Coleopterological Notices, VI. 587 



margin very small, feeble and remotely separated; ei)istoma with a wide thin 

 apical margin; labrum subtruncate; eyes very small, not extending to the 

 base, prominent; anteunie rather short, not as long as the head and prothorax, 

 the three outer joints distinctly wider, the penultimate slightly wider than 

 long. Prothorax four-fifths wider than long, the sides strongly and evenly 

 rounded toward liase, becoming strongly convergent and almost straight in 

 about apical half, the edge distinctly serrulate; basal angles very obtuse but 

 traceable; apex truncate, equal to the base, the latter only feebly arcuate ; disk 

 smooth, minutely and sparsely punctate, becominggraduallyobsoletely reticu- 

 late near the sides. Elytra vei-y feebly dilated behind and there about one- 

 fourth wider than the prothorax, at base equal in width to the disk of the 

 latter, not quite one-half longer than wide, the apex evenly and not broadly 

 rounded; disk somewhat coarsely and strongly but not densely, somewhat un- 

 evenly punctate. Under surface slightly pubescent, the hind femora some- 

 what piceous in color. Length 1.75-1.9 mm. ; width 0.75-0.9 mm. 



California (Los Angeles Co.). 



The fifth ventral of the individual described is trapezoidal and 

 rather broadly truncate at apex. This species differs greatl}^ from 

 rujicollis in its minute sparse punctuation of the anterior parts, 

 form of the prothorax, pubescence and numerous other features. 

 The two specimens in my cabinet are mutuall}' similar through- 

 out. 



ESCHATOCREPIS Lee. 



In this genus the ungual appendages are equal, rather slender, 

 well developed and as long as the claws, but are clearly detached 

 from them except near the base ; in other respects Eschatocrepis 

 is allied to Listromimus, but differs in the form of the epipleurae, 

 which are nari'ow and horizontal, with the plane gradually turned 

 upward and inward posteriori}'. The anterior tibije are C3'lin- 

 drical and devoid of all trace of spinules along the external side, 

 and the eyes are large and basal, the antenna? rather short and 

 either gradually incrassate or with an abrupt three-jointed club; 

 they are scarcely at all serrate. The pronotum has a deep im- 

 pressed submarginal line in both sexes. 



1. E. coiistrictiis Lee. — Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., YI, p. 170 ( Da- 

 sytes); Class. Col. N. A., 1>^61, p. 193 (Eschatocrepis); consiricollis Motsch. : 

 Bull. INIosc, 1859, li, p. 390 (Listrus). 



Elongate, feebl}' shining, black, the legs pale rufo-ferruginous, 

 frequently with the femora picescent ; antennfie piceous, testaceous 

 toward base ; pubescence sliort, more or less cinereous, without 

 trace of erect hairs. Head but slightl}- narrower than the pro- 



