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The antennal fossse are limited in knausii anterior to the eye as 

 in ealifornicus, but the outline of the second antennal joint is not 

 concave as in the latter species. 



From Dr. Brendel's description it is to be inferred that ealiforni- 

 cus has the front of head similar to fuchsii, which is in hiaiisii 

 entirely different. 



In the " Genera et Catalogue des Pselaphides," by A. Ratfray, in 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. de Fr., 1904, the genus Fustiger Lee. is revived for 

 our species. 



Adraues dietzii n. sp. — Form and color of lecantei, slightly smaller, ely- 

 tral suture not as deeply depressed, sides of thorax behind middle not as strongly 

 compressed and elytra more coarsely punctured than that species. 



Male. — Head rotundate-truncate in front, gradually narrowing to base; second 

 antennal joint not or very feebly narrower towards apex; prothorax nearly as 

 long as broad, widest slightly before middle, strongly narrowing to apex, but 

 feebly so to base, sides behind middle obliquely impressed, but not as strongly as 

 in lecontei, surface sparsely punctate and pubescent with short yellowish hairs, 

 median basal fovea moderately large and nude. Elytra at base as wide as the 

 thorax at base, gradually widening towards apex, sides very feebly arcuate: 

 suture in comparison with lecontei more feebly depressed; surface relatively 

 coarsel.v punctured, especially near apex, pubescence moderate, not concealing 

 the shining surface, on each side near apex a tuft of longer yellowish silken hairs. 

 Abdomen more shining than the rest of the body and very sparsely clothed with 

 a few hairs, broader than the elytra, especially near baf^e, margined, the margin 

 at base more widely reflexed and clothed with a tuft of yellow silken hairs; ba- 

 sal excavation nearly as in lecontei. Body beneath smooth and shining, scarcely 

 pubescent, except the metasternuni, which has a large, rounded imiiressiou, filled 

 with a dense yellow pubescence; intermediate femora with along and at apex 

 slightly curved spine, intermediate tibiae about two-thirds as long as the femora, 

 stout, of nearly equal width throughout, at apical third a blunt tooth. Length 

 2.5 mm. 



Tulare Co., California, in coll. Dietz. 



This species is very near the Adranes taylori Wickh., but differs 

 from it by the head gradually and evenly narrowing to apex, seen)- 

 ingly coarser punctuation of elytra, the strong femoral spine, the 

 tibiae stouter and shorter, with the tooth nearer to apex and not sin- 

 uate and narrow within (judging from the figure). 



It differs from lecontei by having a broader thorax, elytral suture 

 not as deeply depressed, a stronger and denser punctuation ; besides 

 the different form of the intermediate tibise the male has the meta- 

 sternum with a simple large rounded impression, which is, in lecon- 

 tei, bordered on each side with a large triangular tooth. It would 



TBANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXXII. (34) SEPTEMBER, 1906. 



