526 Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



densely punctured and liispid, divided from the beak by a feeble, shining 

 and iinpunctate impression, the beak rather slender, strongly, evenly arcuate, 

 not quite as long as the prothorax, densely and coarsely, rugosely sculptured ; 

 antenufe nearly normal but with the basal joint of the club composing fully 

 one-half of the mass, the second funicular joint one-half longer than the third, 

 the set?e robust. Prothorax one-third wider than long, the sides subparallel 

 and nearly straight in basal three-fourths, then strongly rounded and conver- 

 gent to the apex which is slightly constricted ; base transverse, the median 

 lobe rather small but prominent ; disk without trace of impunctate line, but 

 very narrowly and vaguely subcarinate along the middle, the sculpture un- 

 even and excessively dense, consisting of closely crowded, rather coarse, very 

 deep punctures, about one-half as wide as the scutellum, the latter small, 

 moderately transverse, opaque. Elytra a little longer than wide, nearly four- 

 fifths longer than the prothorax, and, at the base, rather abruptly and quite 

 distinctly wider than the latter, the humeri but feebly tumid ; outline thence 

 around the apex hemi-elliptical ; di?k with moderately fine, not very deep but 

 abrupt striae, the intervals wide, fiat, alternating from two to three times as 

 wide as the strise, finely and feebly, not very densely but unevenly and con- 

 fusedly punctate and strongly shining. Abdomen densely punctured toward 

 the sides and base, but sparsely so toward the middle of segments two to four. 

 Prosternum perfectly flat behind the transverse apical constriction, and very 

 widely separating the coxae. Length 3.3 mm. ; width 1.6 mm. 



California (Santa Monica). Mr. Jiilich. 



A remarkably distinct species, to be known at once by the 

 coarsely, extremely densely sculptured and subopaque pronotum, 

 head and beak, and rather shining-, finely but unevenly punctured 

 elytra, also by the strongly depressed body and coarse erect and 

 robust seta\ The antennal club resembles that of Baris in form 

 but is densely pubescent throughout. The unique type is a male. 



4 OnycIlObaris niillepora n. sp. — Oblong, feebly rhomboidal, con- 

 vex, lather dull in lustre and grayish-black throughout, tlie setae small but 

 abundant and very distinct. Head rather strongly punctured but only near 

 the anterior margin, separated from the beak by an extremely feeble trans- 

 versely imjiunctate and polished impiession ; beak rather robust, tapering 

 from base to apex, strongly, evenly arcuate and not quite as long as the pro- 

 thorax ; antennae moderate, the second funicular joint unusually long, not 

 quite twice as long as wide but subequal to the next two ; club normal, with 

 its second joint three-fourths as long as the first. Prothorax very large, just 

 visibly wider than long; sides feebly convergent and nearly straight to apical 

 fourth, then strongly arcuate and convergent to the apex, the latter not dis- 

 tinctly constricted ; base transverse, the median lobe large and well developed, 

 rounded ; disk with very narrow, short and ill-defined impunctate line near 

 the centre ; punctures very small but deep, rounded and in rather close con- 

 tact throughout, about one-fourth as wide as the scutellum. Elytra but just 



