Coleopterological Notices, VI. 559 



Elytra oblona;, barely two-thirds longer than wide, oue-thlrd wider than the 

 prothorax, parallel and straight at the sides, very obtusely parabolic in rather 

 less than apical third; base rectilinearly truncate, the humeri right, narrowly 

 rounded ; punctures moderately coarse, deep and decidedly sparse. Ahitomen 

 alutaceous, finely and feebly punctulate, reticulate and finely, moderately 

 densely- pubescent. Length 2.6 mm. ; Avidth 1.0. 



California (Mendocino and Napa Cos.). 



The three specimens in my cabinet are females, the fifth ven- 

 tral being ronnded behind and feebly deflexed, the apex of the ab- 

 domen bristling with a few very long and erect black setfe. Va- 

 riegatus resembles luteipes almost perfectly, but is larger, with a 

 relatively narrower and less transverse prothorax, shorter vesti- 

 ture and black femora. 



23. L. incertiis n. sj). — Elongate, convex, polished, black, the upper 

 surface with a strong violaceo-nietallic lustre; legs black, the tilnje and tarsi 

 rufo-piceous ; antennai piceous-black, the second and third joints paler; pubes- 

 cence short, only moderately coarse and dense, in great part denuded on the 

 elytra in large spots toward base and wide irregular bauds at the middle and 

 at apical fourth. Head slightly but distinctly narrower than the prothorax, 

 the eyes rather large and prominent; punctures small, moderately sparse, the 

 surface rugose laterally and toward base; anterior impressions broad; epistoma 

 transversely impressed and thinned toward apex but not pale; labrum intense 

 black throughout, broadly arcuate at apex; antennai slender, almost as long 

 as the head and prothorax in the male, with the tenth joint more than one- 

 third longer than Avide, a little shorter in the female, Avith the tenth joint 

 scarcely longer than Avide. Prothorax one-half or more Avider than long, nar- 

 roAvly rounded and Avidest near the base, the sides strongly convergent and 

 nearly straight thence to the obtuse apical angles; apex broadly and feebly 

 arcuate; disk finely, closely punctate and generally dull, the interspaces 

 sparsely and finely pitted, coarsely rugose toAvard the sides. Etytra three- 

 fourths longer than Avide, parallel, obtusely rounded or parabolic behind, c^uite 

 distinctly Avider than the prothorax, rather finely and not densely punctate. 

 Length 2.5-2.8 mm. ; width 0.75-1.0 mm. 



California (Sta. Clara Co.). 



This species is allied to variegatus, and differs in its shorter 

 and more opaque pronotum. The general characters of the de- 

 scription are taken from the male, in which sex the fifth ventral 

 is trapezoidal, broadly truncate at apex and unmodified on the 

 disk ; in the female the head is relatively slightly smaller, but 

 the eyes are almost as prominent as in the male. Five specimens. 



24. L., aniiiilatus n. sp. — Stout and oblong, convex, highly polished, 

 black with a greenish-metallic lustre; legs black, the tibiae and tarsi rufo- 



