NO. 2271. FIVE NEW SPECIES OF PTINID BEETLES.— FISHER. 297 



cept the second, which is about as wide as long; in the male joints 

 3 and 4 nearly equal and only slighter longer than 2 ; 5 and 6 sub- 

 equal, nearly twice as long as the fourth; 7 and 8 subequal, about 

 one and one-half times as long as 6, the eighth fully three times as 

 long as wide and about three-fourths the length of the ninth; the 

 ninth distinctly shorter than the seventh and eighth united and 

 fully five times as long as wide; ninth and tenth subequal; eleventh 

 a little longer than tenth. In the female joints 3 and 4 subequal, 

 about twice as long as wide; 5 to 8 subequal, three times as long as 

 wide; 9 to 11 subequal, tlie ninth distinctly shorter tliau the seventh 

 and eighth united. Prothorax as wide as the elytra, strongly trans- 

 verse; sides rather strongly arcuate and broadly margined, front 

 angles rounded, hind angles not defined ; surface quite densely granu- 

 late-punctate, disk Avith a moderately deep impression on each side 

 of the middle, about equal distance from median line and lateral 

 margin. Elytra parallel, about twice as long as wide, punctuation 

 nearly as dense but slightly finer than that of the prothorax. Meta- 

 sternum and abdomen finely and densely punctured. " Prosternum 

 short before the coxae. Middle coxae separated. Basal joint of 

 tarsi subequal in length to the next two united. Sixth ventral 

 strongly rounded and not at all emarginate at apex. Length 5.5 to 

 6 mm. 



Habitat. — Pacific Grove (type), and Point Lobos, California. 

 Described from 19 specimens recorded under Bureau of Entomology 

 number Hopk. U. S. 125795, collected October 5, 1914, by Mr. J. M. 

 Miller and reared from cones of Cwpressus maorocarpa; and under 

 Hopk. U. S. 13264e, material collected by Mr. Miller August 14, 

 1915, and reared from larvae feeding on scales and tissues of green 

 and dry cones of Gupressus macrocarfa. 



Type.— C^t. No. 21426, U.S.N.M. 



This species resembles Ernohius punctulafu,^ LeConte. but is 

 easily distinguished from that species as well as any other known 

 species in our faima by the ninth joint of the antennae being dis- 

 tinctly shorter than the two preceding joints united in both sexes. 

 The pubescence is also denser and more golden than in that species. 



ERNOBIUS CALIFORNICUS, new species. 



Rather elongate, uniform brown in both sexes, shining, clothed 

 with moderately long, recumbent yellow pubescence, not nearly so 

 long and dense as in conicola. Head granulate-punctuate ; eyes mod- 

 erately large, the width of the front between them about two times 

 their vertical diameter in the male, and about two and one-half 

 times their vertical diameter in the female. Antennae 11-jointed, 

 half the length of the body in the male, a little shorter in the female ; 

 in the male joints 2, 6, and 7 subequal, nearly twice as long as wide; 



