Coleopterological Notices, V. 379 



the punctures and peculiar vestiture abruptly and completely disappearing 

 near all the edges ; elytra and abdomen minutely sparsely and indistinctly 

 punctulate ; pubescence of the head and elytra stiff and rather long, distinct 

 although not very dense, of the abdomen longer, the pronotum with a series 

 of three or four long erect setae along the lateral edges. Head rather longer 

 than wide, at the eyes almost imperceptibly wider than the prothorax ; sides 

 subparallel ; base transverse ; angles rounded ; neck two-fifths as wide as the 

 perocular width, the eyes large, at their own length from the base ; antennae 

 short, scarcely longer than the head and prothorax, the two basal joints equal 

 in length, the first slightly thicker, second elongate, as long as the next 

 two, third obconical, longer than wide, four to ten mutually almost perfectly 

 similar, scarcely at all increasing in width, distinctly obtrapezoidal, one-half 

 wider than long, eleventh conoidal, as long as the two preceding. Prothorax 

 as long as wide, widest at apical third, where the sides are strongly rounded 

 and somewhat prominent, thence rapidly oblique to the neck and distinctly 

 convergent, broadly, feebly sinuate to the base ; apical angles strongly de- 

 flexed, rounded ; basal also deflexed, slightly obtuse but not at all rounded ; 

 base very feebly arcuate ; disk perfectly even, without trace of impression. 

 Elytra quadrate, about as long as wide, not quite twice as wide as the protho- 

 rax and about two-fifths longer ; sides subparallel and straight ; humeri very 

 broadly exposed and transverse at base ; disk feebly convex. Abdomen short 

 and broad, scarcely as long as the anterior parts, narrower than the elytra 

 but much wider than the prothorax ; sides parallel, slightly convergent at 

 the fifth segment, which is but slightly longer than the fourth ; first three 

 impressed and polished at base. Legs slender, the posterior tarsi slender ; 

 fully three-fourths as long as the tibiae, with the basal joint rather longer 

 than the next two. Length 1.75 mm. ; width 0.4 mm. 



California (Los Angeles Co.). Mr. H. C. Fall. 



This is one of the most interesting aleocharinides which has 

 been discovered on the Pacific slope, although quite insignificant in 

 point of size. 



Oligotides. 

 Antennae 10-jointed ; tarsi 4-4-4-joiuted. 



SOMATIUM Woll. 



The following species differs from the European Jiavicoy^ne in its 

 more convex surface, much sparser pubescence and coarser, more 

 uneven imbricate sculpture of the elytra. 



S. nugator n. sp. — Oval, convex, polished, black, the legs dark brown- 

 ish-rufous ; antenuffi still paler throughout ; head almost impunctate, remain- 

 der of the upper surface very minutely, sparsely punctate, the elytra and 

 abdomen very coarsely imbricate, the latter becoming smooth toward tip ; 



