194 H. C. FALL. 



eighth joint is as wide as the ninth, the latter a little wider than the 

 tenth, the eleventh longer and very narrow. The pronotum is gran- 

 ulate at sides, the punctures becoming small and deep at the middle, 

 especially posteriorly ; the interspaces scarcely perceptibly punctu- 

 late. The pubescence is rather better developed than elsewhere ; the 

 sides of the prothorax less widely margined and the elytral inter- 

 spaces less flat. The elytral apices are narrowly but plainly trun- 

 cate. In the only two males at hand the elytra are testaceous, with 

 the suture and side margins dark. It is possible that this is the 

 normal coloration in this sex. The females are uniformly dark 

 brown, and differ otherwise from the male in their less strongly pro- 

 duced antennal joints which are, however, obviously wider than in 

 the males of any other species. Length 6-7.75 mm. 



California, occurs near San Francisco (Alameda County), but 

 apparently not common. One example from Ensenada, Lower 

 California, in my own collection appears to be identical. 



2. V. murrayi Lee— Black or nearly so, prothorax rufous, more or less 

 infuscate apically, elytra with or without a small antemedian rufous spot occu- 

 pying the fifth to seventh interspaces. Antennal stem (fig. 13) acutely serrate, 

 the outer joints very strongly transverse, the eighth as wide as the ninth in both 

 sexes; niuth and tenth joints triangular, nearly twice as long as wide in the 

 male, slightly less elongate in the female, the outer angle acute; eleventh joint 

 longer and narrower, oval, pointed. The prothorax is finely not closely punc- 

 tate, the punctures subgranulate, especially toward the sides; interspaces closely 

 minutely punctulate. Elytra finely striate, the striae not evidently punctate, 

 interspaces finely rugose, not granulate, apex narrowly truncate. Lower surface 

 densely finely punctate, with scattered slightly coarser punctures as usual. 

 Length 5-7 mm. 



California, Marin and Napa Counties (Fuchs) ; Lake County 

 (Van Dyke) ; Makelunme Hill (Blaisdell) ; Mt. Wilson, Los Ange- 

 les County (Fen yes). 



The elytral spot is constantly present in all specimens from the 

 more northern localities, and is as constantly lacking in those from 

 Los Angeles County. The form in this species is a little more slen- 

 der than in couvexa and expansa. 



3. V. blaisdelli n. sp — Our smallest and narrowest species, though some 

 males of murrayi are almost as slender. Dark brown throughout, the elytra with 

 a small antemedian pale spot, which is rarely lacking. Eighth joint of antennae 

 as wide as the ninth in the male, but plainly narrower than the latter in the 

 female. The antennal funicle is acutely serrate, but with the joints less strongly 

 produced than in murrayi; the outer angle in the first two joints of the club is 



