DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES 155 



angular, slightly longer than wide, increasing very slightly in width and 

 size in the order named ; eleventh almost evenly oval, slightly narrowed 

 apically, about twice as long as wide. 



Pronotum a little wider than long, widest just behind the middle, 

 length equal to breadth of the head across the eyes ; apex arcuato-truncate 

 in circular arc ; apical angles rounded ; sides not strongly arcuate in basal 

 half, slightly sinuate before the basal angles, anteriorly .rather straight 

 and moderately convergent to apex, serrules small, not very distinct 

 although a few may be larger and subacute, fimbriae moderate in length ; 

 base broadly arcuate, feebly sinuate laterally; basal angles obtuse and 

 more or less distinct; disk rather strongly convex, rather strongly 

 arcuately declivous antero-laterally, sides feebly impressed within the 

 basal angles and laterally anteriorly, punctures moderate in size, rather 

 sparse in the central two-fourths, intervals flat, rather smooth, apparently 

 obsoletely indentate, lustre rather dull, in lateral fourths not strongly nor 

 very densely reticulato-punctate. 



Elytra oblong-oval, twice as long as wide and parallel ; humeri not 

 prominent ; disk rather distinctly transversely impressed behind the base, 

 punctures rather indentated and thereby appearing coarse, separated by 

 rather less than twice their own width and slightly arranged in transverse 

 rows, with the intervals feebly and transversely impressed giving the sur- 

 face the appearance of being subrugose, surface smoother apically with 

 the punctures finer ; apex evenly but not very broadly rounded. 



Abdomen very finely and densely punctulate and microscopically 

 reticulate, less than moderately convex. 



Legs moderate in length and stoutness. 



Salient male characters. Subparallel and elongate, moderately 

 narrow; sides of the fifth ventral segment moderately convergent pos- 

 teriorly, apex equal in width to about a third of the base and truncate at 

 tip ; surface not in the least modified, apical tactile setae noticeably few. 



Female unknown. 



Measurements. Length, 3 mm. ; width, 1 mm. 



Holotype, male, in my own collection ; collected on June 9, 1917, by 

 Mr. Walter M. Giffard of Honolulu, Hawaii. 



Type locality. Santa Cruz County, at an elevation of 600 feet. 



Giffardi is peculiar in its sparsely punctured pronotum and entirely 

 pale legs, the elytral maculation is different from that observed in luteipes 

 to which it is apparently related, the fasciae being more sharply defined 

 and the basal maculae sharper and more elongate, and besides the 

 pronotum is narrower than in that species where the male is more ovate in 

 form. I take pleasure in naming this species after its discoverer, Mr. 

 Giffard. 



