Coleopterological Notices, V. 407 



Elytra more coarsely deeply and sparsely punctate ; antennae 

 stouter ; anterior tibiae of the male shorter, thick, narrowed, 

 near the base and less than twice as long as the tarsi, the latter 



more dilated faiiveli 



Pronotum more finely feebly and much more sparsely punctured ; 

 discal parts of the elytra more or less indefinitely clouded with 

 a paler rufescent tinge. 

 Elytra shorter, with the sides very strongly divergent, coarsely, 

 very sparsely punctate; abdomen with five exposed segments; 

 border very wide ; size larger, the form broader — 9* 



OTipennis 



Elytra longer, the sides less divergent ; punctures finer and more 



abundant ; abdomen with scarcely more than four exposed. 



segments; border narrower — 9 nillt>ilatlis 



Sides of the prothorax oblique and feebly sinuate behind, the base 

 relatively wider ; small species, pale flavescent in color, the punctua- 

 tion fine and sparse ; elytra small, much shorter than wide ; tarsi 



longer and more slender debilis 



Pronotum without trace of an impressed median line, almost similar in the 



male and female ; body intense polished black throughout. California. 



Tempora rounded but rather prominent and subrectangular ; prothorax 



wider than long ; punctures smaller and closer ; last joint of the 



antennae much longer than the tenth temporalis 



Tempora very convergent and broadly rounded, not at all prominent ; 

 prothorax not distinctly wider than long, nearly as in Orobanus but 

 more convex ; punctures strong and sparse ; last joint of the antennae 

 only just visibly longer than the tenth ; last joint of the maxillary 



palpi smaller llUIllboldtiailllS 



Prothorax transverse, nearly as in Anthophagus, the sides but feebly conver- 

 gent behind and very feebly, broadly sinuate ; surface explanate toward the 

 hind angles ; last joint of the maxillary palpi short, subulate ; posterior 

 tarsi short, stout and normal integer 



G. 'briinneilS Say. — Journ. Ac. Phila., Ill, p. 158 ; verticalis Say : Trans. 

 Am. Phil. Soc, IV, p. 463 ; cmsus Er. : Gen. Staph., p. 853. 



It is somewhat remarkable that Eriehson should have failed to 

 recognize in his cdesvs the species described by Say as brunneus, 

 for the cloud of black near the apex of the tergum, in connection 

 with the size of the body — slightly under a quarter of an inch or 

 6 mm. — is very characteristic of the species. Verticalis is prob- 

 ably a smaller female specimen, the great difference in form of the 

 male and female prothorax possibly not having been noticed by 

 Say. 



