3T0 Coleojyterological Notices. 



disk widest at less than one-third the length from the apex, moderately densely 

 fimbriate at the sides with very coarse erect bristles, which are shorter than 

 those of the apices, rather coarsely and sparsely punctate. Elytra evenly 

 elliptical, twice as long as wide, rather more than twice as wide as the pro- 

 thorax, tlie costse very strongly elevated ; intervals each witli two rows of 

 extremely coarse, perforate punctures. Abdomen rather finely, sparsely punc- 

 tured. Length 3.8-4.4 mm. 



Texas (El Paso) ; Arizona (Tucson). 



Allied to sulcicollis but differing in the vestiture of the antennae 

 which, in that species, is much longer, more slender and conspicu- 

 ous, also in the characters given in the table. The prothorax is 

 much larger than in sulcicollis, although still distinctly smaller 

 than the head, and the absence of a median groove will readily 



distinguish it. 



ASIDA Latr. 



A. anglistllla n. sp. — Slender, convex, dark castaneous throughout; 

 sides subparallel ; upper surface very sparsely covered with short, very fine, 

 erect hairs ; legs densely clothed with short, stifi'er and less erect hairs which 

 are more conspicuous on the tibiae and tarsi ; anterior tibiae with the exterior 

 angle acute and prominent. Head moderate, coarsely and rather densely 

 punctate ; antennae short but very slender, not longer than the prothorax, not 

 incrassate but with the tenth joint triangular and abruptly much wider thau 

 the ninth, fully as long as wide, eleventh as usual very small. Prothorax 

 about two-fifths wider than long ; sides parallel and rather strongly arcuate, 

 very feebly sinuate near the basal angles which are acute and slightly promi- 

 nent posteriorly, the l)ase transversely truncate between them ; apex broadly, 

 rather strongly emarginate in circular arc ; disk widest at the middle, more 

 longitudinally convex in basal half thence declivous and transversely convex 

 in middle two-thirds to the apex, transversely feebly impressed near the base ; 

 sides rather feebly and not very widely refiexed throughout ; surface rather 

 coarsely, deeply and densely punctate, the punctures rounded, perforate and 

 not at all muricate. Elytra more than tliree tim(;s as long as the prothorax 

 and, in the middle, scarcely one-third wider ; sides parallel and feebly arcuate ; 

 humeri obtuse and not prominent ; apex rather abruptly declivous ; lateral 

 margins fine but distinct, terminating abruptly near the apex ; disk strongly, 

 evenly, transversely convex throughout, finely, very sparsely and irregularly 

 punctate, each puncture having immediately before it a fine but very strong, 

 perfectly erect, obtusely-pointed tubercle ; discal costfe completely wanting. 

 Legs short but slender, the pubescence pale ferruginous yellow and conspicu- 

 ous. Length 14.0-15.0 mm. ; width 6.0-6.5 mm. 



California (exact locality unknown). Mr. G. W. Dunn. 

 This species can be compared only with muricatula Lee, but 

 differs in its much more slender form, in the shorter and sparser 



