Coleopterological Notices^ VI. 659 



2. L,. obsciirus Laf. — Mon., p. ll();Lec. :Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1852, 

 p. 96 (Anthicus). 



Moderately stout, the elytra feeblj^ narrowed behind the mid- 

 dle, the head and e^^es rather small, shining, black throughout, 

 the punctures fine, close toward the median line of the prothorax 

 and slightly coarser in basal fourth of the elytra, where also the 

 pubescence becomes pale ashy, coarser and distinct though 

 scarcely denser. The subbasal impression of the el3'tra is onlj^ 

 moderately distinct. Length 2.65 mm.; width 0.85 mm. 



The specimens in m^' cabinet are females and wei'e taken in 

 Penns^'lvania, North Carolina (Asheville) and Indiana. The 

 species has been well described by LaFerte. 



3. I^. vijS^ilaiis 11. sp. — Polished, dark rufo-testeeeous, the abdomen, pos- 

 terior parts of the elytra and antennis from the fourth or fifth joint, piceous-black. 

 Head rather large, wider than long, strongly, rather closely, asperately punc- 

 tate, each puncture bearing a stiff and posteriorly recurved blackish hair; base 

 broadly arcuate ; eyes large and prominent, the tempora very short, the tem- 

 poral angles feebly evident; antenme long and very slender, fully one-half as 

 long as the body, just visibly incrassate, the tenth joint on the compressed side 

 nearly one-half longer than wide, the eleventh more than twice as long as wide. 

 Protlwrar much narrower than the head, longer than wide, the anterior lobe 

 subglobular, very slightly wider than long, the posterior one-third the total 

 length, strongly expanded to the distinct basal margin; surface finely, very 

 remotely punctate, the punctures becoming close anteriorly and toward the 

 middle except toward base; pubescence inconspicuous. Eh/tra large, very 

 nearly twice as long as wide, twice as wide as the prothorax, slightly dilated 

 behind the middle, thence gradually and feebly narrowed, the apex not very 

 broadly rounded; transverse impression distinct, the post-scutellar broad and 

 feeble; omoplates large and but slightly prominent; surface finely, rather 

 sparsely punctate, the punctures becoming slightly more distinct and very feebly 

 asperate toward base; pubescence fine, dark and not distinct posteriorly but 

 coarse dense cinereous and conspicuous in the basal pale area, the hairs stream- 

 ing obliquely outward in the impression, giving a sericeous appearance. 

 Abdomen polished, sparsely pubescent. Legs rather long and distinctly stout 

 throughout. Length 3.0 mm. ; width 0.9 mm. 



California (Lake Co.). 



A fine species resembling cursor in general habitus, but difler- 

 ing in its larger size, more slender antennae and narrower pro- 

 thorax, with relatively shorter posterior lobe. The tj'pe is a 

 male, having the fifth segment unmodified on the disk, but feebly 

 subtruncate at apex, the genital segment broadly, feebly sinuato- 



Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., VIII, Sept., 1895—45 



