524 CoIeopte7'ological Notices, VI. 



New Mexico (Sta. Fe Canon— 7,000 feet)— Cal). LeConte. The 

 above observations were taken from the unique type. This 

 species is remarkabl}- distinct in pronotal sculpture, but the im- 

 pressions alluded to may possibly l)e of an accidental nature, al- 

 thou<rh they appear to be symmetrical. 



71. T. squalidus Lee — Proc. Acad. Nat. .S-i., I'hila., VI, p. 1G9 

 (Dasytes); 1. c, 1860, p. 3.J-1 ( Prist osct-l is) ; tcjonii-ns Lee: 1. c, p. 354 (Pris- 

 toscelis). 



Subcylindrical, rather narrow and convex, polished, intense 

 black, without metallic lustre ; legs and antennae more or less 

 blackish ; pubescence moderatel}^ long, cinereous, sparse especi- 

 ally on the pronotum but clothing the entire surface, intermixed 

 with moderately numerous long- erect and black setae. Head 

 two-thirds as wide as the prothorax, finely, sparsely punctate, the 

 impressions small and feeble; epistoma rather narrow and mod- 

 erately long, slightly pale; labrnm strongly rounded, piceous, 

 paler at apex; e^'es moderate, rather prominent; antenna^ nearly 

 one-third longer than the prothorax, feebly incrassnte, the i)enul- 

 tiraate joints distinctly transverse, fifth but feebly dilated. Pro- 

 thorax three-fifths wider than long, the sides parallel and broadl}', 

 somewhat strongly arcuate; basal angles obtuse but distinct; 

 apical obtuse; apex and base broadly arcuate, the latter rather 

 the more strongly ; disk finely, sparsely punctate, not rugose 

 near the sides. Elytra three-fifths longer than wide, scarcely' 

 visibly wider than the prothorax, subparallel, evenly and not very 

 broadly rounded at apex ; disk finely but strongly, sparsel}^ 

 punctate. Length 2.7 mm.; width 1.0 mm. 



California (San Diego and northward). The male has the fifth 

 ventral longer tlian the fourth and less broadly truncate at apex 

 than is usual in this section. I am completely unable to distin- 

 guish fe/o)ricus from sfjuaJidiis., the legs being somewhat variable 

 in color, and all the other features being perfectly similar as far 

 as can be discovered from a careful studv of the types of each. 

 The above description is drawn from a male taken near San 

 Diego. 



75. T. sexiialis n. sp. — Elongate, moderately eonvex, polished, deep 

 black, without metallic reflection; legs and antennte black; pubescence rather 

 short, coarse, su1)decumbent, luteo-cinereous, sparsely and evenly distril)nted 

 on the elytra and intcrminjili'd tlirougliout above with erect black seta- which 



