5 62 Coleopterological Notice>^^ VI. 



ture toward liase feebly c|uasi-deiiu(lecl in two rouuded spots on each ely- 

 tron. Head nearly four-tit'tlis as wide as the prothorax, flat, densely punc- 

 tato-rngose, the impressions feeble and separated by a large impnuetate spot; 

 eyes rather large and only moderately prominent; antennje somewhat stout, 

 of the usual length, the tenth joint slightly Avider than long and feebly olj- 

 trapezoidal. Prothorax feelily transverse, but slightly more than one-third 

 ■wider than long, widest and somewhat obtusely angnlate at basal third, the 

 sides thence moderately convergent and straight to the apex; disk densely 

 punctato-rugose and opaque. Elytra tAvo-thirds longer than wide, fully two- 

 fifths wider than the prothorax, parallel and straight at the sides, the apex 

 very broadly and obtusely ogival aiul narrowly dehiscent as usual, the sutural 

 angles right and not blunt; base truncate, the hirmeri slightly tumid and 

 rather broadly rounded. Length 1.9 mm.; width 0.7 nun. 



Nevada (Reno). 



The two males, which are the sole representatives of this dis- 

 tinct and diminutive species, have the fifth ventral truncate at 

 apex, the disk feebly flattened posteriorly^ the white hairs there 

 becoming slightly more erect and directed obliquely tow-ard the 

 median line. It resembles luteijjes somewhat, but is still smaller 

 and differs conspicuously in the very dense and opaque sculpture 

 of the pronotum under low power. 



28. L,. balteelllis n. sp. — Narrow, parallel, convex, the elytra polished 

 and with a feeble jeneous lustre, black, the legs red with the tibiie toward 

 base and tarsi sometimes iiicescent ; antennas black, the f tmicle paler toward 

 base; pubescence rather sparse, that in basal half of the elytra rather long and 

 coarse, cinereous and with only feeble traces of small brown spots, that in the 

 even transverse fascia at apical third apparently a little shorter, denser and 

 more dectnnljent, the apex with scattered pale hairs; dark bands clothed with 

 blackish hairs. Head three-foirrths as wide as the prothorax, tinely, densely 

 punctate, the impressions broad and feel)le; eyes rather large, moderately 

 prominent; antenna; somewhat short and stout, moderately incrassiite, with 

 erect bristling setie toward tip, the tenth joint scarcely as long as wide. Pro- 

 thorax transverse, three-fifths Avider than long, the sides evenly and feebly 

 arcuate and anteriorly convergent throughout, widest at basal third; apex 

 arcuate, the angles extremely obtuse and indefinite; disk densely, deeply and 

 polygonallj- punctato-scabrous and dull. Elytra two-thirds longer than Avide, 

 only very slightly Avider than the prothorax, parallel and nearly straight at 

 the sides, the apex obtusely parabolic; base transversely truncate, the humeri 

 right and narroAvly rounded; punctures moderately coarse and close-set, finer 

 and less dense toward apex. Length 1.9-2.3 mm. ; Avidth 0.(>-0.8 nun. 



California (San Diego). 



The description is taken from the male, the fifth ventral being 

 truncate at apex and unmodified on the disk. The female is 



