Coleopterological Notices. 14i) 



L,. Obsctirus Lee. — Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, p. 116. — Evenly 

 oval, strongly I'onnded behind, widest near the middle, conv^ex, shining ; 

 pubescence sparse, fine, subrecumbent, short and moderately robust ; color 

 black throughout. Head finely, longitudinally rugulose, the rugae rather 

 feeble and confusedly interlacing, the intervals minutely granulose and finely 

 punctate ; supra-orbital carinse very feeble, depressed below the general surface 

 of the front. Prothorat much more than twice as wide as long ; sides very 

 feebly arcuate ; apex nearly three-fourths as wide as the base, the latter 

 broadly and moderately sinuate at each side of the median lobe, the latter 

 moderately prominent ; surface minutely reticulate, feebly so in the middle, 

 strongly so and almost granulose laterally, rather distinctly and sparsely 

 punctate. Scutellum of the usual form. Eljtra with the sides evenly, feebly 

 arcuate and perfectly coarctate with the sides of the prothorax ; sculpture 

 nearly as in montanus, each puncture surrounded by a series of distinct reticu- 

 lations, shining ; punctures small, not deeply impressed, sej^arated by more 

 than twice their own widths. Prosternum sparsely punctate, the median 

 groove wide, deep and approaching the apical margin to within one-sixth or 

 one-seventh the entire length ; episterna clearly limited within throughout, 

 approaching the apex to within one-half their own length, not visibly ijunc- 

 tate ; hypomera nearly fiat, finely reticulate and alutaceous throughout, very 

 finely and sparsely punctate. Abdomen finely reticulate, finely and sparsely 

 punctate, the fifth segment impressed and densely pubescent near the apex. 

 Length 2.1 mm. 



New York. Cab. LeConte. 



Greatly resembles montanus in outline and sculpture, but differ- 

 ing in its coarser punctuation, longer and coarser pubescence, and 

 very much longer and wider prosternal groove. It cannot be 

 classed at all with atei% with which it was united by LeConte, 

 differing in size, form, sculpture, punctuation and pubescence to a 

 very marked degree. 



L.. californicus Lee— Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., 1879, V, p. 515.— Ellip- 

 tical, nearly twice as long as wide, strongly rounded at apex, widest at tlie 

 middle, black, rather strongly shining. Head very deeply and rather coarsely 

 punctate, the punctures completely coalescent longitudinally, forming deep 

 and almost regular rugse. Prothorax nearly two and one-half times as wide as 

 long ; sides convergent from base to apex and nearly straight ; median basal 

 lobe strong, truncate ; disk finely granulato-reticulate, strongly so and aluta- 

 ceous near the sides, very feebly so and polished toward the middle ; punctures 

 fine and sparse throughout ; median impression feeble, only visible in the 

 basal half. Scutellum nearly two-thirds longer than wide, flat, pointed ; sides 

 and base feebly arcuate. Elytra nearly four times as long as the prothorax, 

 and, at basal third, nearly one-third wider, polished ; reticulations almost 

 obsolete throughout ; punctures impressed, moderate in size, distinct, sepa- 

 rated by fully twice their own widths. Prosternum finely, very sparsely 



