HARPALIN^ 239 



eyes, the antennae slender, blackish, with the basal joint pale; pro- 

 thorax two-fifths wider than long, widest well before the middle, the 

 sides subevenly rounded, less so basally, the base transverse and 

 unmargined, arcuate and very finely beaded near the sides, barely 

 at all wider than the feebly sinuate apex; basal angles rather broadly 

 rounded; surface smooth, very finely, evenly reflexed at the sides, 

 with an entire and distinct median stria, the foveae sublinear but 

 broad and very shallow, with scattered distinct punctures; elytra 

 one-half longer than wide and nearly one-half wider than the pro- 

 thorax, parallel, broadly arcuate at the sides and rather strongly 

 rounded at apex, the sinus wholly- wanting; striae fine, the scutellar 

 distinct, oblique; intervals flat, the discal puncture at four-sevenths 

 (cf) or three-fifths (9); lateral line of foveae widely interrupted; 

 hind tarsi three-fourths as long as the tibiae (cf ) or two-thirds (9 ). 

 Length (cf 9 ) 5.2-5.7 mm.; width 1.9-2.2 mm. New York to 

 Illinois. Rather abundant. [Stenolophus " badipennis " Hald.; 

 Geobccnus ruficrus Lee. nee Kirby and lugnbris Lee.]. 



badiipennis Hald. 



Body still more elongate-oval, shining, the head piceous-black; prothorax 

 dark brown, with fine rufous margins, the elytra obscure testaceous, 

 with paler suture nearly as in the preceding, the under surface and 

 legs similar; head evidently larger and with more prominent eyes, 

 nearly three-fourths as wide as the prothorax, the antennae almost 

 similar; prothorax nearly similar in form and surface, except that 

 the basal angles though obtuse are much more definite, only narrowly 

 rounded at their apices; elytra much longer, three-fifths longer than 

 wide, two-fifths wider than the prothorax, parallel, with arcuate 

 sides and strongly rounded apex, similarly without trace of sinus, 

 with finer and feebler striae; intervals flat, not becoming convex 

 at apex as in the preceding but perfectly flat even near the sutural 

 angles, the discal puncture (cf ) at three-fifths; anterior tarsi (cf) 

 rather strongly, the middle feebly though evidently, dilated, the 

 posterior stouter than in badiipennis though similar in length. 

 Length (cf) 5.6 mm.; width 2.0 mm. Massachusetts. 



protractus n. sp. 



Body smaller and much more slender than in badiipennis, shining, deep 

 black, the elytra feebly and nubilously pallescent laterally, except 

 toward apex, and the suture finely rufescent; under surface and legs 

 black, the tibiae pallescent basally; head very moderate, barely three- 

 fifths as wide as the prothorax, the eyes large, moderately prominent; 

 antennae slender, extending well behind the thoracic base, the first 

 joint pale, slightly maculate, the next three black, the remainder 

 dark brown; prothorax not quite one-half wider than long, parallel, 

 with very evenly and moderately rounded sides; apex feebly but 

 distinctly sinuate, with rather blunt angles and equal to the base, 

 the basal angles broadly rounded, the very fine reflexed margin 

 curving around the basal angles and then disappearing; surface 

 smooth, the stria fine but distinct, entire, the foveae broadly and 

 feebly impressed, sublinear and with very few punctures; elytra 

 one-half longer than wide and two-fifths wider than the prothorax, 



