262 MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA 



Saprinus lecontei n. sp. Oblong-oval, moderately convex, very shining 

 and with feeble bronzy lustre, black, the legs not paler; head finely, 

 loosely punctate, the occipital fovea very small and feeble, the front not 

 transversely striate; prothorax much less than twice as wide as long, the 

 sides moderately converging and but very feebly arcuate, but rounding 

 apically, the marginal stria fine; surface smooth and completely punc- 

 tureless, becoming rapidly coarsely, closely punctate laterally, except at 

 base, the sides finely punctate, the coarsely punctured area subconnected 

 with the confused basal line of punctures and, anteriorly, having a large 

 strong impression; elytra one-half longer than the prothorax, the punc- 

 tures strong and rather close-set, extending before the middle at the 

 first stria, to the middle at the suture, but only to apical two-fifths at 

 two-fifths from the suture; four striae coarse and punctulate, subequal, 

 extending evidently behind the middle, the fourth arched at base nearly 

 to the scutellum, the sutural entire, except that it is generally obsolete 

 at base; lateral convexity very smooth, the lower flanks closely punctate; 

 outer subhumeral short, impressed, the inner coarse and forming a pro- 

 longation of the oblique humeral, extending well behind the middle; 

 prosternum slightly convex between the striae; anterior tibiae with about 

 nine stout and rather long external spines. Length 4.5-5.4 mm.; 

 width 3.2-4.0 mm. Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Louisi- 

 ana. Not uncommon. 



This distinct and conspicuous species has sometimes been con- 

 founded with the western oregonensis, but it is much larger and may 

 always be distinguished at once by the strong antero-lateral im- 

 pressions of the pronotum, also by the coarse inner subhumeral 

 stria, this being a perfect continuation of the oblique humeral. 

 From impressus Lee., it may be known by its very much larger size, 

 basally interrupted sutural stria, more arcuate and diverging fourth 

 dorsal and much coarser antero-lateral punctures of the pronotum. 

 In oregonensis there is a fine entire transverse frontal stria, and the 

 pronotum is never impressed at the sides anteriorly. 



The two following are of a remarkably aberrant type and are 

 probably somewhat allied to certain West Indian forms: 



Saprinus repens n. sp. Body rather elongate, oblong-oval, convex, 

 shining, nearly black, the legs dull rufous; head extremely finely, sparsely 

 punctulate, the strong supra-orbital striae obliquely flexed anteriorly; 

 prothorax barely two-thirds wider than long, the sides rather strongly 

 converging, long and nearly straight, rounding at apex, the marginal 

 groove fine, entire, somewhat hooked at base; surface minutely, remotely 

 and almost invisibly punctulate, abruptly strongly and densely but not 

 very coarsely so near the sides and, again, narrowly very finely and 

 sparsely along the edges, the more punctate area not impressed anteri- 

 orly; basal margin with a single line of fine punctures, the scutellar 

 impression distinct; elytra only moderately abbreviated, though less 



