Coleopterological Notices, III. 117 



paler and more ferruginous ; integuments feebly shining, the pubescence short, 

 dense, moderately conspicuous. Head small, finely, densely punctate, the 

 eyes rather large, separated by two-thirds of their own width in the male ; 

 antennae rather stout, a little more than one-third as long as the body, the 

 joints moderately obconical, nearly one-half longer than wide, the third but 

 slightly longer than the fourth. Prothorax nearly two-thirds wider than long, 

 the apex broadly, rather strongly arcuate and almost continuous with the 

 sides, the latter parallel and straight in basal half, then broadly, evenly 

 rounded to the apex ; base transverse, the sinuations rather distinct ; angles 

 right, not at all rounded ; disk scarcely impressed, rather finely and extremely 

 densely punctured throughout. Elytra three times as long as the prothorax 

 and about one-fourth wider, rather abruptly ogival behind ; sides in basal two- 

 thirds parallel and nearly straight, the humeri rather abruptly but narrowly 

 rounded to the base of the prothorax ; disk with feebly impressed series of 

 moderately coarse, close-set punctures, the intervals nearly flat, the punc- 

 tures dense but not extremely so. Abdomen finely, rather sparsely punctured, 

 the metasternum rather coarsely and unusually densely so, the prosternum 

 extremely densely so. Legs slender, the basal joint of the hind 1 arsi distinctly 

 shorter than the remainder. Length 5.3-6.0 mm. ; width 2.1-2.4 mm. 



Lower California (Cape San Lucas). Cab. LeConte. 



In its oblong form, with the elytra rather short, parallel and 

 slightly wider than the prothorax, this species is an analogue of 

 sobrinus and Jioridanus, but it differs from both of the latter in 

 its finer, much denser punctuation, more elongate prothorax and 

 slightly shorter, more robust antennae. 



40 H. fuscullis n. sp. — Oblong, rather elongate and convex, dark brown- 

 ish-piceous, the under surface and legs slightly paler, rufescent; integuments 

 feebly shining, the pubescence very short, pale, dense and conspicuous. Head 

 finely, densely punctate, the punctures rather distinctly separated between 

 the eyes, the latter somewhat large, separated by fully three-fourths their 

 width ; antennae rather more than one-third as long as the body, somewhat 

 slender, the joints feebly obconical, nearly two-thirds longer than wide, the 

 third slender, much longer than the fourth. Prothorax one-half wider than 

 long ; apex feebly arcuate, two-thirds as wide as the base, not at all continu- 

 ous with the sides, the apical angles being distinctly evident although very 

 obtuse ; base transverse, the sinuations small and very feeble ; basal angles 

 a little more than right, not rounded ; sides broadly arcuate and convergent 

 anteriorly, feebly arcuate toward base ; disk just visibly wider behind the 

 middle than at base, scarcely at all impressed, rather finely, extremely densely 

 punctate. Elytra fully three times as long as the prothorax and scarcely more 

 than one-fifth wider ; apex evenly ogival ; humeri abruptly rounded to the 

 base of the prothorax ; sides parallel and nearly straight in basal two-thirds ; 

 disk with fine, feebly, but distinctly impressed series of rather approximate 

 punctures, which are very fine externally but somewhat strong near the 

 suture, the intervals finely, very densely, confusedly punctate. Abdomen 



