Coleopterological Notices, VI. 663 



The male has a strong internal and subprominent dilatation of 

 the posterior tibiae just beyond the middle, the fifth ventral feebly 

 siibtruncate, with the surface slightly more finely reticulate and 

 clothed with longer stiffer hairs toward the middle, and the geni- 

 tal segment, as usual, broadly sinuato-truncate. Sturmi is prob- 

 ably a somewhat local species and does not appear to be abundant. 



9. Li. iiitidillus Lee. — Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., N. Y., V., p. 153; Proc. 



Ae. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1852, p. 96 (Anthicus). 



Moderately stout, polished, black throughout, the legs and base 

 of the antenna? scarcel}' paler, picescent. Head small, wider than 

 long, broadly rounded behind from e3^e to eye, not impressed, the 

 temporal angles just traceable; eyes rather large; surface finel}^ 

 rather closely and asperatel}'^ punctate ; antenn;i? not quite one- 

 half as long as the body, incrassate, the tenth joint but slightly 

 longer than wide. Prothorax large and convex transversely and 

 longitudinall}', very slightly narrower than the head, a little 

 longer than wide, the anterior lobe transverse and with its widest 

 point at its basal fourth ; posterior lobe with its sides straight and 

 Just visibly divergent to the base; punctures fine and not dense. 

 Elytra long, twice as long as wide, twice as wide as the prothorax, 

 feebly dilated behind the middle, thence slightly narrowed to the 

 apex, which is broadly, obtusely rounded ; scutellar impression 

 broad and distinct, the omoplates large and moderately promi- 

 nent ; transverse impression moderate ; punctures fine, sparse, 

 only slightl}' closer and more distinct toward base ; pubescence 

 sparse throughout, paler and coarser near the base but scarcely 

 denser. Length 2.75 mm.; width 0.85 mm. 



California. The male has feebly marked sexual characters, as 

 in cursor and alacer. This description refers to the typical 

 nitidulus, but among my large series from various parts of the 

 State, it is eas}' to distinguish a number of more or less well 

 marked varieties, some of them so marked that there can be but 

 little doubt that there are several closel3' allied species included ; 

 they all agree, however, in having the head comparatively small 

 and strongly, asperately punctate, and the anterior lobe of the 

 prothorax widest near its base. Most of them have the basal 

 parts of the elytra paler, the completelA' black forms, which may 

 be regarded as typical, being rather rare. One specimen is from 

 southwestern Utah. 



