558 Goleopterological Notices, VI. 



tlie median line. Head three-fourtlis as wide as the protliorax, rather rugose 

 finely and somewhat sparsely punctate, deeply' and broadly biimpressed an- 

 teriorly, the impressions but slightly separated ; epistoma with a wide pale 

 apical margin; eyes rather prominent; antennae distinctly longer than the 

 prothorax, somewhat stout toward apex, the tenth joint as long as wide but 

 unusually asymmetric, being more pointed and pubescent internally at a])ex. 

 Prothorax transverse, rather more than one-half wider than long, narrowly 

 rounded at basul third, thence strongly convergent and straight to the o])tuse 

 apical angles, which are scarcely at all rounded from above; apex liroadly, 

 rather strongly arcuate; disk somewhat finely and densely punctate, the punc- 

 tures unusually shallow and irregular, the narrow interspaces not rugose but 

 finely, sparsely and unevenly punctate, the lustre very dull, the lateral rugose 

 area not distinctly delimited. Elytra oblong, only slightly wider than the 

 prothorax, three-fourths longer than wide, parallel and straight at the sides, 

 parabolic at apex, with a short and narrow sutural notch; punctures rather 

 coarse and sparse. Ler/s moderately long and stout, the hind tarsi slightly 

 shorter than the tibiae. Length 2.7-2.75 mm. ; width 0.9-1.0 mm. 



California (San Francisco). Mr. Dunn. 



A single pair of this species was sent to me some 3'ears ago, 

 and the description is di'awn from the male, the female being al- 

 most similar but slightly stouter, with a distincth' smaller head 

 and less prominent eyes. The sexual characters are of the same 

 type as in difficilis, from which it can be known at once by the 

 confused pubescence and shallow opaque sculpture of the prono- 

 tum. A single female from southern California represents a spe- 

 cies closely allied to this, which it would serve no good purpose 

 to define at present. 



22. L,. Tai'iegatll$$ n. sp. — Oldong-oval, moderately convex, highly pol- 

 ished throughout, black with a feeble violaceo-metallic lustre; legs black, 

 the tibijc and tarsi piceo-rufous; antenna' piceo-testaceous, the basal joint 

 black, second paler, outer joints gradually slightly blackish; pubescence mod- 

 erately long, fine, sparse, dark brown and (juasi-denuded in a broad median 

 ])and and another more irregular near apical fourth, also in several subltasal 

 spots. llcatJ only slightly narrower than the prothorax, the eyes rather small 

 and prominent; punctm-es fine and sparse, the anterior impressions broad, 

 moderate, separated at ajiex by a large feebly elevated and nearly smooth 

 area; apical margin of the epistoma not pale; anteunie slender, only very feebly 

 incrassiite, the tenth joint distinctly longer than wide. Prothorax barely two- 

 fifths wider than long, widest and broadlj^ rounded at basal two-fifths, the 

 sides almost equally and feebly convergent and straight to base and apex, the 

 basal angles nearly right and not rounded, the apical obtuse and slightly 

 blunt; apex feebly arcuate; disk rather finely and s])arsely jierforato-punc- 

 tiite, the interspaces wide, fiat, and almost sculi)tnreless thovigh very o])so- 

 letely and unevenly punctulate, becoming scabrous and dull in lateral fifth. 



