210 Memoirs on the Coleoptera 



shorter than the tibiae; under surface piceous, the epi pleura obscure, 

 the legs bright, flavate. Length (9) 5-5 mm.; width 2.0 mm. 



Illinois. A single example as in the preceding ocularis n. sp. 



9 — Body deep black in color, the edges not paler, the thoracic sides only 

 very slightly oblique posteriorly. Lustre alutaceous, the elytra 

 shining though not or only very faintly iridescent; under surface 

 black, the epipleura piceous, the legs dark rufous; head scarcely 

 three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, with moderate and not very 

 prominent eyes, the feebly sloping epistoma truncate, with finely 

 elevated sides; antennae not so slender as in the preceding but more 

 than half as long as the body, black, gradually ferruginous distally, 

 the two basal joints piceous; prothorax three-fifths wider than 

 long, the sides feebly arcuate, less so basally, the angles very obtuse, 

 blunt at tip; apex only moderately sinuate, with broadly blunt 

 angles; margins slightly thickened basally; base and apex margined; 

 surface rather flat, the stria fine, the transverse impressions very 

 feeble; fovese elongate, feebly impressed; elytra one-half longer 

 than wide, two-fifths wider than the prothorax, very obtuse at apex; 

 striae fine, the intervals feebly convex; hind tarsi as long as the 

 tibiae, the anterior strongly dilated in the male. Length (cf ) 5.5 

 mm.; width 2.0 mm. California (Sebastopol, Sonoma Co.). A 

 single example anthracinus Lee. 



Body not deep black, the edges often a little paler; thoracic sides strongly 

 reflexed, more oblique posteriorly 10 



10 — Color piceous, the head blacker; surface shining, distinctly though 

 moderately convex, the elytra iridescent; legs flavate; head three- 

 fourths as wide as the prothorax, with rather large and prominent 

 eyes; surface slightly declivous anteriorly, feebly concave at each 

 side of the epistoma, the apex evenly and feebly sinuate; palpi 

 long and very slender, the fourth joint only slightly longer than the 

 third and but little thicker; antennae slender, piceous, the medial 

 joints not quite four times as long as wide; prothorax short, fully 

 three-fourths wider than long, the sides rounded, oblique and 

 straight behind the middle, narrowly reflexed apically, gradually 

 becoming broadly so at base, the angles very obtuse, slightly blunt 

 at tip; apex and the base laterally finely margined, the latter very 

 oblique and arcuate laterally; apex sinuate, with distinct but blunt 

 angles and equal in width to the base; transverse impressions dis- 

 tinct though not deep, the stria visible only between them and fine; 

 foveae moderate, elongate, shallowly impressed, not attaining the 

 base; elytra four-sevenths longer than wide, two-fifths wider than 

 the prothorax, very obtuse and each rectilinear at apex; striae not 

 very fine, smooth, deeply impressed; intervals evidently convex; 

 posterior puncture at apical fifth or sixth; hind tarsi slender, 

 distinctly shorter than the tibiae. Length (9) 5-6 mm.; width 

 2.2 mm. A single example from the Levette collection, probably 

 taken in Indiana transversus n. sp. 



Color obscure testaceous, with the head blacker, the legs flavate; elytral 

 suture generally finely paler; size much smaller; surface moderately 

 convex, shining, the elytra barely visibly iridescent; head relatively 



