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V. decipiens Lee. — Form moderately elongate and depressed, color reddish 

 brown, tliorax paler, head darker ; antennae pale reddish brown, nearly as long 

 as the head and thorax, joints 4-10 as wide as long ; head quadrate oval, opaque, 

 alutaceous, an oval smooth space at middle; sides coarsely, not closely punctate; 

 beneath much more finely punctate than above, sub-mentum black, opaque ; thorax 

 as wide as the head, longer than wide, distinctly narrowed posteriorly ; sides feebly 

 sinuate, median smooth space more convex, without row of punctures each side; 

 sides not closely punctate, the punctures finer than on the head ; elytra wider, 

 very little longer than the thorax, a little longer than wide ; surface opaque, punc- 

 tuation not very distinct, not dense, pubescence fine ; abdomen more shining than 

 the elytra, punctuation coarser and less close ; beneath more finely punctured than 

 above ; legs brownish testaceous. Length .18 — .20 inch ; 4.5 — 5 mm. 



Ma/e — Anterior tarsi moderately dilated ; last ventral segment with a small 

 triangiilar emargination with a pellucid border. 



Female. — Anterior tarsi slightly dilated ; last ventral entire. 



This species is easily known by its small size and color. 



Occurs on the California sea-coast at San Diego. 



C opaciis Lee. —Form elongate, depressed, color ferruginous, elytra darker; 

 antennae slender, longer than the head and thorax, joints 3-11 nearly equal in 

 length, twice as long as wide, color pale reddish brown : head quadrate oval, wider 

 behind, longer in the male, reddish brown, sometimes piceous in front, opaque, 

 median smnotli space indistinct, rather densely punctate and alutaceous; beneath 

 moic sparsely punctured than above, more shining, sub-mentum shining; thorax 

 not wider than the head, longer than wide, slightly narrowed behind ; sides feebly 

 sinuate, median smooth space more convex ; sides moderately closely punctate 

 and sub-opaque ; elytra wider, very little longer than the thorax, longer than wide 

 conjointly, sub-opaque, densely punctulate and finely pubescent; abdomen more 

 shining, less closely and more coarsely punctured than the elytra; beneath punc- 

 tured as above. Length .26 — .34 inch; 6.5 — 8.5 mm. 



Mule. — Anterior tarsi broadly dilated ; last ventral v.'ith a triangular emargina- 

 tion. the inner border pellucid. 



Femule. — Anterior tarsi nearly as wide as in the male ; last ventral entire. 



The color of thin species is somewhat variable from rufo-ferruginous 

 to l)rown. It is the only one in our fauna with the antenn;>i longer than 

 the head and thorax. 



C)ccur8 on the California sea-coast. 



Additions and Notes. 



The folldwing species was received too late to be inserted in its proper 

 place : 



I*. inver.Sll.tii u. sp.— Form moderately elongate, piceous, very sparsely pu- 

 bescent, thorax, elytra and legs rufo-testaceous ; antennae as long as the head and 

 thorax, brownisii, two basal joints testaceous, joints 4-10 quadrate, or slightly 

 transverse; head j)ieeous, oval, a few coarse punctures behind the eyes; thorax 

 nut wider tli:iii the bi'ad. oval, longer than wide, sides parallel, scarcely sinuate 



