsely, deeply, rather spareely 

 punctate. Abdomen finely, closely pubescent, coarsel}' reticulate and extremely 

 minutely punctulate. Legs rather srhort and stout. Length 2.5 mm. ; width 

 0.75 mm. 



Washington State (Yakima.) Mr. Wickliam. 



The sexual characters of the single male before me are similar 

 to those of irifjritulus, but this species ma_y be readily distinguished 

 by the larger, longer elytra, impressed occiput and pronotum and 

 stronger, denser punctuation of the latter. 



7. v. desei'toruiii n. sp. — Narrow, subparallel and rather depressed, 

 polished, dark brownish -testaceous throughout, the puliescence coarse, sub- 

 erect and rather abundant, ^•ery remote on the head. Hmd subquadrate, 

 moderately convex, broadly arcuato-truncate at base, minutely and remotely 

 punctate throughout, the eyes rather small, much shorter than the temi^ora, 

 the latter parallel; antennai a little longer than the head and prothorax, some- 

 what thick, moderately incrassate, the penultimate joints quadrate. I'rol/iorax 

 scarcely as long as wide, rather Avider than the head, angulate and prominent 

 laterally at apical third, the sides thence broadly arcuate to the short but dis- 

 tinct collar, and broadly sinuate and convergent to the feebly tumid basal 

 margin; disk convex anteriorly, finely, rather closely punctate, the i)unctures 

 asperate toward apex. Kh/tra parallel and straight at the sides, broadly, ab- 

 ruptly obtuse at ai^ex, three-fourths longer than wide and scarcely two-thirds 

 wider than the prothorax; scutellar im])ression feeble; humeri widely expo.sed 

 at base; disk rather coarsely and densely i)unctate, feebly rugulose by anteriorly 

 oblique light. Abdomen feeblj' shining, i)ubescent, coarsely imbricato-reticu- 

 late, A'ery minutely, sj)arsely ])unctulate. Ler/!> moderate in length and some- 

 Avhat slender. Length 2.25 mm.; width ().(J5 mm. 



Arizona (Holbrook). Mr. Wickham. 



The modifications of the genital segment in the males of this 

 group are nearly similar to those of laetus , but the lobes are 

 shorter and mutually more distant. The present species is rep- 

 resented in my cabinet by two specimens, and the description is 

 drawn from the male. 



8. V. proiiiiiieii§n. sp. — Narrow, shining, pale brownish-testaceous, the 

 vestiture coarse, moderate in length, rather abundant and conspicuous, very 

 sparse on the head, the elytra with erect bristles seriately arranged. Head 

 quadrate, somewhat convex, minutely and verj- remotely punctate through- 

 out, the base arcuato-truncate ; eyes moderate, slightly shorter than the tem- 

 pora; antenna? distinctly longer than the head and ])rothorax, gradually and 

 rather strongly incrassate, the penultimate joints (juadrate. J'rothorttx barely 

 as long as wide, fully as wide as the head, prominent and angulate at the 

 sides at apical third, thence broadly, semi-circularly rounded at apex with the 



