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apex, twice as wide ; sides nearly sti-aiglit, very strongly divergent ; humeral 

 width scarcely more than two-thirds of the subapical ; jnnicti;res rather 

 strong but sparse. Abdomen well exposed, as wide as the elytra and rather 

 longer, finely but not densely punctulate, the border moderate. Length 4.0 

 mm. ; width 1.5 mm. 



Colorado. 



The type appears to be a female, but the ventral apex is concealed 

 so that I cannot be entirely certain. The tarsi are aberrant, the 

 first three joints of the posterior more elongate than usual and de- 

 creasing uniformly, the third and fourth subequal, fifth distinctly 

 shorter than the first four together- — a variation in the direction of 

 Anthophagus. This species is altogether distinct from any other 

 in its small size, small eyes, almost obsolete ocelli; small elytra 

 and many other characters. 



G« temporalis n. sp. — Moderately broad and depressed, polished, black 

 throughout; legs, palpi and antennse black ; pubescence rather tine, sparse, 

 of the usual length, shorter and much more abundant on the abdomen. Head 

 distinctly narrower than the prothorax, tbe eyes large and strongly convex ; 

 tempora unusually strongly rounded but much less prominent than the eyes ; 

 vertexal impression distinct, the oblique grooves rather distant; epistoinal 

 ■ depression large and strong; last joint of the maxillary palpi very much 

 shorter and narrower than the third ; antennae filiform, rather more than one- 

 half as long as the body, the outer joints strongly obconical, three times as 

 long as wide, eleventh two-fifths longer than the tenth. Prothorax very 

 slightly wider than long, widest at apical third where the sides are very 

 evenly, strongly rounded to the apex, moderately convergent and feebly 

 sinuate in -basal three-fifths; base truncate, a little wider than the apex; 

 disk strongly, rather closely, evenly punctate, with the usual median ante- 

 basal impression. Elijtra about as long as wide, twice as long as the prothorax 

 and four-fifths wider ; sides feebly divergent from the transversely exposed 

 .humeri, the humeral width fully four-fifths of tlie subapical ; disk very feebly, 

 broadly impressed on the suture toward base as usual, strongly and somewhat 

 closely punctate. Abdamen with about four and one-half exposed segments, a 

 little shorter than the elytra and equally wide ; border wide ; stomata distinct. 

 Legs rather short and somewhat stout ; tibiae gradually enlarged and more 

 densely pubescent from base to apex; tarsi short, normal. Length 5.7-5.9 

 mm. ; width 1.75 mm. 



California (Sonoma Co.). 



The description is drawn from the male, which has the sixth ven- 

 tral feebly sinuato-truncate at apex and the anterior tarsi strongly 

 dilated. The female differs extremely little in general appearance, 

 having the prothorax relatively smaller but identical in shape. 

 Three specimens. 



