COLEOPTERA OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. 381 



Attalus setosus n. sp. 



Above in great part red, a median thoracic space sud- 

 denly constricted at base, the scutellum and space each 

 side piceous. Antennas slender feebly serrate, piceous, 

 the three basal joints in part paler. Head oval, not ros- 

 trate, piceous except at mouth. Thorax transversely 

 oval, sparsely finely punctate and with fine short pubes- 

 cence. Elytra slightly wider behind, very sparsely finely 

 punctate, with extremely minute pubescence and with 

 short erect black seta^ sparsely scattered. Body beneath 

 and legs black, abdomen red. Length, .10 inch; 2.5 

 mm. 



This species bears some resemblance to varieties of 

 hiimcralis, but differs from that and any other species in 

 our fauna by the seta; which are found on the elytra. 



San Jose del Cabo. 



Attalus unicolor n. sp. 



Piceous, distinctly bronzed, moderately shining. An- 

 tenna; slender, feebly serrate, piceous, four basal joints 

 pale beneath. Head oval, not rostrate. Thorax trans- 

 versely oval, moderately convex, minutely alutaceous, 

 sparsely punctate. Elytra slightly wider behind, surface 

 slightly scabrous, with sparsely placed short, black, erect 

 hairs. Body beneath black, slightly bronzed. Femora 

 except at knees and the posterior tibia; black, anterior 

 and middle tibia; partly, tarsi entirely testaceous. Length, 

 .08 inch; 2 mm. 



This species is notable in its uniform color with bronzed 

 surface, resembling in this respect some Malachius. 



One male. La Chuparosa, near San Jose del Cabo. 



Cymatodera purpuricollis n. sp. 



Brownish, head and thorax metalHc blue, the latter 

 more distinctly so. Antennae slender, joints three to 



