442 ' Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



as long as the first and twice as long as the third. Prothorax very nearly as 

 long as wide, the sides subparallel and just visibly arcuate in basal two-thirds, 

 then convergent and rather strongly constricted, the apex somewhat strongly 

 arcuate, three-fouFths as wide as the base ; disk very coarsely, deeply punc- 

 tate, the punctures even but closely crowded and polygonal, without trace of 

 any kind of median line. Elytra three-fifths wider than tlie prothorax, two 

 and two-fifths times longer, only slightly longer than wide, the sides becoming 

 straight and nearly parallel in basal half; liumeri riglit, narrowly rounded, 

 broadly exposed at base ; disk with series of rather coarse punctures ; inter- 

 vals three, five, seven, eight and nine more or less strongly and uninter- 

 ruptedly carinate. Abdomen coarsely deeply and densely punctate. Legs not 

 very robust, the femora with a single fine tooth ; claws feebly divergent acutely 

 toothed internally near the base. Length 4.3 mm. ; width 2.3 mm. 



California. Mr. Harford. 



Somewhat resembles fissunguis in form, but differs in the alter- 

 nately broadly carinate elytral intervals and the long bristling erect 

 seta3, as well as in the structure of the claws. The precise locality 

 is unknown, but is in all probability southern, as Conotrachelus does 

 not appear to enter the true Pacific coast fauna. 



C. rotundUS n. sp. — Robust, oval, convex, black, the legs rufescent ; 

 vestiture of the pronotum sparse, of the elytra rather dense and consisting of 

 very short robust subrecumbent squamules, smaller even and ochreous on the 

 alternate intervals, whiter broader and submaculate on the others, the upper 

 surface throughout with stout erect clavate bristles, rather sparsely but evenly 

 distributed and moderate in length. Head finely, very densely punctate ; eyes 

 remote ; front and basal parts of the beak densely squamulose ; beak rather 

 thick, evenly arcuate, fully as long as the head and prothorax, deeply, longi- 

 tudinally sulcate ; antennae inserted near apical third, rather stout, the second 

 funicular joint scarcely as long as the first. Prothorax small, two-fifths wider 

 than long, the sides feebly convergent from the base and rather strongly 

 arcuate, more strongly convergent near the apex but not distinctly con- 

 stricted ; apex broadly arcuate and about three-fourtlis as wide as the base ; 

 disk with extremely coarse uneven and densely crowded fovese, tlie surface 

 rough but evenly convex and without median line. Elytra abruptly four- 

 fifths wider than tlie prothorax, not quite three times as long, not longer than 

 wide, the sides parallel and nearly straight to the middle, then convergent 

 and rounded feebly sinuate before the apex ; disk with broadly, deeply im- 

 pressed series of moderately large deep punctures, the intervals nearly equal 

 throughout and broadly, evenly convex, not in the least carinate at any point. 

 Abdomen rather coarsely, densely punctate. Legs not very stout, the femora 

 eacli with a single rather small but distinct tooth ; tarsal claws rather diver- 

 gent, bent downward near the base and with a long straight internal tooth 

 near the base, widely diverging from the claw and almost eqitalling it in 

 length. Length 3.0 mm. ; width 1.9 mm. 



