Coleopterological Notices, V. 401 



the last joint slender and greatly elongate as usual. Cox£e all con- 

 tiguous. Mesosternum feebly carinate; metasternum long. Elytra 

 extending to the middle of the second ventral. Le^s short and 

 stout ; tibife sparsely spinulose, the anterior thick but abruptly 

 narrowed at base in the male ; tarsi short, the first four joints of 

 the posterior equal in length. 



A. prodlictifrons n. sp. — Black, finely, densely punctate tlirougliout, 

 the antennpe dusky ; legs pale flavo-testaceous ; integuments feebly shining, 

 the pubescence fine, short and abundant. Head with labrum acutely tri- 

 angular, longer than wide, evenly convex, just visibly and obliquely bi- 

 impressed beyond the eyes, the latter large, moderately convex ; epistomal 

 suture feebly indicated ; antennae scarcely as long as the head and prothorax, 

 gradually incrassate, outer joints barely as long as wide, eleventh conoidal, 

 about as long as the two preceding, second much longer and thicker than the 

 third, fourth shorter than the third. Prothorax transversely subquadrate, 

 two-fifths wider than long, nearly one-half wider than the head, sides sub- 

 parallel, very obtusely rounded at the middle, straight thence to the base and 

 apex ; base truncate, rather wider than the apex ; disk transversely, evenly 

 convex, impressed at each side, the margins thence to the base narrowly ex- 

 planate. Elytra as lung as wide, three-fourths longer and scarcely two-fifths 

 wider than the prothorax ; humeri very narrowly exposed, rounded ; sides 

 just perceptibly divergent, nearly straight ; apex truncate ; disk very broadly 

 and feebly impressed along the suture except at base. Abdomen less punctate, 

 much shorter than the elytra, rapidly acute at apex ; border strongly in- 

 clined. Length 2.1 mm. ; width 0.9 mm. 



California (Gilroy Springs, Sta. Clara Co.). 



The unique type appears to be a male, but the sixth ventral is 

 rather longer than the fifth, and is feebly subtruncate at apex. 



VELtlCA Casey. 



This genus, with Tilea, forms a group immediately distinguish- 

 able from the two preceding by the less basal eyes and absence of 

 the transverse dorsal constriction behind them. The complete 

 absence of any trace of ocelli is such an exceptional character, that 

 I have taken care to verify it in a number of specimens and under 

 the most favorable optical conditions. Otherwise Vellica is closely 

 allied to Tilea, differing in the small size of the body, narrower and 

 more convex form and non-explanate sides of the pronotura. 



