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tion of the veins on the clear central area more often with- 

 out than with spines. 



In some specimens the abdomen expands laterally until at 

 its widest point at the sixth segment, it is fully twice as wide 

 as at base. Two instead of one lateral spine on fourth and fifth 

 segments as well as on sixth and seventh ; eighth segment with 

 three lateral spines of which the central one is longest. Ninth 

 segment with four dorsal and two lateral long conspicuous 

 bristles and three short inconspicuous lateral ones. Tenth seg- 

 ment with four long dorsal bristles and two terminal bristles 

 of nearly equal length. It is more than probable that these 

 differences in the number of spines are due to the dilapidated 

 condition of the type specimen. 



A new species of Dicaelus from Arkansas (Coleop.). 



By W. S. BLATCHLEY, Indianapolis, Indiana. 

 While looking over the Bolter collection of Coleoptera, now 

 in possession of the State Laboratory of Natural History at 

 Urbana, Illinois, I was struck by the much greater size of two 

 specimens from Hot Springs, Arkansas, placed with Dicaelus 

 sculptilis Say. At first I passed them by with a mere comment 

 on their size to my companion, Mr. Walter S. Abbott, now in 

 charge of the collection. Happening to open the same box on 

 the following day I removed one of the Arkansas specimens 

 and was surprised to find the sculpture of the elytra differing 

 greatly from that of sculptilis by its side. Careful examination 

 revealed other notable differences, so I borrowed the specimen 

 for a few weeks and submitted it to that well known Coleop- 

 terist, Charles W. Leng, of New York City. He coincided 

 with my opinion that "characters other than size were sufficient 

 to differentiate it from sculptilis," and that he regarded it as 

 Dicaelus n. sp. I therefore herewith describe it under the 

 name of 



Dicaelus ocellatus sp. nov. 



Elongate oval, broad and robust. Black, not at all shining above, 

 feebly shining below, the legs more so; antennae piceous. Head as 



