316 Goleopterological Notices, VII. 



fine and feebly impressed, deeper sublaterally, much confused 

 onh^ veiy near the sides, finely and remotely punctate ; intervals 

 flat, alternately with a few supplementary punctures. Length 

 21.5 mm.; width 10.3 mm. 



California (exact locality not recorded). The single female 

 representing this species in my cabinet cannot by any possibility 

 be united with striatopunctatus, and, as it corresponds exactly 

 with the figure of Motschulsky, especially in the form of the 

 prothorax, I regard it as a very satisfactory^ provisional exponent 

 of ovalis. The sides of the mesosternal plate between the coxse 

 are only very feebly elevated. 



8. B. decipiens n. sp. — Rather strongly ventricose, shining, the pronotnm 

 strongly alutaceous, the head dull but polished anteriorly. Sead stout, moder- 

 ately elongate, very feebly, transversely rugulose toward the middle of the ver- 

 tex ; gense but slightly developed and having a minute angulate notch beneath 

 the eyes ; supra-orbital ridges narrow, long, strong, deeper above the antennae 

 but not swollen ; antennae barely % as long as the body, gradually more 

 slender from the second Joint, the first moderately thick and claviform, much 

 shorter than the next two. Prothorax relatively rather small though distinctly 

 wider than long, rounded anteriorly, deeply sinuate toward base, the sides 

 parallel and straight in basal fifth or sixth ; angles right and blunt ; base 

 broad, fully as wide as the head ; disk somewhat longitudinally convex, the 

 impressions all very feeble ; lateral reflexed margin moderate ; apex broadly 

 sinuate. Elytra distinctly less than }4 longer than wide, 3 times as long and 

 2% times as wide as the prothorax, almost evenly elliptical, rather full toward 

 base, moderately convex, the refiexed margin distinct, especially toward base ; 

 striae rather fine but well impressed, the punctures not coarse but distinct, well 

 separated ; intervals feebly convex, generally without supplementary punctures 

 in the male, but with the alternate intervals serially punctate behind the 

 middle in the female, abruptly much confused in lateral fourth. Length 

 16.0-18.0 mm. ; width 7.5-9.0 mm. 



California (near Monterey). 



The anterior tarsi of the male are moderately dilated, with the 

 dense spongy-pubescent pad of the first joint occupying fully 

 apical half. This species differs from striatopunctatus in its shorter 

 elytra, smaller and less dilated prothorax, rather more impressed 

 striae and somewhat fuller humeral regions of the elytra ; it is 

 represented by six males and two females taken by Mr. Dunn. 



Var. A — Similar to decipiens but with the elytra more elongate, the protho- 

 rax broader and more inflated anteriorly, much wider than long and more 

 narrowed at base, the latter being distinctly narrower than the head ; elytra 

 strongly depressed toward base. Length 17.5 mm. ; width 8.0 mm. Mon- 

 terey. 



