342 G. H. nORN, M. D. 



bracing the elytra at base and stronly carinate. Elytra cylinrlrical, feebly nar- 

 rowed behind obtusely rounded at apex, surface with striae of moderately coarse 

 punctures, intervals with a single row of finer punctures; color j)iceous, entire 

 limb, suture and scutellum rufous. Body beneath— thorax black entirely mar- 

 gined with rufous, pectus black, abdomen and legs rufous ; surface coarsely punc- 

 tured. Length .20 inch; 5 mm. 



Resembles very closely the figure given by Duval of A', alni^ of 

 Europe, but diifers in the sides of the thorax being gradually but 

 feebly rounded from tip of angles to apex and not sinuate. Specimens 

 of X. alni, are unknown to me and I am not able therefore to institute 

 more careful comparison. 



I have seen two specimens from California, one in my cabinet and 

 another in that of Mr. Ulke. 



CLERT7S, Geoffr. 

 C. (Thanasimus) repandus, n. sp. — Head black, densely punctured and 

 sparsely clothed with erect black hairs. Antennae black. Thorax scarcely 

 wider than the head, strongly constricted at base and with apical impression 

 deep; surface coarsely punctured sparsely clothed with greyish recumbent 

 and erect black hairs; color red or yellowish-red, margined at apex with black. 

 Elytra parallel, twice as long as wide, at basal two-fifths coarsely and deeply 

 j)unctured, apical three-fifths densely and finely punctured ; color and vesti- 

 ture — basal two-fifths red, similar in color to the thorax, sparsely clothed with 

 erect black hairs; apical three-fifths black, clothed with short black recum- 

 bent hairs and crossed at one-fourth from the apex by a narrow pale band the 

 anterior margin of which is simply arcuate, the posterior sinuate and densely 

 clothed with recumbent wliitish hairs. Body beneath red, legs black. Length 

 .-8— .30 inch; 7 — 9 mm. 



Closely allied to tri/asciatus, but differs in the black head and the 

 narrower pale band near the apex of the elytra. The line of union of 

 the red and black portions of the elytra, is trisinuous and with a nar- 

 row border of pale pubescence. The anterior margin of the hinder 

 pale band is nearly a true arc and not sinuate, the hinder mar- 

 gin is nearly parallel with the anterior but extends also slightly 

 along the suture. The sculpture and form resemble that of tri/asciatus. 



Occurs from northern California to Souora. 



HYDNOCERA, Newm. 

 H. albocincta, n. sp. — Pale brownish testaceous, subopaque, sparsely clothed 

 with silvery white semi-erect hairs. Head sparsely punctured ; antennae tes- 

 taceous. Thorax slightly longer than broad, truncate at apex and base, with 

 transverse impressed line behind apex; sides strongly rounded in front, rather 

 suddenly sinuate and narrowed to ba?e, Elytraentirclycovering the abdomen, 

 very coarsely and densely perforato-punctate, with narrow transverse white 

 band slightly behind the middle and a smaller spot near the suture intermedi- 

 ate between the median and a subhumeral band ; color pale brownish testaceous, 

 darker behind the median band. Body beneath similar in color to the up- 

 per surface, abdomen brown. Legs testaceous, tibiae brownish. Length .12 

 inch ; 3 mm. • 



