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sides toward base, strongly narrowed to the apex which is broadly arcuato- 

 truncate, fully as wide as the head and distinctly narrower than the base; 

 angles very obtuse but only slightly rounded ; disk strongly l)ut rather sparsely 

 punctate, becoming rugose only in lateral sixth and with a subimpunctate 

 ai'ca in the middle toward base. Scutellum densely pul)escent. Elj/tra four- 

 fifths longer than wide, scarcely wider than the prothorax, parallel, parabolic 

 in ai)ical third or fourth, coarsely, deejily and rather sparsely punctate. Lci/a 

 moderately long, the hind tarsi much shorter than the tibiic. Length 3. 3 mm. ; 

 width 1.2 mm. 



California (San Francisco). Mr. Dunn. 



The single t3'pe is a female, having the fifth ventral rather long 

 with the surface feebly reflexed at apex, the latter bristling with 

 dense pubescence. The two basal joints of the hind tarsi are 

 subequal in length, but in another female, which I took at San 

 Francisco, the basal joint is distinctly longer than the second, 

 and, as the prothorax is much less transverse, it probabl}- repre- 

 sents a closely allied but distinct species. 



This species is distinguishable at once from motschulskiij with 

 which alone it can be confounded, b}^ its much shorter pubescence, 

 sparser and coarser punctures of the pronotuni and other 

 characters, 



7. Li. deiisicollis n. sp. — Stout, oblong-oval, somewhat depressed above, 

 polished, black with a greenish-brassy lustre; legs and anteunse black, the 

 second joint of the latter feebly picescent; pubescence short, sparse, cinereous, 

 not very persistent, denuded in large indefinite patches on the elytra. Head 

 three-fifths as wide as the prothorax, densely punctate, somewhat dull, the in- 

 terspaces polished though feebly rugose; frontal impressions distinct; eyes 

 moderate and at a considerable distance from the base; antenn;e only very 

 little longer than the prothorax, the tenth joint one-half wider than long. 

 Prothorax one-half Avider than long, widest at basal third, where the sides are 

 rather broadly and evenly rounded, thence strongly convergent and feebly 

 arcuate to the apex, the latter truncate and scarcely narrower than the pedun- 

 culate base ; apical angles very obtuse and rounded ; lateral serrules strong ; 

 disk somewhat finely but deejdy and closely pcrforato-punctate, the intervals 

 flat and feebly, sparsely punctulate, only slightly wider than the punctures; 

 rugose area occupying rather nu)re than lateral fourth. Elytra oblong, two- 

 thirds longer than wide, fully one-third wider than the prothorax, parallel, 

 parabolic in apical third; humeri tumid and prominent; punctures rather 

 coarse deep and sparse. Abdomen alutaceous, rather strongly but finely reticu- 

 late and punctulate, the legs moderately long, the hind tarsi much shorter 

 than the tibiai Avith the basal joint but slightly longer than the second. 

 Length 3.2-3.8 mm. ; width 1.2-1.4 mm. 



California (Napa Co.). 



