664 Coleopterological Notices, VI. 



10. L.. asperulllS n. sp. — Moderately stout and shining, dark rufo-tes- 

 taccous, the elytra posteriorly, abdomen and antenna?, except near the base, 

 blackish; legs pale. Hcful small, moderately convex, very strongly, closely 

 and asperately punctate, broadly rounded behind, the temporal angles quite 

 distinct; eyes rather large; antenuiTe less than one-half as long as the body, 

 rather stout, incrassiite, the tenth joint barely longer than wide. Prothorax 

 only slightly narrower than the head, a little longer tlian wide, the anterior 

 lobe transverse, strongly rounded and widest at about its basjil thii'd ; basal 

 lobe wide and large, with its sides straight and evenly, moderately divergent 

 from the sharply angulate constriction to the basal margin, which is distinct 

 and flat; surface convex, finely, rather sparsely punctate; pubescence not con- 

 spicuous. Elytra broad and rather short, scarcely more than two-tliirds longer 

 than wide, fully twice as wide as the head, slightly wider behind the middle 

 than at base, broadly rounded behind; humeri very widely exposed; scutellar 

 impression feeble, the omoplates moderately prominent; transverse impression 

 distinct; punctures moderately close, conspicuous and asperulate throughout 

 the disk. Abdomen polished, sparsely pubescent, the legs moderate in length,^ 

 with the femora rather stout. Length 2.6 mm. ; width 0.85 mm. 



Oregon (Portland). 



The type of this species is unfortunateh' a female, but its el^'tra 

 are mucli shorter tlian in any of the forms of nitidulus which I 

 have seen, and the antennal joints are also much shorter. As it is 

 unique, it is impossible to pronounce any definite opinion con- 

 cerning the normality of the el^'tral asperities, and the}' may possi- 

 bly be due to accident in this individual. I have, however, a good 

 series collected in the Hoopa Val., Humboldt Co., Cal., which 

 agree fairl}^ well in form, color and structure with the Oregon 

 type, but which have the elytra smooth; they may be regarded a& 

 conspecific until more individuals of the form selected for descrip- 

 tion can b(! obtained. 



11. Lr. canon icilS n. sp. — Narrow, polished, rufo-piceous, the abdomen 

 and elytra black, the latter pale testaceous in basal third or fourth; legs and 

 antennai pale testaceous, the latter blackish toward apex. Head wider than 

 long, moderately convex, strongly, asperately punctate, broadly rounded at 

 base, the temporal angles short and feebly defined; eyes rather large and 

 prominent; anteunie one-half as long as the body, slender, very feebly incras- 

 sate, the tenth joint on the compressed side at least one-third longer than 

 wide. Proihorax much narrower than the head, elongate, vei-y convex, min- 

 utely and si)arsely punctate, the anterior lobe but slightly wider than long, 

 widest very near its base, the sides thence circularly n^unded to the distinct 

 cylindrical collar; posterior lobe almost one-half of the total length, gradually 

 exj>ande(l to the basal margin, with its sides somewhat sinuate. Elytrii twice 

 as long as wide and twice as wide as the prothorax, slightly dilated near the 

 middle, feebly narrowed behind, the apex rather narrowly su])truncate; sub- 



