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NORTH AMERICAN MALACHIIDAE 
which is more often entirely lacking. Elytra nearly as shining as the prothorax, 
finely, sparsely punctate, the surface as usual a little uneven. Body beneath 
rufo-testaceous except the metastemum, and in the female the last ventral 
segment. Legs black, often more or le.ss pale at base. Length 3 to 3.5 mm. 
California. Type from Ft. Tejon. The series before me 
includes five males and five females from Pomona and Pasadena. 
A common species in Southern California. 
Tanaops ignitus new species 
Head and prothorax black, elytra red with black scutellar spot, sterna 
black, abdomen entirely red in the male, the last segment black in the female. 
Head about two-thirds as wide as the thorax in the male, somewhat narrow^er 
in the female. Antennae moderately serrate in the male, distinctly shorter 
and less stout than in abdominalis; in the female scarcely serrate and scarcely 
reaching the base of the thorax when the head is extended. Thorax varying 
from distinctly wider than long to about as wide as long, sides rather feebly 
curved. Legs black, with the trochanters more or less pale, the tibiae and 
tarsi sometimes brownish. Length 2.6 to 3 mm. 
California: Raymond, May, (Fenyes). Oregon: Huntington, 
(Wickham). 
In the typical series from Raymond, California, the thorax 
is entirely black. In the single Oregon specimen — a male — 
the sides and base are narrowly pale, and the pale areas through- 
out are yellow rather than red. This species is unique in its 
coloration. 
Tanaops antennatus new species 
Head black, epistoma pale; thorax red with median black stripe, elytra 
black with greenish luster, tips and suture to middle red; below reddish yellow, 
sides of metastemum black, fourth and fifth ventrals dusky; legs black, tro- 
chanters and base of front femora pale. Head ( cf ) three-fourths as wide as the 
thorax. Antennae serrate, the joints unusually elongate, joints seven to 
nine twice as long as wide, tenth more than twice as long as wide. Thorax 
evidently wider than long, slightly wider behind, sides moderately arcuate. 
Elytra not very shining, finely, rather closely punctulate and sparsely, mi- 
nutely sub-tuber culate; pale prostrate pubescence rather conspicuous. 
Length 2.8 mm. 
Southern California: A single male specimen from Mt. 
Lowe. 
The very elongate antennal joints constitute the chief dis- 
tinguishing character of this species. 
Tanaops longiceps LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1852, p. 165. 
Black, strongly shining, thorax with the sides broadly pale in the type, more 
often entirely black or with the hind angles alone pale. Elytra with the apex 
