Goleopterological Notices, VII. 665 



nearly white beneath, without trace of erect scales or setse. Head and basal 

 parts of the beak densely squamose; beak stout toward base, the portion be- 

 yond the antennai rapidly narrower, polished and glabrous, as long as the head 

 and prothorax, a little shorter and stouter in the male, the antennae inserted 

 at the middle in the female and at apical % in the male, the first funicular 

 joint longer than the next two combined, especially in the male, and much 

 stouter. Prothorax more than % wider than long, 2% times as wide as the 

 head, the sides strongly convergent, strongly and almost evenly arcuate from 

 base to apex, minutely sinuate just behind the latter; punctures not wholly 

 concealed, circular, moderate in size, nearly in mutual contact but not 

 crowded. Elytra neatly 2% times as long as the prothorax and about % wider, 

 % longer than wide, the sides parallel and feebly arcuate; apex broadly ob- 

 tuse; humeri slightly exposed and oblique; striae rather fine, strongly punc- 

 tate, the intervals feebly convex, slightly rugose, with the scales disposed 

 closely and irregularly. Legs rather short and stout. Length 1.7-2.0 mm. ; 

 width 0.8-0.9 mm. 



Texas (Brownsville). Mr. Wickham. 



This species is to be placed near mica, but is slightly larger 

 and more elongate, with narrower squamules, and differs besides 

 in the larger first funicular joint of the male. It is represented 

 before me bj^ a large series. 



T. tranSTersus n. sp. — Oblong, strongly convex, blackish, the legs and 

 beak rufous; body clothed throughout with a very dense crust of large, broadly 

 rounded, non-strigose and overlapping scales, which conceal the integuments, 

 the scales whitish and of various shades of brown, the white scales more evi- 

 dent toward the sides and mid-basal regions of thepronotum, in a large sutural 

 spot before the middle of the elytra and in an almost entire straight trans- 

 verse band near apical third, the elytral striae evident merely as fine lines sepa- 

 rating the single or partially double lines of scales, the intervals bearing 

 single series of widely separated and very long, erect bristles, which are stri- 

 gose and uniformly tapering from base to their acute apices. Head and beak 

 clothed with the dense indument of scales, with erect sparse spinules irregu- 

 larly disposed; beak short, very rapidly tapering, not longer than the pro- 

 thorax, the antennae inserted at the middle, the portion beyond the antennae 

 glabrous and shining. Prothorax nearly as long as wide, the sides parallel and 

 nearly straight to near apical fourth, then rounded and converging for a short 

 distance to the broadly tubulate apex, the latter broad, truncate, % as wide as 

 the base; sculpture entirely concealed, the bristles sparse, much shorter than 

 those of the elytra. Elytra rather short, scarcely % longer than wide, more 

 than twice as long as the prothorax and % wider ; sides parallel and nearly 

 straight; apex broadly and obtusely subargulate from above; humeri quite 

 widely exposed at base and rather narrowly rounded; surface entirely con- 

 cealed. Legs short, densely squamose. Length 1.3 mm. ; width 0.6 mm. 



Arizona (Tu9Son). 



