724 Goleopterological Notices, VI. 



49. A. militaris n. sp. — Moderately narrow, the elytra rather de- 

 pressed, shining, black, the legs, antennae and a lai'ge humeral spot on each 

 elytron rufo-testaceous; pubescence somewhat coarse, cinereous, moderately 

 short and sparse. Head rather large, quadrate, as long as wide, truncate at 

 base, the angles rounded; eyes small but prominent, the tempora long and 

 parallel behind them; punctures somewhat small but strong, close-set, the 

 median impunctate line uneven, obliterated toward base; antennae moderate 

 in length, rather distinctly incrassate, the tenth joint wider than long. Pro- 

 thorax very much narrower than the head, somewhat longer than wide, convex, 

 narrowly rounded but not at all angulate at apical fourth, the sides thence 

 oblique and subsinuate to the basal margin ; punctures fine but strong, mod- 

 erately dense. Elytra barely two-thirds longer than wide, twice as wide as the 

 prothorax, obtusely subtruncate at apex, the sides parallel and feebly arcuate; 

 humeri widely and transversely exposed at base; scutellar impression and 

 omoplates subobsolete; punctures rather small but deep and somewhat deiise, 

 very minute toward apex. Abdomen finely, sparsely punctate, the legs slen- 

 der, with the femora darker and more rufous than the tibiae and tarsi. Length 

 2.2 mm. ; width 0.7 mm. 



California (Tahichipi Pass). Mr. Wickham. 



The single specimen appears to be a female. This species is 

 quite isolated and cannot be compared with any other known to 

 me. 



50. A. bellullIS Lee. — Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., N. Y., Y, p. 156; Proc. 

 Acad., Phila., 1852, p. 101. 



Moderately stout and convex, alutaceous, pale rufo-testaceous, 

 the entire under side of the hind bod\', a broad median fascia on 

 the elj'tra and another narrow and frequently obsolete at the 

 apex, connected at the sides with the median fascia, black, the 

 basal margin of the elytra rarely blackish, and the head darker 

 than the prothorax; pubescence \Qvy short, even, moderately 

 dense. Head convex, quadrate, the e3'es small. Prothorax small, 

 distinctly narrower than the head, not as long as wide, rounded 

 anteriorl}', the sides thence oblique and broadl}' sinuate to the 

 basal margin; punctures verj^ fine and dense. Elj'tra two-thirds 

 longer than wide, distinctl}^ more than twice as wide as the pro- 

 thorax, obtusely' subtruncate at apex ; humeri widel}^ exposed at 

 base; punctures fine, deep and dense. Length 1.8-1.9 mm.; 

 width 0.65-0.7 mm. 



California (Lake Co. and San Diego), Nevada (Reno), Ari- 

 zona (Riverside) and Texas (San Antonio), A very widely dis- 

 tributed siDecies, easilj^ known by its small size, very short and 

 €ven pubescence, and sharply defined fascia of black, which is. 



