172 MEMOIRS ON THE COLEOPTERA 



Micans of LeConte, described from Georgia and said to be very 

 rare, may possibly be redescribed above under the names filicornis 

 or innuens; it is said to be 4.7 by 1.75 mm. in dimensions and the 

 elytra with cyaneous reflection, which is not apparent in innuens. 

 If the striae in micans were as in filicornis, they would almost cer- 

 tainly have been described as obsolescent except suturally. The 

 basal impressions of the pronotum in micans are said to be small, 

 rounded and scarcely conspicuous, which would not suit the broad 

 oblique impressions of filicornis at all, but is rather more suggestive 

 of innuens and pusio; the latter, however, is much smaller and 

 neither of them have any distinct metallic lustre on the elytra. In 

 view of the plurality of species in the genus and the wide difference 

 in habitat of micans, innuens, and filicornis, I will leave the species 

 as here announced for the present. Iterans is probably a distinct 

 species and not a subspecies of parmatus; but, in view of the very 

 great similarity in nearly all features except size, it would be a 

 rather more conservative course perhaps to annc ince it as a sub- 

 species provisionally. 



Atranus Lee. 



The following is allied to pubescens Dej., but is smaller and of 

 different coloration: 



Atranus pallescens n. sp. Rather slender, pale brownish-testaceous 

 in color, the head more obscure, shining, clothed not very densely with 

 short inclined pale hairs; head as in pubescens but narrower and with less 

 prominent eyes, the antennae not quite so long, with the joints becoming 

 shorter apically; prothorax relatively larger though more narrowed 

 basally, the base rather less oblique at the sides, the angles obtuse ; surface 

 almost similar, except that the basal impressions are smaller, shorter 

 and more lineiform, barely as long as wide and very much wider than the 

 head; elytra narrower and barely twice as wide as the prothorax but 

 otherwise nearly similar, the strial punctures rather coarser; under 

 surface and legs testaceous, the prosternum more obscure and the head 

 blackish. Length (a 71 ) 5.0-5.4 mm.; width 1.8-1.9 mm. Philadelphia 

 (Fairmount Park). Two examples. 



This species differs from pubescens in its smaller size, more slender 

 hind body but broader prothorax, the elytra being distinctly more 

 than twice as wide as the prothorax in that species, in its narrower 

 head, less elongate antennae and rather less prominent eyes. The 

 types have been undescribed in my collection for about thirty years. 



