Coleoiiterolorjical Notices, VI. 611 



DiB slender, distinctly sliorter tlian the prothorax, the eighth joint as long as wide, 

 tenth transverse, third one-half longer than the fourth. Prothorax three- 

 fourths wider than long, the apex two thirds as wide as the base; sides feebly 

 convergent and almost straight from the base to about apical third, then 

 broadly rounded to the a])ical angles, which are rounded and blunt, the apex 

 broadly emarginate in circular arc; base straight, distinctly oblique posteriorly 

 toward the sides, the angles rather acute and* prominent; disk strongly and 

 coarsely but not densely punctate toward the sides, gradually much more 

 finely and remotely so toward the middle; marginal bead thick and rounded. 

 Elytra one-half longer than wide, two and one-half times as long as the pro- 

 thorax and equal in width to the latter, the sides parallel and nearly straight; 

 apical two-fifths evenly ogival ; disk feebly uneven, strongly so toward apex, 

 where the coarse but rather sj^arse punctures bear somewhat long decumbent 

 hairs; punctures equally coarse throughout, the surface highly polished. Ab- 

 domen distinctly but sparsely punctate, the posterior legs long. Length 10.0- 

 11.5 mm. ; width 4.75-5.0 mm. 



California (Farallone Islands). Mr. Fuchs. 



By certain reflections tlie elytra seem to have each three fine 

 feeble and irregular raised lines in addition to the other sculpture. 

 Six specimens. 



This species may be placed between viatica and eschschoUzi in 

 the table before mentioned, differing from the former in its coarse 

 sculpture, and from the latter in its much narrower form, polished 

 pronotum and many other characters. The Farallone Islands are 

 about thirty miles from San Francisco and are in deep water. 



CCELIJS Esch. 



A revision of this genus, together with a description of the larva 

 of G. ciliatuH, was given in the first part of the present series of 

 papers (p. 1T8), and the classification suggested below si based 

 largely upon the characters there employed. The species of 

 Ccelus are becoming moderately numerous, as the search for them 

 becomes more sj^stemaiic, and the six known to me at present 

 ma}^ be recognized by the following differential statement : — 



Epistoma deeply sinuate, the sides anteriorly prominent though rounded. 

 Antennal club subquadriarticulate; i^ronotum sparsely and less coarsely 

 punctiite, with large impunctate areas; body very large....grossilS Csy. 

 Antennal club triarticulate ; pronotum coarsely and somewhat closely punc- 

 tate throughout; body much smaller globosus Lee. 



Epistoma very broadly and feebly sinuate, the sides broadly rounded and not 

 anteriorly prominent. 



Anxals N. Y. Acad. Sci., VIIL Sept., 1895.— 42 



