Coleopterological Notices, VI. 495 



ally convergent from the base, and with short mandibles and 

 lal)rum ; it probably represents a closely allied species. 



31. T. Ii1ll>ilatll*s 11. sp. — Eather iianow and convex, polished, black, 

 the prothorax with a feeble peneous lustre; elytra pale nifo-ferruginous, with 

 a large and indetinite sutiiral cloud of blackish in aljoiit basal half; abdomen 

 black, the fifth segment and following pale; legs pale rufous throughout ; anteii- 

 nie black, the funicle feebly testaceous toward base; pubescence moderately 

 long, dense and coarse, pale luteo-cinereous in color. Head nearly four-fifths 

 as wide as the prothorax, finely, sparsely punctate, the frontal impressions 

 feeble; epistoma short, depressed and thin but black aud corneous; labrum 

 semi-circular, with a few small scattered setigetous punctures; mandibles rather 

 long, pale, black at tip; eyes large and somewhat prominent; antennae nearly 

 two-fifths longer than the prothorax, bristling with short stiff seta? especially 

 within, the fifth joint dilated, tenth slightly transverse and somewhat asym- 

 metric. Prothorax two-fifths wider than long, the sides evenly and feebly 

 convergent from base to apex and evenly, feebly arcuate; basal angles broadly 

 rounded, the apical obtuse and greatly deflexed; apex arciiato-truncate aud 

 distinctly narrower than the base; disk polished, obsoletely reticulate, not 

 scabrous laterally, finely and sparsely punctate. Elytra one-half longer than 

 wide, fully two-fifths wider than the prothorax, parallel and straight at the 

 sides, broadly rounded at apex; humeri slightly exposed at base; disk finely, 

 rather densely and not very distinctly punctate. Leys somewhat long and 

 slender. Length 2.3 mm. ; width 0.8 mm. 



California (Lake Co.). 



The unique type of this species is a male and has the fifth ven- 

 tral rectilinearly truncate at apex, with the surface polished and 

 almost impunctate save a few piliferous punctures in the middle 

 toward base ; the genital segment is large, flat, truncate at apex, 

 the latter with a beveled coriaceous edge, the surface feebly di- 

 vided along the median line ; the fourth segment, and, to a less 

 degree the third, has a cluster of coarse punctures in the middle 

 toward apex, which bear short pointed spiniform and inclined 

 setJB which radiate in direction from the median line. This spe- 

 cies is readily distinguishable from umhralus by its dense and 

 coarse vesiture and nubilate maculation. 



32. T. fmifftljiillfii n. sp. — Moderately stout and convex, shining, black, 

 the elytra j)ale luteo-testaceous, broadly and suffusedly black toward the 

 suture excej)t toward a])ex; abdomen with cmly the extreme apex of the (ifth 

 segment pale; legs pale rufous throughout; antennie dark piceo-rufous; pubes- 

 cence rather fine, moderately long and sparse, cinereous, the scutellum thinly 

 pubescent. Head two-thirds as wide as the prothorax, finely, sparsely punc- 

 tate, the imjyressions large and feeble; ei)istoma very short and broad, with a 



