COLEOPTERA OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. 399 



Cremastochilus opaculus n, sp. Plate vii, fig. i. 



Oblong, black, opaque, dorsum very flat. Clypeus 

 strongly carinate at middle. Disc of thorax sharply di- 

 vided into three regions, anterior angles auriculate, the 

 posterior spiniform, sides arcuate, sinuately narrowing 

 to the hind angles, base sinuate within the angles, disc 

 coarsely punctured, the outer lobes more coarsely and 

 closely, the central portion more sparsely and more 

 opaque. Elytra flat with punctures in the form of elon- 

 gate scratches on the disc, but decidedly punctiform at 

 the sides. Body beneath shining with coarse sparse 

 punctures. Legs slender. Mentum entire. Length, 

 .44 inch ; 11 mm. 



Closely allied to sfinifer, but with the disc of thorax 

 more sharply divided and differently sculptured. The 

 hind angles of the thorax are not everted. It is also al- 

 lied to flani^es, but that has broad thin tibia;. 



Pescadero. 



Eburia conspersa n. sp. 



Pale piceo-testaceous, clothed with recumbent fulvous 

 pubescence. Thorax transversely quadrate, sides feebly 

 arcuate, with feeble post-median tuberosit3% disc covered 

 with callosities as follows : a median linear from apex to 

 base, a broader one each side from base toward apex, a 

 small oblique one between these in front, one near each 

 front angle. Elytra rugulose, with scattered foveiform 

 punctures, one ivory spot at base, two behind the middle, 

 the outer longer, these spots on the line of nude costte, 

 the outer one nearly entire, the inner abbreviated, el3'tra 

 at apex rounded, a sutural spine. Body beneath sparsely 

 pubescent. Femora not spinose at apex. Length, .67 

 inch; 17 mm. 



Quite unlike any of our other Eburia, more nearly re- 



