Goleopterological Notices, VI. 819 



This genus has some relationship also with Phj'raatinus, but dif- 

 fers in its transverse frontal impression and shorter second ven- 

 tral segment. The single species known at present may be de- 

 scribed as follows : — 



^. abriiptiis n. sp. — Oval, convex, black, the antennse not paler; tarsi 

 dark rufous; integuments extremely densely clothed to the tip of the beak 

 with rounded, uniformly dark red-brown and strongly strigose overlapi>ing 

 scales, a longitudinal line at each side of the prothorax in basal half white. 

 Head moderately large, barelj' one-half as wide as the prothorax ; eyes sepa- 

 rated by scarcely more than twice their own width, the scales immedi- 

 ately bordering them above whitish; ti'ansverse impression somewhat feeble; 

 beak more than one-half longer than wide and nearlj^ as long as the prothorax, 

 moderately stout, ver}' strongly and rather abruptly dilated at apex, flattened 

 but not distinctly carinate above, very obsoletely and longitirdinally sulcata 

 near the sides, the scrobes flexed downward, rapidly becoming shallow and 

 disappearing at scarcely more than one-half the distance to the eyes ; antennae 

 moderately elongate, rather stout, the sca^je extending to about anterior third 

 of the eyes, stout, somewhat claviform and densely squamose, funicle coarsely 

 setose and with shorter denser bairs, the two ])asal joints more elongate, sev- 

 enth longer and much thicker than the sixth, not quite as long as wide, club 

 elongate-oval, moderately stout, longer than the two preceding joints com- 

 bined and gradually, acutely pointed. Prothorax not qirite as long as wide, 

 the sides subparallel, broadly and obtusely subangulate just before the mid- 

 dle, thence nearly straight to base and apex, the base wider than the apex with 

 the margin slightly prominent at the sides; apex truncate, the ocular lobes 

 large, strongly rounded, almost attaining the eyes and with an extremely 

 short coarse loose fringe; disk rather coansely and indefinitely rugose, finely 

 impressed along the median line except toward base. Scutellum very small 

 but entering the disk of the elytra, flat, deeply depressed, acutely angulate and 

 longer than wide. Elytra stout, two-fifths longer than wide, two and one-half 

 times as long as the prothorax and not quite twice as wide, the sides rounded, 

 gradually more convergent posteriori}', the apex acutely rounded; interval* 

 alternately flat and perfectly evenly paved with scales without trace of setae or 

 punctures, the convex intervals having large, elongate, decumbent strigose and 

 darker scales in addition; serial punctures not very large or close-set, each en- 

 closing a large scale; suture ratlier more prominent behind, the declivity dis- 

 tinctly inflexed throughout in profile. Abdomen flat, densely clothed with a, 

 mixture of rounded and elongate strigose scales of various shades of gray and 

 brown, the elongate scales becoming longer, more erect, stout hairs toward 

 apex. Met-episterna not defined by a visible suture. Legs rather short and 

 stout, the hind tibiae bent outward distally; third tarsal joint strongly bi- 

 lobed. Length 7.5 mm. ; width 3.5 mm. 



California. 



The head, beak and pronotum have, in addition to the scaly 



Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., VIII, Nov., 1895.— 55 



