Junt. 1698.] Casey : North American Coleoptera. 89 
prothorax, the sides nearly straight and distinctly convergent, the apex narrowly 
rounded ; punctures rather sparse and very minute, the surface feebly rugulose 
Length 1.3 mm.; width 0.53 mm. Louisiana (Morgan City). 
r rp, . laminifrons, sp. nov. 
6 — I horacic process of the male abruptly formed. 
Thoracic process gradually formed, its sides merging gradually and obliquely into 'the 
sides of ihe prothorax ; thoracic punctures quite dense. 
7- ElytraI punctures rather coarse and closer ; thoracic process one' half as wide ns the 
ely tra. Body rather stout, blackish, the elytra piceous ; legs and oral organs pale ; 
ustre moderately shining ; head and eyes modera ely developed ; clypeal process 
very broad only moderate in length, almost transversely truncate ; prothorax only 
slightly wider than long, the sides parallel and broadly arcuate; apical process 
very b.oad, deeply sinuate ; punctures strong and close set; elytra quite distinctly 
narrower than the prothorax and scarcely more than one-half longer; one-half 
longer than wide, the sides parallel; apex broadly rounded ; surface feebly rugu¬ 
lose strongly punctured, less closely than the prothorax. Length 1.4-1 7 mm • 
width 0.55-0.7 mm. California (southern). grossulum, sp. nov.’ 
ytral punctures fine but distract, rather sparse, the thoracic process much less than 
one-naif as wide as tbe elytra. ^ 
Thoracic punctures close-set; angles of'the clypeal process' scarcely'at' all 'round'ed 
Blackish, the elytral punctures generally very feebly subserial in arrangement. 
California (especially northern coast regions). californicum Csv 
Thoracic punctures sparse ; angles of the clypeal process rounded. Body evenly 
cylindric, moderately shining, more or less rufo-testacecus in color, tbe elytra 
sometimes blackish toward base; head and eyes moderate, the clypeal process 
moderately strong, with the sides rather strongly convergent and the apex broadly 
sinuate ; prothorax slightly transverse, the sides parallel and almost straight 
round,ng anteriorly, the process rather feebly developed, sinuate at apex ; elytra 
scarce y one- a onger than wide, as wide as the prothorax and three-fifths 
longer, the sides parallel and straight, the apex broadly rounded ; punctures fine 
Lerg,h 12 mm; ^ 
9-Narrowly cylindric blackish, the elytra rufe^ent'ai 'tip ,' U gs , t r o“ a^dImennra 
?\ ‘ T ,. m °‘ ieTat J :>y Sbini °S > head well developed, the clypeus moderate 
’ " g *’ V* " Str ° n8l> conver S ent ’ 'be apex broadly sinuato-tiuncate 
and the angles blunt; piothorax but little wider than long, the sides subparallel 
nd very shghtly arcuate j process rather short, sinuate at tip; elytra fully one - 
f longer than wide, as wide as the prothorax and fully three fourths longer 
somewhat parabolically rounded a, tip, the punctures fine but strong, but little 
smaller than those of the prothorax and much less close-set. Length i.i-i a 
o-M^d' W ."f h ° 4 ~°- 5 California A °geles).. .convergens, sp. nov. 
oderately stout, piceous to blackish in color, with the elytra paler ; legs, tropbi 
and antennae pale, the club dusky; surface polished; head well developed 
broadly concave, the clypeus only moderately reflexed, the apex broadly truncate- 
prothorax but little wider than long, the sides subparallel and broadly, distinctly 
arcuate ; process rather short, lamelliform, with a triangular incisure at the mid 
die, the process abruptly formed ; punctures very fine and s F arse ; elytra short, 
