54(> Coleoptei'ological Xotices, VI. 



disk deeply and rather closel}^ punctate, the interspaces polished 

 and nearly smooth, abruptly coarsely rugose in lateral fourth. 

 Elytra scarcely twice as long as wide, slightly wider than the pro- 

 thorax, parallel, parabolic in apical third, rather sparsely punc- 

 tate, the punctures not ver}' strong and moderate in size. Legs 

 somewhat stout, black, picescent toward apex. Length 3.0-3.75 

 mm.; width 1.0-1.3 mm. 



California. One of the largest species of the genus and readih^ 

 distinguishable by its long pubescence. The description is drawn 

 from the female, for more advantageous comparison with others 

 represented by that sex alone. The male is, as usual, smaller and 

 narrower, with the head three-fourths as wide as the prothorax 

 and with slightly more prominent eyes, the fifth ventral unmodi- 

 fied on the disk and broadly sinuato-truncate at apex, the genital 

 segment transversely oval, flat and completely unmodified on the 

 disk but clothed with longer blacker and more erect hairs ; the 

 fifth ventral of the female is longer and slightly deflexed at the 

 apex. 



4. Li. lliontaillis n. sp. — Elongate-oval, strongly convex, polished with 

 a feeble viridi-a'neoiis lustre; pubescence long and rather dense, the elytra with 

 rounded and widely isolated denuded spots which are less evident toward 

 base. Head nearly three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, with the eyes some- 

 what prominent; punctures moderate in size, close-set, the interspaces with 

 feeble scattered dents; frontal impressions feeble; antennse rather long, about 

 one-half longer than the i>rothorax, piceous-black, witli the second joint evi- 

 dently scnnewhat pale. Frnihora.c one- half wider than long, outlined as in inf( r- 

 ruptuti, but Avith the sides more convergent anteriorly, the apex relatively not 

 quite so wide and the apical angles obtuse but scarcely at all rounded ; disk 

 rather closely punctate, the interspaces with small indents, especially toward 

 base and apex, coarsely rugose laterally. Elytra nearly twice as long as wide, 

 distinctly wider than the prothorax, parallel, obtusely parabolic in apical 

 third, moderately coarsely, sul)rngosely and decidedly densely punctate. 

 Leon moderately slender, black, the tarsi picescent. Length 3.5-3.6 mm. ; 

 width 1.2-1.25 mm. 



California (Dunsmuir, Siskiyou Co.). Mr. Wickham. 



The four specimens before me represent a species somewhat al- 

 lied to iJiterruptus, but diflfering in its larger size, longer, more 

 finely and densely punctate elj'tra, and in the sexual characters of 

 the male, the fifth ventral in that sex being l)roadly and very 

 feebly sinuato-truncate and completel}' unmodified on the disk, 

 with the vestiture closel}' decumbent throughout. The descrip- 



