118 Coleopterological Notices. 



than wide, club rather slender, symtnetrical, ninth joint longer than wide, 

 longer than the tenth, the latter slightly transverse, eleventh nearly as long 

 as the two preceding together. Prothorax more than twice as wide as long, 

 distinctly, broadly lobed at the middle of the base, and finely but distinctly 

 beaded ; surface excessively minutely, sparsely punctate, polished toward 

 apex, very minutely strigilate in wavy transverse lines which are distinct 

 toward base and obsolete toward apex. Scutellum ogival, nearly as long as 

 wide. Elytra finely and very distinctly strigilate in transverse wavy lines 

 throughout, having rows of broadly crescentiform, feebly impressed punctures, 

 which are but s.lightly wider at the sides, where they are more approximate 

 laterally, and becoming obsolete near the base ; discal stria distinct, obsolete 

 at basal two-fifths. Abdomen coarsely, sparsely pubescent, shining, coarsely 

 reticulate. Legs moderate, the posterior femora not unusually robust ; tibiae 

 feebly dilated from base to apex, the apical truncation slightly oblique, very 

 sparsely setose, having an internal and external line of fine erect setiform 

 spines, the terminal spurs extremely unequal, the larger feebly contorted, as 

 long as the apical width of the tibia ; corresponding tarsi very slender, cylin- 

 drical, with the second joint nearly four times as long as the first, and longer 

 than the entire remainder, the under surface spongy-pubescent only in the 

 apical half. Length 1.4-1.7 mm. 



Texas (Galveston and Austin). 



The description is taken from the male ; the female has the poste- 

 rior tibiae nearly equal in width throu<;hout, and rather slender, the 

 terminal spurs smaller and more slender, but decidedly unequal, the 

 longer one being still as long as the apical width ; the tarsi are 

 more slender, with the second joint rather shorter and not spongiose 

 beneath. 



The metasternum is very minutely, sparsely punctate, very 

 sparsely pubescent, the process very wide, rather long, slightly and 

 abruptly dilated at the immediate apex, the mesosternum in front 

 of it transverse and very short, not distinctly tumid, the prosternal 

 process rather wide, the free apex very feebly, broadly arcuate, and 

 having but two short spinose setae — one at each angle. 



A. extricatlis n. sp. — Elongate, evenly elliptical, nearly twice as long 

 as wide, piceous above, dark rufo-testaceous throughout beneath ; elytra sub- 

 alutaceous. Head very strongly retractile ; antennae moderate, outer joints of 

 funicle slightly robust, club very distinctly increasing in width from base to 

 apex, ninth joint scarcely longer than the tenth, the eleventh as long as the 

 two preceding together. Prothorax but sliglitly more than twice as wide as long, 

 very broadly, strongly lobed in the middle of the base, the beaded margin dis- 

 tinct ; surface polished, very minutely, transversely strigilate in wavy lines 

 which are very distinct toward base and nearly obsolete toward apex. Scu- 

 tellum very small, ogival, slightly wider than long, the sides strongly arcuate. 



