Goleopffrolof/ical Notices, VL 685 



wliicli produces the coDstriction as seen from above; collar short, hroad, con- 

 stricted at base; punctures fine but strong, rather sparse, slightly larger toward 

 base. Elytra scarcely two-thirds longer than wide, not quite twice as wide as 

 the prothorax, widest and somewhat prominently rounded just behind the 

 middle, broadly and obtusely rounded at apex; humeri rounded, broadly ex- 

 posed at base; scutellar impression obsolete, each elytron transversely im- 

 pressed at basal fifth and thence longitudinally within the humeri, the omo- 

 plates large and distinct; punctures moderately small, strong and well separated, 

 finer toward apex. Abdomen alutaceous, very minutely, rather closely punctate, 

 finely and distinctly pubescent. Logs moderate in length, somewhat stout, 

 the femora thick and clavate, the anterior more strongly so. Length 3.7-2.!) 

 mm.; width 0.9 mm. 



California (San Francisco). 



The description is drawn from the male, the female, however, 

 not differing perceptibly in form. In the male the pygidium is 

 convex and snbvertical, the fifth ventral very feebly and jnst visi- 

 bly sinuate at the middle of the apex, the genital segment well- 

 developed, broadly, rather strongl}' sinuate throughout its apical 

 width in circular arc, the vertical edge of the sinuation thickened 

 and transversely foveate in the middle; the copulatory si)icule is 

 slender, feebly impressed along its under surf^ice, gradually and 

 very feebly dilated and thickened toward apex, the latter obtuse 

 and circularly arcuate. A single pair. 



3. H. sceiiicus n. sp.^ — Moderately stout and convex, thick, shining, 

 pale rufo-testaceous, the head only slightly darker; elytra piceous-black, paler 

 and more flavate in basal fourth; abdomen blackish; pubescence very short 

 and sparse. Head subquadrate, as long as wide, evenly convex, finely, rather 

 sparsely punctate, with other sculpture as in eiiodis, the fine smooth line entire; 

 base subtruncate, broadly and somewhat feebly impressed in the middle; 

 angles very broadly rounded, becoming parallel just behind the eyes, which 

 are rather large though ooly moderately convex, nuich longer than the tem- 

 pora; antenn:e about as long as the head and prothorax, only moderately thick, 

 very feebly incrassate, the tenth joint sulxiuadrate. J'lothorax distinctly 

 narrower than the head, a little longer than wide, widest and rather 

 broadly rounded at apical fourth, the sides oblique and feebly arcuate tliencc 

 to the subbasal constriction; basal margin wide and strong, dilated at the sides 

 as usual; punctures fine and rather dense. Eli/tm long, fully three-fourths 

 longer than wide, not (juite twice as wide as the prothorax, a little wider be- 

 hind the middle than at base; luuneri broadly exposed and rounded to the 

 prothorax; impressions and sculpture nearly as in iiKxIis. Ahdouirn dull, dis- 

 tinctly pubescent, the legs thick. Length 2.8 mm.; widtli O.S) mm. 



Rhode Island. 



A single male, differing greatly from enodis in its more elongate 



