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and easily distinguished by the sides of the thorax being much 

 less rounded. The tarsi are not dilated in the specimen, which is 

 a female. 



NOTIBIUS Lec. 



391. IV. opacus. Longiusculus, ater opacus, capite antice rnfescento, 

 confertim punctato, postice rugoso, thorace latitudine paulo breviore, 

 postice subangustato, lateribus rotundatis marginatis, disco parum con- 

 vexo, confertissime aciculato-punctato ; elytris ovalibns modice con- 

 vexis, thorace latioribus, fortius marginatis, humeris liaud rotundatis, 

 striis punctatis, paulo inipressis, interstitiis subconvexis punctulatis ; 

 antennis pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis, tibiis anticis vix dilatatis. Long. 

 •12. 



Cape San Lucas, Lower California ; collected by Mf. Xantus. 

 Two specimens are before me ; the anterior tibiae are alike in 

 both, and are straight and scarcely dilated ; the other characters 

 are those of the genus, and as the other species do not accord in 

 the form of body, and front tibiae among themselves, I regard the 

 distinction as merely specific. 



The last three joints of the antennas in Notibius are somewhat 

 suddenly wider than the preceding joints. 



EUEABIS Esch. 



392. Eu. gross a. Subdepressa, atra opaca, capite thoraceque dense 

 confluenter punctatis, hoc latitudine paulo breviore, lateribus fortiter 

 rotundatis, basi apice paulo latiore, late rotundata, angulis posticis 

 obtusis baud rotundatis ; elytris ovalibus tliorace latioribus, basi trun- 

 c"atis et marginatis, humeris acute prominulis, sutura costisque utrinque 

 8 subtilibus elevatis, interstitiis confertim subtiliter punctatis, et uni- 

 seriatim fortiter punctatis ; subtus fortiter, pedibus subtiliter punctatis 

 Long. -47 — -55. 



Island of San Clemente, California; Dr. J. G. Cooper: speci- 

 mens also given me by Mr. Ulke, without definite locality. Con- 

 spicuous by its large size. 



POEYPLEUBITS Sol. 



393. P. llitidtlS. Elongatus, niger nitidus, capite elongato angusto, 

 subtiliter punctulato, thorace latitudine baud breviore, ante medium 

 angustato, subtiliter punctulato, lateribus rotundatis, basi marginata 

 late bisinuata, angulis posticis rectis ; elytris thorace baud latioribus, 



