Coleopterological Notices, VII. 585 



A small species, comparable only with abnorme, but differing in 

 its smaller size, shorter and black elytra, black antennae and 

 darker pubescence. The intermediate femora of the male are mod- 

 ified nearly as in that species, but the second antennal joint is 

 subglobular, wider than the first and wider than long, and not 

 narrower,' cylindric, and fully as long as wide as it is in abnorme. 

 The description is taken from the male. 



There are three examples before me from Los Angeles Co., Cal- 

 ifornia, which I cannot clearly separate from hrendeli Csy. It is 

 possible that the females from Albuquerque, New Mexico, de- 

 scribed by Brendel under the name discolor, may belong to the 

 same species. 



BRYAXIS Leach. 



The following species belongs to the group containing /bueate, 

 terehrata, intricata, and others having the second dorsal segment 

 indented in the male : — 



B. arguta n. sp. — Eather strongly ventricose and convex, shining, subim- 

 punctate, the elytra very sparsely and obsoletely punctulate ; body and an- 

 tennse dark piceous, the elytra slightly, and legs and antennae distinctly, paler ; 

 pubescence moderately short, subdecumbent and not at all dense. Head but 

 slightly narrower than the prothorax, the eyes large, strongly convex and 

 prominent, the tempora very short and convergent behind them ; three fovege 

 equal and normal. Antennse obviously longer than the head and prothorax, 

 moderately slender, the club gradually but rather rapidly formed ; first three 

 joints decreasing slightly in width, the first but little longer than wide ; sec- 

 ond cylindric, feebly elongate; thiee to eight equal In thickness ; third and 

 fifth not quite 3^ longer than wide ; fourth, seventh and eighth as wide as 

 long ; sixth a little longer than wide ; ninth and tenth ob trapezoidal, increas- 

 ing, similar in form, slightly transverse. Prothorax minutely, feebly and 

 sparsely punctulate, nearly ^-^ wider than long, widest and rather prominently 

 rounded at the middle, the three spongiose fovese subequal and well developed. 

 Elytra almost % wider than long, twice as wide as the prothorax, the sides dis- 

 tinctly divergent from the base and broadly, evenly arcuate ; striae strong and 

 normal. Abdomen, from above, slightly narrower than the elytra and much 

 shorter, the carinse straight, divergent, about }4 ^s long as the segment and 

 separated by % of the entire width. Legs normal, rather slender. Length 

 1.25-1.35 mm.; width 0.7-0.75 mm. 



Michigan — Mr. J. Croissandeau ; Pennsylvania (Westmoreland 

 Co.)— Mr. Schmitt. 



The male serving for this description has the apical margin of 

 the first dorsal only very feebly defiexed but emarginate in cir- 

 cular arc in median fifth or sixth, the sinus fully twice as wide as 



