360 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



DESCKIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



The following pages contain the descriptions of all 

 those species believed to be new to science contained in 

 the series sent me for examination. At the same time I 

 have described a number of new species from regions 

 in which the fauna is more or less related to that under 

 consideration. In every instance in which a species is 

 described from the series in the collection of the Acad- 

 emy the type is the specimen or specimens making 

 part of that collection. 



Anchonoderus apicaeis n. sp. 



Form of quadriuotatin but more depressed, piceous, 

 legs pale, elytra tusco-testaceous the apex irregularly 

 piceous. Antenna^ piceous, the basal joint pale. Mouth 

 parts pale. Head piceous smooth. Thorax cordate, 

 broader than long, disc slightly convex, a finely impress- 

 ed median line, surface alutaceous, very sparsely finel}^ 

 punctate. El3'^tra finely striate, intervals flat, finely not 

 closely punctate. Prothorax beneath and metapleura? 

 smooth, abdomen sparsely punctate. Epipleura^ and 

 legs pale. Length, .28 inch: 7 mm. 



The entire surface is sparsely clothed with a very fine 

 and short, erect pubescence. While the general form is 

 that of quadi'inotatus the form is more depressed and the 

 thorax broader. The color of the elytra is not due to 

 immaturit}^ as two specimens collected at different times 

 agree. 



El Taste and Sierra Laguna. 



Apristus subcyaneus n. sp. 



Similar in form to hit / col! is, deep cobalt blue, moder- 

 ately shining, antennaj and legs black. Head smooth. 

 Thorax wider than long, narrowed at base, lateral mar- 

 gin extremely narrow, median impression nearly entire^ 



