ColeopteroJogical Notices, VI. 581 



The single type before me is undoubtedly a male, and the fifth 

 ventral is broadly truncate at apex. This distinct species recalls 

 some of the small anobiides in general outline ; it probably in- 

 habits the southern parts of the State. 



13. D. seniiiiildus Lee— Pioc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1866, p. 360. 



Oblong, rather stout, feebly convex, the integuments smooth 

 a,nd highl}^ polished, black, the legs rufo-ferruginous ; antenna 

 blackish, pale toward base, the first joint darker; pubescence 

 rather short, even, moderately dense, without trace of intermingled 

 erect hairs, cinereous on the elytra at the basal margin and thence 

 posteriorly along the suture to the broad submedian fascia, the 

 apex also cinereous. Head rather small, transverse, two-thirds as 

 wide as the prothorax, finely and moderately closely punctate, the 

 the eyes prominent ; epistoma abruptly depressed along the apex, 

 the labrum very transverse ; mandibles in great part pale ; an- 

 tenna* long and slender. Prothorax nearly three-fourths wider 

 than long, the sides subpai-allel, strongly and almost evenly arcu- 

 ate ; basal angles very obtuse but not obliterated ; marginal fringe 

 dense, even and distinct ; disk finely and somewhat closely punc- 

 tate, a wide lateral area rugose and abruptly delimited but with- 

 out an impressed line. Elytra short, scarcely one-half longer 

 than wide, barely one-third wider than the prothorax, subparallel 

 and straight at the sides, the apex broadly rounded ; disk finely 

 and rather sparsely punctate, more strongly so toward base. 

 Length 2.7 mm.; width 1.15 ram. 



California. The example above described has the fifth ventral 

 broadl}' truncate at apex. The legs in this specimen are pale, but 

 in the types of LeConte they are said to be '' nigro-piceis." The 

 transverse and clearly limited bands of pale pubescence on the 

 elytra render this one of the most distinct species of the genus. 



14. D. lineelllis n. sp. — Kather stout, strongly conve.x, oblong-oval, 

 black, the legs black; antennte and jialpi black, the former slightly piceous 

 toward base excepting the first joint; pubescence pale luteo-cinereous, coarse, 

 rather long, extremely dense and closely decumbent, without trace of erect 

 hairs, the elytra each with four fine longitudinal dark lines of blackish pubes- 

 cence, the lines somewhat irregular, the second from the suture approaching 

 the humeri toward base and broadly united witli the fourth before the apex, 

 tlie third short and lying midway between" them. Head nearly three-fourths 

 as wide as the ])rothorax, rather strongly and closely punctate, the epistoma 

 rather long with a sliort pale coriaceous margin; labrum broadly arcuato-truu- 



