45Q MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA 



NOTE 



Mr. J. F. Hausen (Can. Rec. Sci., 1891, p. 321) described a species 

 of Philonthus under the name stictus. The source of publication 

 is inaccessible to most of our coleopterists and I therefore append 

 the following description, drawn from the characters given by the 

 author: 



Philonthus stictus Hausen Rather stout, subdepressed, moderately 

 shining, piceous-black, the antennae and legs concolorous; head sub- 

 truncate at base, a little longer than wide, parallel behind the eyes, 

 the hind angles rounded, punctured and pubescent, a median area im- 

 punctate; antennae rather stout, attaining the base of the prothorax; 

 joint one as long as two and three together, 4-7 subequal, the re- 

 mainder obconic and somewhat longer than wide, the last obliquely 

 acuminate at tip; prothorax slightly wider than the head, convex, 

 longer than wide, the base rounded, the sides slightly arcuate, an- 

 teriorly convergent, the apical angles right; surface closely, evenly 

 punctate and puberulent, with a smooth median line, the seta at the 

 sides before the middle long; elytra somewhat inflated behind, longer 

 [and according to the figure much wider] than the prothorax, slightly 

 convex, closely and not very finely punctate, pubescent, the sutural 

 stria conspicuous; abdomen strongly margined, slightly iridescent, 

 pubescent, more notably so at the sides, the fourth and fifth dorsals 

 piceous at apex, the posterior segments gradually increasing in length; 

 hind tarsi with the first joint as long as the next three combined. 

 Length 7.9 mm. A single specimen ( 9 ?) from Lachine, near Montreal. 



The author states that it probably belongs to the confertus group 

 but differs distinctly in color from that species. The species 

 described in the present paper coming nearest to stictus, are finitimus 

 and protervus; the former has the antennae shorter, the outer joints 

 shorter than wide and the elytra much more abbreviated, being, 

 along the suture, much shorter than the prothorax; in protervus 

 the elytra are large and longer, but the prothorax is not longer than 

 wide and the antennas are slender, though with the outer joints 

 not longer than wide and more strongly obconic; the entire form 

 of the body is apparently more slender and parallel in both. 



Aurulentus Horn, does not occur east of the Rocky Mountains; 

 though having tumid tempora, it is easily distinguished from mor- 

 osus by the pellucid impressed margin of the last male ventral. 



