ite, where it was 



I'a.s rather /i:rrii- 



lit'sc specitis the 



and well devel- 



Kfcr, in which, 



hut not having 



tatcd positively. 



filled; depressed. 

 Body, legs and 

 iite ; iiiilurior aii- 

 d(!fiin;(l, rounded 

 terior angles, and 

 wider than head. 



arouate, lateral 

 or right. Elytra 

 le wider than the 

 .'entral segment, 

 Dunded hehind; 

 t and transverse. 

 Jniiap about one- 

 :iiilHs 9 , except 



Length 1.7 mm. 



t sjieeies most 



•ossed. Surface 

 so large as to 

 ii'rly ; ]iunc- 

 iproxi.Mation ; 

 ^' with exceed- 

 lielonging to 

 a longitudinal 

 'ous : logs and 

 I'ginate: iiian- 

 ho sides before 

 near tlie l)ase 

 mg. narrowed 

 straight : un- 

 iped, and not 

 nd prothorax 

 and entire : 

 "lominal seg- 

 • Antennae 

 two to eight 

 uigated, nur- 



ter 



NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 



01 



This sinf:;ular species was phiced hy LeContc in his genus Pnrdiulrita, 

 })iit tlicre is apj)arontly no valid reason for such separation. The reason 

 given in the classification, viz. ; the emargination of the labruni, will not 

 liold good, a.s thi.s is a peculiarity of many other specic^s acknowledged to 

 he genuine Liimojtfilai. It belongs ])rohiibly to the .same group mh 

 Wolliiston's (ixilfdris, from Miideira, and is still more closely allied to 

 Grouvelle's aipito from Mexico. 



It seems to be (piite rare in collections; one specimen (Horn) — tliree 

 specimens (LeConte) — all from Southern California. 



I". li. aiigUMtlilllS liCc— Form elongated, narrow and sub-cylindrical; 

 sides parallel. Surface jiunctured, elytra etriate and sub-costato; punctur s of 

 head coarse, close and elongated, tliose o'.' j)rothora.x finer. C(dor of body, logs and 

 antennae testaceous. Head sul)-triaiigular; eyes small, not prominent, on the siiles 

 and W(>11 advancxvl: surface not |)ul)t!>ccnt. IVothorax of same width as bond, 

 longer than wide, and slightly narroweil behind; anterior and posterior angles 

 well marked; sides nearly straight; lateral striae moderately distinct; surface 

 covered sparingly with ])ubescence. Elytra a litth^ longer than the head and pro- 

 thorax together, of same width as the latter; entire and evenly rounded behind. 

 Metasternum very long, so that the abdomen is hardly one-half the length of the 

 elytra. Abdomiual segments sub-equal, the first u little longer than the others. 

 AnlenuHe short, slightly longer than the prothorax, first joint moderate; joints 

 two to eight smaller, sub-globular : last three rather abruptly enlarged and flat- 

 tened, forming a loose club. Length 2.0 mm. 



Plate Vn. Fig. 3. 



Also iippears to be a nither uncommon species. \ Iiave specimens 

 before me from \). ('. and Col. 



18. li. Scliwarzi n. sp. — Form elongated, depressed; sides j)arallel ; surface 

 of head and protiiorax not d'itinctly |iunctured, but rather coarsely granulated. 

 Elytra striate and Itordered ; entire surface pubescent. Color testaceous, antennae 

 siirie, legs a little paler. Head suli-triangular, eyes small, advanced and convex. 

 I'rothorax a little wider than head, as broad as long, perceptibly narrowed behind: 

 sides arcuate: anterior angles rounded: jMisterior angles j)rominent and right; 

 lateral striae moderately strong. P^lytra abo\it one-Iuilf as long again as the head 

 and jMothorax together: entire and evenly rounded behind: sides parallel and 

 straight. Abdominal segments sub-equal. Scutellum small and triangular. An- 

 tennae visibly shorter than the head and prothora.x together; first joint equal in 

 length to eye, second smaller, third to eighth still smaller and globular, eighth joint 

 smallest, ninth to eleventh aliruptly enlarged and flattened, forming a loose club. 

 Length 1.2— l.S mm. 



Plate VII, Fig. 4. 



Resembles (tnyuMuhm in the ;;ntennae and length of elytra, and/rjT^- 

 (jiiiciis in depression of body aiul form of prothonix. Rare in collections ; 

 one specimen (LeCont<;j Fla. two .specimens (Schwarz; Fla. and I). C. 



