190 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



California ; Mr. Ulke and Dr. Horn. The punctures of the 

 elytra are tolerably strong near the base, and become finer to- 

 wards the apex. The prosternum is sparsely punctured, the 

 abdomen nearly smooth. I have seen four specimens, all males, 

 having the ventral segments nearly equal. The eyes are rather 

 finely granulated, and the last joint of the palpi is broadly 

 triangular. 



EOHCIITHUS LEC. 



Front declivous, with a deep lunate impression each side; eyes 

 not very finely granulated, deeply emarginate ; gena? short not 

 prominent; palpi rather short, last joint triangular, not so broad 

 as in Callimus ; antenna? slender, a little longer than the body 

 ($), with a few long flying hairs, 2d joint half as long as 3d, 

 remaining joints nearly equal. Prothorax convex, without tu- 

 bercles, narrowed feebly in front, more strongly behind ; elytra" 

 wider than prothorax, cylindrical, rounded at tip. Prosternum 

 very narrow, mesosternum triangular, moderately wide ; thighs 

 strongly clubbed, tarsi with the 1st and 2d joints swollen and 

 convex ; the 3d is also enlarged in the front and middle pairs 

 but is smaller in the hind pair. 





 5O5. Ell. Oedipus. Piceo-ferrugineus, subtiliter pubescens, pilis 



volatilibus parce pilosus, capite tboraceque vix punctulatis, hoc latitu- 

 dine paulo longiore, lateribus rotundatis, postice angustiore etconstricto; 

 elytris pnnctulatis, fascia pallida subeburnea obliqua ante medium 

 pube dense pallida vestita, alteraque latiorepone medium cinereo-pubes- 

 cente ornatis, spatio intermedio nigricante. Long. 5 mm. 



One $ ; Vancouver Island, Mr. Matthews. A very singular 

 little insect, having from the form of the elytral bands a resem- 

 blance to Callidium decussatum Lee. The elytra are marked 

 near the base with a few scattered large punctures, from which 

 proceed long black flying hairs ; the front band is covered with 

 dense whitish hair, but looks as if it were slightly elevated ; it is 

 feebly sinuate, directed backwards towards the suture. 



PHYTON NEWM. 



5O6. P. discoideum. Rufo-testaceum nitidum, oculis magnis for- 

 titer granulatis, prothorace antice posticeque constricto, basi valde an- 

 gustato, lateribus obtuse fortiter dilatatis, dorso subinsequali parce punc- 

 tato ; elytris parce punctatis, nebula magna fusca maculam rotundatam 



