526 ColeopieroUxjical Notices, VI. 



thorax, feebly but distinctly incrassate toward apex, the penultimate joints 

 rather strongly transverse. Proihorti.c nearly three-fourths wider than long, 

 the sides someAvhat strongly rounded and subproniinent at basal two-Hfths, 

 thence feebly convergent and slightly arcuate to the apex and more strongly 

 convergent and very broadlj' rounded into the base, which is a little narrower 

 than the apex and subtruncate ; apex recti linearly truncate, with the angles ob- 

 tuse and blunt; basal angles obliterated; disk finely, sparsely punctate, 

 coarsely reto-rugose toward the sides. Elytra long, fully three-fourths longer 

 than wide, slightly wider than the prothorax, parallel, evenly and not broadly 

 roirnded at apex, the disk somewhat coarsely, deeply and s])arsely })unctate, 

 feebly explanate near the external apices, the interspaces polished. Ahilomen 

 and legs finely subcinereo-pubescent. Length 8.*2 mm. ; width 1.2.") mm. 



California (Sonoma Co.). 



The single female before me has the fifth ventral very broadly 

 rounded behind, and represents a species somewhat allied to aex- 

 iialis, hut with very much more elongate elytra and more obtuse!}' 

 rounded abdominal apex. 



77. T. te.vaiiiis Lee. — Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1866, p. 355 (Pristo- 

 scelis). 



Elongate-oval, strongly convex, polished, black, the elytra pi- 

 cescent ; apices of the abdominal segments pale and coriaceous; 

 legs pale rufo-ferruginous throughout; antenn;e pale piceo-testa- 

 ceous, the funicle still paler toward l)ase; i)ubescence i-ather long 

 and fine, cinereous-white and very sparse, intermingled with 

 numerous black sette. Head nearh' three-fourths as wide as the 

 prothorax, finely but strongh', not very sparsely i)erforato-punc- 

 tate, the impressions large and distinct ; epistoma with a wide 

 and pale coriaceous margin ; labrum large, transverse, broadly 

 rounded, black with a narrow pale apex; eyes somewhat promi- 

 nent ; antennae slender, much longer than the prothorax, serrate, 

 the tenth joint nearl}- as long as wide, fifth but feebly dilated. 

 Prothorax rather long, about two-fifths wider than long, the sides 

 broadly arcuate, becoming gradually convergent anteriorly; basal 

 angles veiy broadly rounded ; apex truncate, about as Avide as 

 the base ; disk rather evenly and deeply perforato-punctate, the 

 punctures sparse but closer laterally, the interspaces smooth 

 throughout. Elytra long, two-thirds longer than wide, distinctly 

 wider than the pi'othorax and ncni'ly three times as long, evenly 

 and not obtusely rounded behind, the disk very coarsely, deeply 

 and not very closely punctate. Length 2.3-3.3 mm.; width U.95- 

 1.25 mm. 



