Coleopterological Notices, VII. 669 



length, the club much longer than the four preceding joints combined, elongate- 

 oval, with its three joints decreasing slowly and regularly in length. Fro- 

 thorax about as long as wide, the sides parallel and nearly straight, with 

 a broadly rounded and slightly prominent swelling near apical third, the sides 

 thence deeply sinuate and oblique to the broadly subtubulate and sinuato- 

 truncate apex ; the flanks produced obliquely outward at apex in an acute corne- 

 ous process behind the lower part of the eyes; sculpture concealed, but 

 coarsely and densely punctate, the darker scales deeply concave. Scutellum 

 small. Elytra scarcely more than Jjj longer than wide, 3^ longer than the pro- 

 thorax and only very slightly wider; humeri not prominent; apex as in Cop- 

 turodes; striae consisting of series of very large, rounded and almost contigu- 

 ous but scarcely united punctures. Abdomen rapidly ascending at tip, the first 

 two segments very large as in Copturodes, the third with a small feeble cus- 

 piform median tooth. Legs nearly as in Copturodes, densely squamose. 

 Length 4.0 mm. ; width 1.6 mm. 



Southern California. 



The sex of the single specimen before me cannot be deter- 

 mined at present. 



COPTrRODES n. gen. 



This genus differs from Copturus in its less rhombiform bod}^, 

 less unequal first and second funicular joints and completely un- 

 armed femora. The species are numerous within the United 

 States and possibly extend somewhat into Mexico, but probably 

 not much further to the southward ; those known to me may be 

 thus distinguished among themselves : — 



Body rather stout, the elytra distinctly less than )^ longer than wide 2 



Body elongate and more narrowly subcylindric-oval, the elytra % longer than 

 wide or more, always very densely clothed with scales which 'are usually 

 smaller, the integuments entirely concealed 8 



2 — Second ventral segment with two suberect prominences at the apical mar- 

 gin; size large mammillatus Lee. 



Second ventral segment simple 3 



3 — Body clothed throughout with large overlapping scales which conceal the 

 entire surface 4 



Body clothed throughout above with large scales which are not mutually con- 

 tiguous, except in certain small condensed spots and lines, which, on the 

 elytra, form in general two posteriorly arcuate transverse series which are 

 frequently barely traceable 6 



Body very unevenly clothed above, the elytra with small and rather sparse 

 dark and inconspicuous squamules, which are closely decumbent as usual, 

 the pattern of broad white condensed scales more distinctly defined, form- 

 ing, when complete, the usual two transverse and posteriorly arcuate 

 series ; body quite stout „ 7 



Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., IX, July, 1897.— 44. 



