474 Coleopterolo(jival Notices, VI. 



escens, nigro-a'iieus, ore, oculis, antennis pedibusque nij^ris; f route inter an- 

 tennas tuln'rculo nitidissinu) armata; tliorace oapite latiore, suhtransverso, an- 

 tice vix angustato, basi arcuato, angulis posticis distinctis, ol)tiisis, lateril)us 

 subarcuatis, marginatis;elytris thoracis latitudine vix superantibus, parallelis, 

 postice arcuatim attenuatis; antennis subconi])ressis, articulis transversini tri- 

 angularis, 5- to i)aulo tlilatixto. Long. 1 1. — lat. § 1." California [Dniumt]. 



87. calit'oi'iiicus 



The subjoined remarks give but little aid in identification and 

 need not be quoted. 



1. T. COinpactuS n. sp.— Oblong, rather stout, strongly convex, pol- 

 ished, ]nce()us-V)lack, tlie elytra rufo-castaneous; under surface, legs and an- 

 tenna; dark rufous throughout; pubescence coarse, decumbent, moderately 

 short and dense, pale ochreo-cinereous in color, the marginal fringe of the iiro- 

 thorax and elytra moderate in length. Head slightly more tlian one-half as 

 Avide as the prothorax, flat, broadly impressed anteriorly, finelj', sparsely punc- 

 tate, the interspaces smooth; epistoma abruptly depressed, pale, coriaceous and 

 impunctiite; labrum short, l)roadly arcuate at apex, the disk finely and re- 

 motely but distinctly punctate, the piuietures bearing short erect setie; eyes 

 rather large but not prominent; antenniv somewhat slender, subequal in length 

 to the ])rothorax, the fifth and seventh joints larger than the sixth and eighth, 

 penultimate Avider than long. Prothorax large, In'oadly campanulate, about 

 one-half wider than long, the sides broadly rounded and convergent toward 

 apex, outwardl}^ sinuate toward l)ase, the basal angles acute and strongly 

 everted; apex feebly sinuato-truncate, the angles broadly rounded; disk 

 minutely, sijarsely punctate throughout, the interspaces smooth and polished. 

 Elijirn only slightly wider than the prothorax, scarcely more than one-half 

 longer than wide, two and one-half times as long as the prothorax, parallel and 

 straight at the sides, broadly, obtusely rounded at apex, the vertical flanks 

 longitudinally impressed toward l»ase; humeri oljtusely in-ominent; disk finely, 

 evenly and somewhat closely' punctate. Abdomen finely, rather closely punc- 

 tate, the interspaces not reticulate. Length 3.4 mm. ; width 1.5 mm. 



Southern California. 



The single type of this somewhat aberrant species is a female ; 

 it may be readil}^ identified b}^ the campanulate prothorax, with 

 acute and everted basal and rounded apical angles. 



2. T. brevis n. sj). — Short and very broad, moderately convex, shining, 

 black throughout, the legs rufo-piceous, the antennae throughout dark piceous- 

 brown; pubescence moderately long and dense, pale luteo-cinereous, the hairs 

 along the latei-al edges rather long, erect and bristling. Head but slightly 

 more than one-half as wide as the i)rothorax, tinely, remotely punctate, the 

 upper surface perfectly flat throughout, without trace of subai)ical impression 

 but with a ])road and feel)le swelling at the middle near the frontal margin; 

 epistouja abruptly depressed, short, trioleate but scarcely paler; labrum feebly 

 punctulate toward the sides; eyes large but not jjrominent; antenna- somewhat 



