744 Goleopterological Notices, VI. 



2. A. al1)icans n. sp. — Stout and convex, ahitaceous, pale luteous- 

 white to pale brownish throughout ; pubescence rather dense, moderately long 

 and coarse, decumbent, cinereous and even, //fflrf triangular, as long as wide, 

 truncate and broadly, mediallj' impressed at base, the tempora very promi- 

 nent and narrowly rounded ; eyes moderately large, at less than their own 

 length from the base ; disk shining but covered somewhat closely with a mixt- 

 ure of small punctures and minute tubercles, which become very feeble ante- 

 riorly ; smooth median line gradually narrower posteriorly, scarcely extend- 

 ing to the base ; antennai scarcely one-half longer than the head, slender, fee- 

 bly incrassate, the penultimate joint rather wider than long. ProtJiorax 

 transversely traj)ezoidal, widest and more narrowly rounded near the apex, dis- 

 tinctly wider than the head and throughout nearly as in obesus, except that the 

 punctures are fine and strong and the intermingled tubercles generally smaller 

 and sparser. Elytra not quite one-half longer than wide, nearly one-half 

 wider than the prothorax, oval, slightly attenuate behind, the apex not very 

 broadly subtruncate ; sides strongly arcuate, more rounded at the humeri, the 

 latter very narrowly exposed at base ; punctures rather fine but strong aud 

 close-set. Abdomen finelj^ but strongly punctate, the punctures distinctly 

 separated; pubescence coarse, the legs stout. Length 3.0-3.2 mm.; width 

 1.25 mm. 



California ( sea-beaches of Los Angeles Co.). Mr. "Wickham. 



The male has sexual characters of the same type as in obesus, 

 except that the genital segment is pale in color and more coria- 

 ceous ; the copulatory sheath is not protruded in an}' of the types. 



This species is allied to obesus, but differs in its more feeble 

 sculpture of the head and prouotum, in its shorter and more 

 rounded elytra, smaller size, and very pale coloration, the integu- 

 ments being diaphanous. In both this and the preceding species 

 the elytra liave each a short canaliculation along the suture near 

 posterior third, which is common to both sexes. Four specimens. 



A female before me seems to represent a distinct species allied 

 to the above ; it is entirely' pale, with the sutural bead blackish 

 and the elytra longer, with the punctures larger, stronger and 

 more impressed. This specimen has a deep fovea-like impression 

 behind the left hind coxa, of which there is no trace on the right 

 side, but is not deformed in any other yvsiy. 



3. A. parviceps n. sp. — Moderately stout, very convex, feebly shining, 

 dark rufo-testaceous, the under parts of the liind body and the elytra in great 

 part suffused with blackish ; pubescence moderate in length, coarse, somewhat 

 dense, recumbent, cinereous and distinct, without trace of erect seta?. Head 

 very small, triangular, about as long as wide, feebly convex, closely covered 

 with fine punctures and small tubercles, the smooth median line wide ante- 

 riorly, becoming narrow toward base but entire; eyes moderataly large and 



