442 MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA 



lecontei in my collection from California, New Mexico (Jemez 

 Springs) and from northern Mexico. 



Philonthus vulgatus n. sp. Outline more fusiform, stout, black, 

 shining, the elytra faintly bronzed: legs black or piceous-black; antennae 

 black, rather stout, almost as long as the head and prothorax, the outer 

 joints rather longer than wide, the third very much longer than the second ; 

 head moderate, subquadrate, with larger and smaller punctures sparsely 

 scattered laterally, the eyes convex, at three-fourths their length from the 

 base, the tempora less prominent, parallel, then broadly rounding to the 

 base; neck fully three-fifths as wide as the head; prothorax fully as long 

 as wide to rather longer, distinctly wider than the head, rounded at base, 

 the sides feebly converging and slightly arcuate from base to apex, the 

 punctures rather strong, remotely scattered, more closely aggregated along 

 the sides of a broad median impunctate line; scutellum moderate, elytra 

 subquadrate or rather longer than wide, wider and longer than the pro- 

 thorax, finely and moderately closely punctate; abdomen finely, rather 

 sparsely, somewhat unevenly punctate; sixth ventral (cf 1 ) with a very 

 small sinus, rounded, nearly three times as wide as deep, the adjacent 

 surface scarcely at all modified; anterior tarsi moderately dilated. Length 

 (cf 9 ) .0-9.5 mm.; width 2.0-2.1 mm. Canada (Ottawa), New York 

 (Lake Champlain and Ithaca) and Minnesota (Duluth). 



Distinguishable easily from lecontei by the very simple male 

 sexual characters and still smaller head, and, from morosus, by the 

 uninflated tempora; there are no examples with rufescent elytra 

 among my material. 



Philonthus pansatus n. sp. Rather stout, subparallel, black, shining, 

 the anterior parts faintly subseneous, the elytra rufescent, with black 

 sutural cloud in the type; legs black, the tarsi piceous; antennae black, 

 rather thick, not quite so long as the head and prothorax, the penultimate 

 joints slightly shorter than wide, 3-6 not as long as in vidgatits; head 

 larger and longer, subquadrate, fully as long as wide, the sides parallel, 

 rounding basally, the eyes moderately convex and at nearly their own 

 length from the base; surface with many strong punctures laterally; 

 prothorax fully as long as wide and slightly wider than the head, parallel, 

 the sides feebly and unevenly arcuate, the base rounded; punctures fine 

 and stronger intermingled, remotely and unevenly scattered, the broad 

 median smooth line well defined by more seriate punctures; elytra quad- 

 rate, only slightly longer but rather distinctly wider than the prothorax, 

 the punctures small but strong, even and rather close-set; abdomen 

 finely, rather closely punctate throughout; sixth ventral (o*) with a rather 

 large and obtusely cuspidiform apical emargination, about three times as 

 wide as deep, the adjacent surface with a very small, feeble and indefinite 

 impression at the apex of the sinus, the fifth segment simple; anterior 

 tarsi strongly dilated but distinctly less so than in lecontei. Length (cf) 

 10.0 mm.; width 2.2 mm. Colorado (Boulder Co.). 



This species is distinct from the preceding in its larger, more 



