Coleopterological Notices. VI. 817 



the beak with small rounded uniforral}^ pale brownish, closely adherent scales, 

 intermingled with numerous short erect hairs, the scales of the pronotum 

 slightly larger. Head large, convex, a little more than one-half as wide as the 

 prothorax, the eyes separated by slightly more than twice their own width ; 

 transverse impression moderately deep but evident; beak stout and long, not 

 quite twice as long as wide, slightly shorter than the prothorax, rather 

 abruptly and strongly dilated at apex, densel}^ squamose and nearly smooth, 

 the sculpture not evident, having a deep oval perforate dorsal fovea near api- 

 cal third, the median line thence finely and feebly carinate to the base; anten- 

 ntc long, the scape relatively rather short, only extending slightly upon the 

 eyes, the funicle very long, about as long as the prothorax, sparsely brist- 

 ling with long hairs, the basal joint slightly longer than the second, the latter 

 much longer than the third, which is in turn quite distinctly longer than the 

 fourth, seventh much longer than the sixth, obconical, club not longer than 

 the last two joints of the funicle, gradually pointed. Prolhomx relatively 

 small, not quite as long as Avide, the sides parallel and feebly arcuate, becom- 

 ing gradually almost straight in basal half, a little more convergent and 

 rounded near the apex, which is truncate and not quite as wide as the base; 

 ocular lobes small, moderately developed, briefly fimbriate, not quite attaining 

 the eyes; disk even, very obsoletely impressed along the median line and without 

 exposed sculpture. Elytra large, oval, rather more than one-half longer than 

 wide, more than three times as long as the prothorax and two and one-third 

 times as wide, the sides parallel and arcuate; apex acute; humeri broadly 

 rounded and obsolete, the basal margin not rounded but not prominent at the 

 sides, the base evenly sinuate in circular arc and equal in width to the base of the 

 prothorax; disk even, the suture becoming slightly prominent near the decliv- 

 ity, which is subvertical and feebly sinuate in profile; serial punctures small 

 and rather distant, each with a large scale; intervals wide, equal and very 

 feebly convex, very evenly and extremely densely squamose. Abdomen nearly 

 flat, densely squamose and pilose. Legs long, the anterior tibiae gradually bent 

 toward apex, sparsely denticulate within; posterior strongly dilated at apex; 

 third tarsal joint very widely bilobed. Length 10.8-14.5 mm ; width 4.3- 

 6.3 mm. 



California (Sonoma Co.). 



The description is drawn from the female, the fifth ventral be- 

 ing equilatero-triangular and nearlj- flat. The male is smaller 

 and much more slender, but does not differ in the form of the 

 legs. The prothorax in the male frequently has the sides feebly 

 convergent and nearly straight from apical fifth or sixth to the 

 base, and the fifth ventral is parabolic in 'outline. This species 

 does not appear to be rare, and I have before me a large series; 

 one specimen is marked " Mqjave Desert," but possibly in error. 

 In some individuals a sublateral sulcus of the beak is quite pro. 

 nounced, but the character is gradually evanescent. 



