32 O. H. HORN, M. D. 



ate, Iiumeri distinrrt, surface moderately convex, sparsely punctured, puncture? 

 feebly seriately arranged becoming slightly niuricate and dense at the sides 

 and apex. Epipleurse entire. Thorax beneath densely variolato-punotate, 

 iiiesosternum coarsely and densely punctured, metasternum moderately long, 

 at middle very sparsely punctured, sides and parapleurte very densely punc- 

 tured. Abdomen sparsely punctured. Femora coarsely but sparsely punc- 

 tured. Length .26 inch; fi.5 mm. 



Th'us species superficially resembles Hdops convcxus, Lee., and does 

 not differ greatly in form from several species of Eurym,etopon,Q. g. 

 pvnctulatum and sodale. 



One specimen collected by Mr. E. P. Austin, in California. 



€RYPTAI>IIJS, Lee. 



At the time of the preparation of the revision of the TenebrtoniJae 

 of the United Stiites Crj/ptadi'm was unknown to me, the type hav- 

 ing been lost at sea while being sent for study to Jjacordaire. lle- 

 cently specimens have been collected at San Diego, California, by Mr. 

 G. li. Crutch, and I am enabled to present the following observa- 

 tions : — 



Head moderately deeply inserted ; epistoma subtruncate at middle 

 and slightly notched on each side; labrum moderately prominent; 

 eyes feebly transverse, coarsely granulated, .slightly notched in front 

 and with distinct supra-orbital ridge; mentum large hexagonal, feebly 

 emarginate in front; last joint of maxillary palpi elongate oval, nearly 

 twice the length of the preceding joint; antennae attaining the hind 

 margin of thorax, first joint stouter, second and fourth equal, third 

 longer, 8 — 11 slightly broader, the last joint oval at tip. Middle 

 coxae entirely enclosed without visible trochantius. Intercoxal pro- 

 cess narrow, rounded ut tip. Epipleurge moderate entire. Anterior 

 tibiic with the outer angle prolonged into a long obtuse process, sinu- 

 ate on its lower margin. Hind tarsi nearly as long as the tibiae, the 

 first joint longer than the two following combined. Scutellum very 

 small, between the elytra transverse. 



C. inflata8, Lee. Ann. Lye. v., p. 140. — Body black, feebly shining, form 

 broadly oval, robust, convex, apterous. Head coarsely, densely and deeply 

 punclurod. Thorax more than twice broader than long, moderately emargin- 

 ate in front, anteriorly narrow, sides feebly arcuate, and very narrowly mar- 

 gined, hind angles obtusely rounded, surface densely and moderately coarsely 

 punctured and opaque, punctures at the sides strigose. Elytra slightly broader 

 than the thorax, oval, slightly attenuate at apex, surface convex, moderately 

 densely sub-niuricately punctured and in the intervals very minutely aluta- 

 ceous. Body beneath more shining than above, piceous, very sparsely punc- 

 tured. Legs rufo-piceous. Length .26 inch ; 6.5 mm. 



From the above characters it will be seen that its place is with the 



