CETONIIN.E 



or subcomminuted area of tomentum at each side; hairs abundant 



and coarse, rather variable in length; anterior tibiae with the two 



lower teeth more approximate than the two upper and a little longer 



and more spiniform in the female. Length (d* 9 ) 11.8-14.0 mm.; 



width 6.4-8.0 mm. Texas and southern Louisiana, also one example 



from St. Louis, Missouri. Abundant. Seventeen examples. [ Ce- 



tonia sepulchralis Fabr., and reichi G. & P.]. . . . sepulchralis Fabr. 



A Similar to sepnlchralis in every way, except that the body is smaller 



and generally more piceo-rufous in color, the antennal club 



similarly subequal in the sexes and evidently shorter than the stem; 



the concave surface between the suture and subapical umbones, 



which is rather finely and densely reticulate in sepulchralis, is 



almost as densely so here, but the pubescence of the pronotum, 



which is always notably short in that species is here distinctly 



more developed. Length (cf 9 ) 10.0-11.3 mm.; width 5.7-6.7 



mm. Taken abundantly by Mr. Knaus at Manhattan and 



Muncie, Kansas; it also occurs at Vowell's Mill, La. A specimen 



taken at Vicksburg, Miss., is very close to the typical Manhattan 



form and probably identical. The above measurements refer 



simply to the sixteen specimens from Manhattan and Muncie. 



kansana n. subsp. 



B Similar to sepulchralis but more oval and rather less depressed 

 above, black, with greenish lustre, feebly cupreo-seneous beneath, 

 with rather finer and feebler elytral costules, the pronotum with 

 rather finer and denser punctures, which are more uneven in size 

 and with thejpubescence longer, denser and much more conspicuous 

 than in any other form allied to sepulchralis; reticulation between 

 the suture and umbones dense and even as in sepulchralis; teeth of 

 the anterior tibiae equally spaced; pygidial umbo of the male obtuse 

 and well below the centre. Length (cf) 10.2-11.8 mm.; width 

 5.4-6.8 mm. Southern Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri. Two 



examples crinitula n. subsp. 



C Similar to sepulchralis in general outline and rather depressed 

 above, but not quite so large and blacker, with less evidence of 

 metallic lustre, the pronotum nearly similar but with better de- 

 veloped tomentose line at the sides, the pubescence similarly 

 short but less sparse; elytra with coarser sculpture throughout and 

 with more numerous minute tomentose spots, mingled with the 

 transverse sinuous lines, which are similar in number and position; 

 concavity between the suture and umbones much more coarsely 

 reticulate. Length (cf 9 ) 10.3-12.7 mm.; width 6.0-7.2 mm. 

 Florida (East coast, from Jacksonville to Palm Beach). Fifteen 



examples floridana n. subsp. 



D Similar to sepulchralis in general character but narrower in outline, 

 with the lustre brighter and more cupreo-seneous, the vestiture 

 similarly short and inconspicuous and the elytral sculpture and 

 tomentose maculation almost as in that species, but differing 

 especially in having the prothorax not distinctly wider than long 

 and more elongate than in any other form in this section, being but 

 T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. VI, Nov. 1915. 



