TUir.i; xvin. P.AIMNI. 407 



the fourth scarcely wider than the latter, the narrow ones with single, the 

 others with confused rows of minute distant punctures. Length 3.1 mm. 



Lake County, Tnd., June 4. Known heretofore only from the 

 single female type which Col. Casey says was labelled "Fla." 

 "Differs from cor/mlcnta in the less obese form and larger auten- 

 nal club, smaller, more conical more coarsely punctate thorax, 

 with the punctures forming long rugte at sides beneath." (CV'.sv//.) 



627 (- -). STETIIOIJAIUS COMMIXTA sp. nov. 



Broadly oval, convex. Black, glabrous, shining, finely alutaceous; 

 antennae and legs piceous. Beak strongly curved, as long as head and 

 thorax, finely and rather sparsely punctate. Antennae inserted just be- 

 hind its middle, first joint of funicle robust, as long as the next three, 

 second slightly longer than third, 3 7 gradually slightly wider; club elon- 

 gate-oval, nearly as long as funicle. Thorax two-thirds wider than long, 

 sides feebly converging from base to apical third, then broadly rounded and 

 strongly constricted; disc finely, rather sparsely and unevenly punctate and 

 with a narrow smooth median line. Elytra oval, distinctly wider behind the 

 humeri than base of thorax, the striae rather wide, deep, remotely punctate; 

 intervals twice as wide as grooves, flat, minutely, sparsely and confusedly 

 punctate. Length 2.52.8 mm. (W. S Y . B.) 



Stenbeu Co., Ind., May 27. Tyngsboro, Mass,; Blanchard col- 

 lection. Known also from Michigan, Ohio and District of Col- 

 umbia. "Bred from coral-root (Corallorhiza) collected at Bal- 

 sam, N. C., in July." (l)uri/.) This is the HtctJiolxirix onita 

 Casey nee LeConte. 



628 (11,200). STETIIOBAEIS OVATA Lee., 1868, 363. 



Suboval, rather robust, convex. Black, glabrous, shining; legs slight- 

 ly piceous; antennae and tarsi reddish-brown. Beak rather stout, moder- 

 ately curved, as long as thorax, male, one-fourth longer, female, striate and 

 deeply punctate on sides, more finely and sparsely above. Thorax subconi- 

 cal, at base two-thirds wider than long, sides rapidly converging to the 

 strong apical constriction; disc finely, deeply and rather sparsely punctate. 

 Elytra at humeri one-fifth wider than thorax, then distinctly narrowed to 

 the rounded apex; striae coarse, deep, distinctly remotely punctate, their 

 sides feebly crenulate; intervals one-half wider than grooves, male, twice as 

 wide, female. Prosternum deeply excavated in front of coxse. Length 2.8 

 3 mm. 



Tyngsboro, Mass., July. ''Middle, southern and western 

 states." (LeConte.} Known also from Ottawa, Canada, New 

 York and Missouri. LeConte, after describing ( ISUS, :>(':>) a form 

 under the name B<iri<HnN oriitiix, decided (lS7(i, :><>:>) that it was 

 a synonym of Say's tnhul<itns, the identity of which was some- 

 what in doubt, and stated that he preferred to suppress the 



