384 MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA 



not extending within the crest of the flanks, and it is only very slightly 

 oblique; pygidium ( 9 ) much less transverse, only a third wider than 

 long and with very much shorter pubescence, the lateral areas of 

 tomentum large, the surface evenly and feebly convex, the strong 

 wavy lines of sharp serriform crenulation very close-set as in the 

 preceding species; antennal club notably long for the female, being 

 nearly as long as the preceding six joints combined, somewhat as in 

 obesulus, the fifth ventral as in texanns, not as long as the three pre- 

 ceding combined. Length (9) 11.3-12.0 mm.; width 5.9-6.4 mm. 

 Louisiana (Vowell's Mill). Three examples. .. . intermedius n. sp. 



Pygidium (cf 9 ) almost completely nude, the hairs minute 5 



5 Body small, narrow, ovulate, moderately convex, black, the abdomen 

 and legs rufous. Head and pronotum less shining than the elytra, 

 finely and very closely punctured, obscure green in color and with 

 close-set erect hairs; pygidium testaceous, the elytra more flavo- 

 testaceous throughout, excepting an opaque dark brown lateral spot; 

 head three-fifths as wide as the prothorax, the eyes moderate, the 

 clypeu? feebly sinuate medially at apex, the broadly rounded lobes 

 slightly reflexed; prothorax but slightly wider than long, relatively 

 large in size, the oblique sides in apical third sinuate; median line 

 feebly impressed; cretaceous spots wanting; scutellum small, narrow, 

 punctate; elytra much shorter than wide, of the usual outline, barely 

 more than a third longer than the prothorax and two-fifths wider, 

 sparsely punctate, densely and finely on the depressed intervals, the 

 lateral tomentose fasciae not crossing the summit of the flanks, which 

 is unusually broadly and strongly costiform as in rufobrunneus, the 

 costa more sharply defined and prominent than in obesulus; sutural 

 margin with a dash of tomentum behind the scutellum; pygidium 

 (cf) large, slightly wider than long, very convex, obtusely umbonate 

 near the lower margin, tomentose at each side and with very minute 

 hairs, which are rather close-set along very approximate, transversely 

 wavy and finely, subasperately crenulate lines; hind tarsi very slen- 

 der, two-thirds longer than the tibiae. Length (<?) 8.5 mm.; width 

 4.4 mm. North Carolina (Southern Pines), Manee. 



reductus n. sp. 



Body rather large in size, much stouter, moderately convex, the minute 

 pygidial hairs of the male sparse, the wavy lines of sculpture very 

 much less approximate 6 



6 Color pale red-brown throughout, the opaque areas at the sides of the 

 elytra darker brown; head and pronotum finely, very closely punc- 

 tate and pubescent, the erect hairs moderately long, on the elytra very 

 short and erect but on the scutellum long and coarser than on any 

 other part of the upper surface ; head moderate, only a little more than 

 half as wide as the prothorax, with the usual prominent eyes, the 

 clypeal apex distinctly and rather abruptly reflexed, obtusely bilobed, 

 the sinus feeble and shallow; prothorax relatively much smaller than 

 in reductus, the sides more parallel, the apical obliquity nearly 

 straight; median line broadly impressed; tomentose areas wanting; 

 scutellum narrow, with rather prominent smooth margins; elytra 

 slightly shorter than wide, inflated subbasally, fully two-fifths longer 



