30 THOS. L. CASEY. 



E\\EARTIIRO\. 



E. califOl'UiCUm n. sp. Male. — Form elongated, nearly cylindrical, 

 sides parallel. J'ube.scence excessively short, erect, rather sparse, evenly 

 distrihuted ; pale piceo-Uavate in color. Head moderate, trapezoidal, dis- 

 tinctly wider than long ; clypeus strongly retlexed anteriorly and distinctly 

 eraarginate ; interocular surface impunctate, having in the middle a small 

 feeble tuberculation ; eyes small, very prominent, more convex posteriorly ; 

 antennae as long as the width of prothorax, pale piceo-fiavate, first joint 

 robust, oval, second slightly smaller, third much narrower and longer, nearly 

 as long as the next three together, club large, loose, joints of equal width, 

 increasing in length, last joint strongly flattened ; labrum small, very pale, 

 not emarginate. Prothorax very slightly longer than wide, much narrower 

 anteriorly than posteriorly, very slightly constricted behind ; sides evenly 

 arcuate ; base broadly and feebly arcuate ; anterior angles very broadly 

 rounded, posterior right; disk very convex, prolonged anteriorly in a very 

 thin process, more than three times as wide as long, which is strongly and 

 roundly emarginate anteriorly, giving the appearance of two short rounded 

 teeth ; entire pronotum minutely, distinctly, closely, and very evenly punc- 

 tate. J?cutellum small, wider than long, triangular. Elytra at base very 

 slightly narrower than the prothorax ; humeral angles well developed ; sides 

 parallel and feebly arcuate ; together three-fourths longer than the pronotum, 

 very evenly rounded behind ; disk very convex, uniformly, feebly, closely, 

 and rather confusedly rugulose. Legs short and robust. Body above and 

 below uniformly of a very dark blackish-castaneous ; legs, gula, npper sur- 

 face of head pale reddish-testaceous. 



Female. — Clypeus evenly rounded anteriorly, very feebly reflexed ; surface 

 of head feebly and very minutely punctulate, without the tubercle of the 

 male, and, in its place, a very feeble impression. Prothorax without the 

 anterior corniform prolongation, evenly arcuate anteriorly, distinctly longer 

 than wide. Elytra at base as wide or just perceptibly wider than the pro- 

 thorax. Otherwise nearly as in the male. Length l.U-l.S mm. 



Tliis species appears to be di-stinct from the Cis vituhts of Manner- 

 lieim. Tlie following is the descri[)tion of that species as given by 

 liini in the Bulletin of Moscow: — 



"O's vituhts: Oblongus, fusco-piceus, punctulatus, pube brevissima 

 ri,L'i*la adspersus, capite excavato, margine antico quadridentato, 

 tlioraee a[)ice cornubus duobus antrorsuni porrectis arniato, antennis 

 pedibustpie rufo-testaceis. 



" Long IJ lin., lat. f lin. California." 



It will be seen, if we analyze this very abbreviated diagnosis, that 

 the only characters which are of any positive value, differ very greatly 

 from the corresponding ones in the insect under consideration. 



The color of ^Mannerheim's species appears to be much paler, and 

 lie describes it as oblong, while coh'fornicum is decidedly elongated. 



