Coleopterological Notices, III. 45 



Length 7.0 mm. ; width 3.4 mm. (female) ; in the male the length is 

 5.0-7.0 mm. ; width 1.6-2.2 mm. (Los Angeles. ).... siibniticlus n. sp. 

 Elytra each with two transverse fasciae, the first subbasal, the second very- 

 wide, with uneven margins, extending from the middle to the apex 

 (viewed vertically) and with a prolongation posteriorly along the suture. 

 Body robust, compact, the head and pronotum extremely densely pubes- 

 cent, the vestiture completely concealing the surface lustre and punctua- 

 tion, the elytra slightly shining and less densely pubescent. Head rather 

 strongly, somewhat closely punctate ; antennae nearly as long as the body, 

 the outer joints scarcely annulate at base. Prothorax fully one-third wider 

 than long, the base much narrower than the apex ; disk with two pairs 

 of small discal pubescent spots, and another which is median and more 

 posterior. Elytra two-fifths longer than wide, behind the middle but little 

 wider than the prothorax ; apex broadly, feebly, subangularly emargi- 

 nate (viewed longitudinally) ; sides very feebly arcuate ; disk finely, very 

 sparsely punctate. Abdomen densely pubescent. Length 7.5 mm. ; width 

 3.2 mm. (San Diego.) pilbescens n. sp. 



The species above identified as fasciatus agrees in every particu- 

 lar with the type in the LeConte cabinet. 



All the characters of the above diagnoses are taken from the 

 female, except when otherwise noted. Two males which I obtained 

 from the blossoming branches of the Monterey pine, near the town 

 of that name, seem to indicate another species, which the absence 

 of the female prevents me from describing at present. Another 

 specimen from San Diego, resembles subnitidus, but is still more 

 shining and sparsely pubescent, and has a large impunctate median 

 area of the pronotum, which is finely and deeply canaliculate ; it is 

 probable also that this is a distinct species, but more confirmatory 

 material is necessary. 



MONEILEMA Say. 



The following species belongs to the subgenus Collapteryx as 

 defined by Dr. Horn : — 



M. spinicollis n. sp. — Moderately robust and convex, the elytra sub- 

 carinate at the sides toward base, black, rather strongly polished, glabrous. 

 Head with a few fine punctures beneath the eyes and antenna?, impunctate 

 toward the middle, the front separated from the epistoma by a deep transverse 

 impression ; antennas three-fourths as long as the body, with the fourth joint 

 alone annulate at basal two-fifths ; scape very long and thick, with a few fine 

 widely dispersed punctures. Prothorax strongly transverse, from one-third to 

 nearly one-half wider than long, the base and apex equal in width, feebly 

 arcuate ; sides parallel, feebly arcuate, the spine long, acute, directed upward 

 and backward ; disk evenly convex, with a more or less incomplete and very 



