Goleopterological Notices, VI. 463 



middle tibi;e moderatel}' dilated, the anterior tibiit^ and tarsi un- 

 modified. The female has the head about one-half as wide as the 

 prothorax, the latter three-fourths wider than long and still quite 

 as wide as the el3'tra, with the sides rounded and convergent near 

 the apex, and the elytra somewhat more than one-half longer than 

 wide. The individuals vary greatly in size independenth'' of sex. 

 Six specimens. 



The epipleur?e are flat, horizontal, polished and glabrous, curv- 

 ing inward posteriorly and ending at the narrow apical trunca- 

 ture. 



3. Eu. iirsiiitlS n. sp. — Obloug, stout, strongly convex, iwlislied, intense 

 black throughout, ^vithout metallic lustre; legs and antenniB black ; vestiture 

 rather long, sparse, blackish, intermixed with numerous long erect black 

 setse, especially abundant on the elytra ; marginal cilia black, long but some- 

 what fimbriform. Head but slightly more than one-half as wide as the pro- 

 thorax, smooth, finely and sparsely jjunctate, the impressions moderate in size 

 and distinctness; epistoma rather short, dark; labrum strongly rounded, grad- 

 ually slightly pale toward tip; eyes large but not very prominent; antennaj 

 stout, one-third longer than the prothorax, distinctly incrassate toward tip, the 

 penultimate joints transverse, fifth scarcely dilated. Profhorn.r very nearly 

 twice as wide as long, the sides parallel and very feebly arcuate, slightly con- 

 vergent and more arcuate near the deflexed apical angles, which are but slightly 

 prominent anteriorly and somewhat broadly rounded, basal angles slightly ob- 

 tuse and distinct, not rounded; apex subequal to the base, truncate; base 

 broadly arcuate; disk strongly convex, finely, remotely punctate. Elytra 

 scarcely more than one-half longer than wide, equal in width to the prothorax, 

 parallel and straight at the sides, evenly and not broadly rounded at apex, the 

 sutural angles not very blunt; disk narrowly reflexed along the side margins, 

 rather coarsely and sparsely punctate, the interspaces polished. Abdomen 

 moderately densely clothed with short plumbeo-ciuereous pubescence. Length 

 3.0-3.2 mm.; width 1.4 mm. 



Southern California. 



This species may be recognized by its black color and long 

 hispid black setae. The description is drawn from the male, in 

 which sex the fifth ventral is but little longer than the fourth, 

 slightly trapezoidal and truncate at apex. The female differs 

 onl}^ slightly, the elytra being fully three-fifths longer than wide 

 and somewhat wider than the prothorax, the sides of the latter 

 more arcuate; the head is fully as large or even somewhat larger, 

 when compared with the [)rothorax, in the female than in the 

 male. Two specimens. 



The epipleuriij are flat and horizontal, and, at the apex, have 

 their plane turned somewhat inward and upward. 



