OF WASHINGTON. 141 



Lobogestoria gibbicollis Reitter. 

 Aditoma bifida Casey. 



Looking over some Cuban coleoptera in the National Mu 

 seum with Mr. Schwarz, I recognized in Lobogestoria gibbi 

 collis what I had identified as Aditoma bifida. Mr. Schwarz 

 kindly gave me a Cuban specimen for comparison with my 

 insect, which is from Louisiana, but I was unable to find any 

 character to separate the two. Reitter described his species as 

 a lathridiid on account of the three- jointed tarsi, of which no 

 mention was made by Major Casey in the description. Casey's 

 specimen came from Florida. 



A WONDERFUL NEW BEETLE OF THE GROUP COPRIS. 



By EDWARD A. KLAGES. 



Tetramereia, n. gen. 



Form rounded ; legs strong. Head clypeate ; thorax wider than long, 

 broadest before middle; elytra subtruncate; metasternum rhomboidal 

 (as in Phanaeus MacLeay), not projecting anteriorly (a character of 

 Oxysternon Castelnau). Antennae nine-jointed, the first joint of the 

 club roundly infundibulate and receiving the others. Tarsi four-jointed, 

 widely flattened, edged with moderately short, stiff hairs, and with 

 the superior surface inclined toward the center of the body; the first 

 joint as long as the rest of the foot, the second joint half as long as 

 the first, the third joint scarcely longer than the fourth; the first three 

 joints as wide as long and somewhat reniform; the claws and anterior 

 tarsi wanting. Fore tibiae with a movable, terminal spine and with the 

 outer edge toothed ; the hind tibiae with a single terminal spine, the 

 middle and hind tibiae expanding to apex. 



Type: The following species : 



Tetramereia frederickii, n. sp. 



Brown-black; head and thorax rather densely punctured, becoming 

 rugose on front; clypeus emarginate, with two rounded teeth; thorax 

 with median lateral impression, and with the basal portion feebly im 

 pressed on medial line; elytra rather deeply striate and finely punc 

 tured; front tibiae four-dentate, the outer three teeth large. 



Length, 15 mm. 



