724 y/srr xorth American coleoptera—linell. vol. xvm. 



broadly lobed at basal half, stioiiglj' convergent posteriorly; apices 

 separately rounded. Wings ample (in all three species). Propygidiuni 

 entirely exposed. Body short, in front narrowed more or less strongly. 

 Abdomen gibbous. Legs, and esi>ecially tarsi and claws, less elongate. 

 Posterior tibiic short and stout, with an oblique spinous ridge behind 

 middle on the exterior side, and lower edge serrate and spinous. 

 Tijpe. — (t. hopUivfornvis, new species. 



GYMNOPYGE HOPLI^EFORMIS, new species. 



Oval, strongly narrowed in front, brownish testaceous, head and 

 thorax piceous, hirsute with whitisli hairs, longer on ventral surftice; 

 long, appressed, white hairs on sides of abdomen and propygidinm. 

 Antenute 9 jointed, ferruginous; club black. Head rngosely punc- 

 tate; clypeus short, separated by a straight impressed suture; margin 

 strongly retiexed, truncate in front; side angles rounded. Thorax: 

 strongly convex, broader than long, emarginate at apex; sides obtusely 

 subangulate just behind the middle; hind angles very obtuse; base 

 arcuate; disk coarsely but not densely punctate, a long hair arising 

 from each puncture. Scutellum broad, rounded, punctate. Elytra 

 rugosely punctate and hairy; sutural stria somewhat distinct and 

 traces of three or four more striie on the disk. Propygidium finely 

 punctate, densely covered with long appressed white hairs; pygidium 

 convex, shining, sparsely punctate at base, smooth at apex. Ventral 

 surface sparsely and finely punctate. Metasternum at sides more 

 coarsely punctate. Front tibia^, with upper tooth obsolete; hind til)i;e 

 very stout, asperately punctate and coarsely serrate on the inferior 

 margin; tarsi short, claws moderately long. 



Length, 5 to 6 mm. Numerous examples collected by Mr. D. W. 

 Ooquillett in Mohave Desert, Kern County and Los Angeles County, 

 California, An individual from San Diego is entirely black, but does 

 not differ otherwise. 



Type.—^o. 563, U.S.KM. 



GYMNOPYGE PYGM.(EA, new species. 



Elongate oval, sparsely hirsute, narrowed in front, pale ferruginous. 

 Antenna! club black. Head piceous, thorax infuscate. Antenna' 

 8-jointed; claws of posterior tarsi short; anterior tibije distinctly tri- 

 dentate. Elytra sparsely, irregularly subseriately punctate. 



Length, 5 mm. Two examples, southwestern Utah. (From Charles 

 Palm, of New York.) 



Types.— ^o. 504, U.8.N.M. 



GYMNOPYGE COQUILLETTI, new species. 



Oval, hirsute, narrowed in front, pale ferruginous. Antennal club 

 and head piceous, tarsi slightly infuscate. Differs from G. hoplkvformis 

 in larger size, more elongate form, head cribrate with indistinct clypeal 



