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NORTH AMERICAN MALACHIIDAE 
Microlipus productus new species 
Form elongate, parallel in the male, elytra gradually a little widened pos- 
teriorly in the female; aeneo-piceous, mouth and sides of front below the an- 
tennae, the basal two joints of the latter in part, the prothorax except for a 
variablj’- developed dorsal cloud, elytral tips, coxae, trochanters, and hind 
margins of ventral segments, rufo-testaceous; tibiae and tarsi piceo-testaceous 
in some examples, scarcely paler in others. Head (cf) slightly wider than the 
prothorax, front with a moderately deep, transverse impression, surface very 
finely alutaceous and sparsely, minutely punctate. Antennae (cf) as long 
as the entire body or very nearly so, joints four to eleven four to five times as 
long as wide, the intermediate ones dilated apically and forming a well marked 
subacute apical angle, giving a subserrate appearance. In the female the 
antennae are scarcely two-thirds as long as the body, the intermediate joints 
more gradually dilated apically, with obtuse angles. Prothorax as long as 
wide, just perceptibly narrowed posteriorly, surface more distinctly alutaceous 
than the head, punctuation similarly fine and sparse, color in great part yellow 
(entirely so in the single female at hand), the dorsal stripe small and imperfect, 
attaining neither base nor apex. Elytra slightly wider at base than the pro- 
thorax, very little dilated apically in the male, and but little more so in the 
female; surface finely subrugulose, finely, indistinctly punctate, tips narrowly 
rufous in both sexes. Body beneath and legs as usual in the genus. Length 
3.5 to 3.8 mm. 
Southern California. Described from five males and four 
females taken in the mountains above Claremont, (Baker), at 
Pasadena and Sierra Madre, (Fenyes), and on Mt. Wilson, June 
14, by myself. The type is a Claremont male. 
Microlipus franciscanus new species 
Form slender, nearly parallel in the male, the elytra gradually widened to 
apex in the female. Head and prothorax distinctly alutaceous and feebly 
shining, greenish black, elytra aeneo-piceous and dull in the male, greenish 
black and distinctly shining in the female. Prothorax with very narrow testa- 
ceous side margins, which are usually slightly widened at the base angles and 
continued very narrowly around the basal edge. Mouth, under side of the 
basal four or five joints of the antennae, tips of elytra in both sexes, the coxae 
and trochanters (especially in the male), rufo-testaceous. Head across the 
eyes scarcely wider than the prothorax. Antennae not serrate, a little longer 
than half the body in the male, and less than half as long as the body in the 
female; joints five to ten from two to three times as long as wide, the outer ones 
gradually more slender. Prothorax barely as long as wide, feebly but per- 
ceptibly narrowed posteriorly. Elytra finely subrugulose and dull in the male, 
distinctly smoother and more shining in the female. Body beneath and legs 
as usual, the tibiae and tarsi more or less paler, rufo-piceous. Length 3 to 3.8 
mm. 
Middle California Coast region. 
