530 Coleopterological Notices, VI. 



antenniB bhickish, the fiinicle slightly pale toward base ; pubes- 

 cence blackish, long and coarse, very sparse, erect or semi-erect 

 and bristling, the marginal cilia of the elytra also black. Head 

 four-fifths as wide as the prothorax, smooth throughout, finely 

 and sparsel}' punctate, the frontal impressions large and distinct, 

 approximate, the dividing convexity rather prominent; epistoma 

 somewhat narrow and long ; labrum a little wider than long, cir- 

 cularly rounded ; eyes rather large and prominent ; antennae 

 slightly longer than the prothorax, incrassate toward tip. the pen- 

 ultimate joints distinctl}" transverse. Prothorax three-fifths 

 wider than long, the sides rounded at basal third thence feebly 

 convergent and just visibly arcuate to the broadly rounded apical 

 angles and more rapidly convergent and straight to the basal 

 angles, which are very obtuse but scarcely at all rounded ; apex 

 and base equal, feebly arcuate; disk minuteh' and remotely punc- 

 tate, not at all rugose at the sides. Elytra three-fifths longer than 

 wide, slightl}' wider than the prothorax, parallel, rather strongly 

 but evenly rounded at apex, very coarsely and sparsely but not 

 very deeph' and somewhat unevenly punctate. Abdomen ver}- 

 finely and sparsely' cinereo-pubescent. Length 2.3 mm.; width 

 0.8 mm. 



Southern California. The single example before me is a male, 

 with the fifth ventral longer than the fourth and truncate at tip. 

 This species resembles lueidus in form but is smaller, with a dis- 

 tinctl}^ larger head, still coarser and sparser and especially feebler 

 and less even elytra! punctures, and may be known also b}' the 

 absence of cinereous pubescence on the upper surfi^ce of the body. 



83. T. rustictis u. sp. — Elongate, moderately convex, polished, black, 

 the legs piceous; antenniu rufo-piceous, blackish toward <ai)ex; pubescence 

 coarse, rather long, very sparse, siibdecunibent and l)lackish, with numerous 

 long and erect, black and l)ristling settc. Heod but little more than three- 

 fourths as Avide as the prothorax, convex, smooth throughout, finely and 

 sparsely punctate, the frontal impressions rather small, apical and widely sep- 

 arated bvit distinct; epistoma rather long and somewhat narrow; slightly 

 pale: labrum in great part pale, slightly wider than long, strongly rounded ; 

 ej'es rather large but only moderately prominent and somewhat distant from 

 the base; antenuic much longer than the prothorax, feebly incrassate, the pen- 

 nltimate joints distinctly transverse, fifth feebly dilated. Pro//(o*Y(.f moderate 

 in size, three-fifths wider than long, the sides perfectly parallel and just visi- 

 bly arcuate, noticeably convergent and straight near the base, the angles very 

 obtuse but distinct, not rounded and feebly retiexed; apical angles but slightly 

 obtuse and extremely narrowly rounded; apex and base bi'oadly and almost 



