520 Coleopterological Notices, VI. 



stpma long, coriaceous; labrum long; e3'es • moderate ; antennae 

 about as long as the prothorax, distinctly incrassate toward tip, 

 the tenth joint transverse and scarcel}* at all asymmetric, the fifth 

 but feebly dilated. Prothorax two-thirds wider than long, the 

 sides almost'cA'enly and rather strongly arcuate, distinctly more 

 convergent toward apex, the latter much narrower than the base 

 and truncate with the angles obtuse ; basal angles ol>tuse but 

 scarcely at all rounded and feebly reflexed as in other allied spe- 

 cies ; disk finely but strongly, sparsely punctate. Elytra three- 

 fifths longer than wide, one-fourth wider than the i)rothorax and 

 fully three times as long, parallel, semi-circularl}' rounded at 

 apex, finely and rather closely punctate. Zef/.s and abdomen 

 coarsely cinereo-pubescent. Length 3.1 mm.; width 1.35 mm. 



California (San Diego). Tlie short protliorax, evidently nar- 

 rowed near the apex and comparatively long and wide elytra, 

 oval form of the body, long epistoma and other characters as 

 noted in the description of the female given above, will serve to 

 distinguish this species from its allies. 



()^. T. villosiis n. sp. — SubcyliiKh'ical, strongly convex, polished, the 

 surface smooth throiighout above, black, the legs black with the tarsi paler; 

 antennae black with the funicle pale testaceous toward base; pubescence long, 

 coarse, luteo-cinereous, dense and rather closely decinnbent, intermingled 

 with very long, abundant and bristling set4E which are black anteriorly- and 

 toward the middle of the elytra, but cinereous toward the sides and along the 

 margins of the latter. Head scarcely more than three-fifths as wide as the ]iro- 

 thorax, finely, remotely punctate, more closely so anteriorly, tlie frontal im- 

 pressions distinct and confluent at apex just beyond a smooth subtuberculi- 

 form elevation; e})istoma rather short and broad, ])ale flavate; labrum strongly 

 rounded, setose, pale and fringed with short pale seta' at apex ; eyes moderately 

 largeand convex; antennae one-third longer than the prothorax, distinctly incras- 

 sate, the funicle slender toward base, outer joints transverse, fifth much longer 

 and slightly wider than the sixth. Proihomx scarcely more than one-half 

 wider than long; the sides feebly arcuate at basal two-fifths, thence moderately 

 convergent and straight or very feebly sinuate to the apical angles which are 

 only slightly obtuse and scarcely at all rounded, subparallel near the base, the 

 l)asal angles obtuse and distinctly rounded, obliterated but feebly reflexed; 

 apex rectilinearly truncate, narrower than the base which is bntadly arcuate; 

 disk finely, sparsely punctate. Elytra scarcely three-fifths longer than wide, 

 a little Avider than the prothorax and btit slightly more than twice as long, the 

 sides straight and ai)])arently somewhat convergent from base to apex, the 

 latter evenly rounded; punctures rather small but strong and close-set. Legs 

 and abdomen rather densely cinereo-i)ubescent. Length ;2.8 mm.; width 

 1.25 mm. 



