156 [SEPTEMBER, 
San Jose, California, near water, abundant. Reddish testaceous, finely pubes- 
cent. Head cne half longer than wide, sides almost parallel; last joint of the 
palpi very distinct; antennz as long as the head and thorax; in the female with 
the joints 3—6 subequal slightly rounded, 7—10 gradually larger, rounded, not 
transverse, 11th larger obtuse; in the male the 4th joint is twice as thick as the 
3a and globular ; the 5th narrow, the 6th triangular, strongly produced internally 
at the apex, 7—11 as in the female. Thorax a little wider than the head, one 
half longer than wide, gradually slightly narrowed in front, transversely impressed 
at the base. Elytra twice as wide as the thorax and forming an angle with it, 
elongate elliptical, convex, impunctured, foveate at the base. Legs slender, 
thighs subclavate. 
C. 
27. 8S. Zimmermani, testaceo-rufus, pubescens, thorace elongato, sub-cor- 
dato, elvtris elongato-ovatis, punctatis, convexis, antennis articulis tribus ultimis 
abrupte maioribus. Long. -06. 
Schaum, Anal. Entom. 26. 
One specimen, Habersham Co., Georgia; a slender yellowish red species, 
easily known by its slightly cordate elongate thorax and strongly punctured 
elytra. 
The following species is unknown to me, and the description does not permit it 
to be referred with probability to any particular group. [tis perhaps allied to 
S. subpunctatus Lec. 
S. californicus, “ piceus nitidus, subpubescens, capite triangulari, vertice 
excavato, thorace quadrato, lateribus subsinuatis, basi subimpresso, utrinque 
faveolato, elytris rufo-testeceis, apice subtruncatis, ore antennis pedibusque 
testaceis. Long. § lin.”’ 
Motschulsky. Bull. Mose. 1845, 1, 48. 
California. 
BratTHinus Lec. 
Palpi maxillares filiformes, articulo ultimo longiore; Jabrum antice membra- 
neum, late emarginatum; mandibule apice acuminate ; antenne elongate, fili- 
formes ; tarsi posteriores articulis gradatim brevioribus, indistinctis. 
A remarkable apterous and glabrous genus, which except in the presence of 
eyes and in the form of the head and thorax bears a'strong resemblance to Lepto- 
dirus (Schmidt.) 
The head is oval, strongly constricted behind, with the eyes moderately pro- 
minent; the front between the antenne is concave; the vertex marked with two 
impressed lines converging behind; the labrum is transverse, hairy, apparently 
membranous anteriorly and broadly emarginate ; the mandibles are acute at the 
apex; the ligula is emarginate, the labial palpi moderately short, three-jointed, 
the last joint a little longer; the mentum is transverse, scarcely trapezoidal ; the 
head behind the mentum is deeply channeled, and bilobate. The maxillary palpi 
are long and slender ; the first joint is small, the second long, slightly conical, the 
third one half as long as the second, cylindrical ; the fourth a little longer than the 
second, very slightly fusiform, almost acute at the tip. Antenn@ inserted under 
the margin of the front, two thirds as long as the body, almost filiform, first three 
joints shining, the others opaque ; 2nd joint a little shorter than the 3rd, which is 
equal to the fourth and following ones. Mesosternum entirely simple; legs very 
long and slender, thighs net at all clavate; tibial spurs obsolete, tarsi short, the 
four first joints of the anterior and intermediate tarsi distinct, short, almost equal, 
the first a little longer ; the four first joints of the posterior feet gradually shorter, 
very indistinct, the fourth so closely united to the third and so short as to be 
scarcely visible. Thorax ovate, convex, not wider and scarcely larger than the 
head, narrowed behind, truncate at base and apex. Elytra not connate, ovate, 
large, convex, gradually dilated from the base for two thirds their length, then 
broadly rounded to the apex. 
