Vol. XXlii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 307 



Two New North American Species of Necrophorus 



(Coleop.). 

 By JOHN W. ANGELL, New York City. 



A study of the North American forms of the genus Necro- 

 phorus in my cabinet has resulted in the discovery of two 

 species new to our fauna, one from Tuba, Arizona, and the 

 other from California. These species may be described as fol- 

 lows: 



Necrophorus mysticallis sp. nov. 



Form moderately robust, black, shining, epipleurae at base and an- 

 tennal club orange red, tarsi more or less fuscous. Head coarsely 

 punctured, lateral impressions deep. Thorax oboval, widest at an- 

 terior third, narrowed behind, anterior angles broadly rounded, sides 

 behind anterior third only very slightly sinuate, base arcuate and 

 broadly margined, finely and densely punctured, disk sparsely punc- 

 tured, median impression linear and strongly marked. Elytra not 

 wider than thorax, slightly longer than wide, feebly divergent pos- 

 teriorly, apex squarely truncate, surface shining, coarsely punctate 

 and wrinkled, body beneath shining, sparsely and finely punctate, mid- 

 dle and posterior tibiae slender at base, broadened at apex, posterior 

 tibiae arcuate. 



Length 25 mm. 



Described from a single male in my cabinet taken in Tuba, 

 Arizona, by Mr. Woodgate. This species resembles an im- 

 maculate example of N. carolinus but is more robust, more 

 shining", and the thorax is more finely punctured. 



Necrophorus grandior sp. nov. 



Form moderately elongate, black, epipleurae and median spot on 

 elytra, orange red. Head coarsely punctured, lateral impressions mod- 

 erately deep. Antennae black. Thorax transversely cordate, broader 

 than long, apex truncate, broadly rounded in front, very slightly sin- 

 uate behind, and broadly rounded at base, sides broadly margined, 

 finely punctate, anterior transverse line only moderately impressed, 

 median line feeble. Elytra narrower at base than thorax, gradually 

 wider posteriorly, sides slightly sinuate, base sinuately truncate, sur- 

 face coarsely and densely punctate with two faintly marked costate 

 lines on each elytron. A single orange red spot at basal third of each 

 elytron. Abdomen densely punctured above and below. Middle and 

 posterior tibiae gradually broader to tip, not arcuate. 



Length 26 to 30 mm. 



Described from two males of my cabinet, labelled "Cali- 

 fornia" without more definite locality. Readily distinguished 

 from TV. guttula by the larger and more oval thorax, the lateral 

 margins of which are as wide as the basal margins, and also 

 by the less strongly impressed transverse line. 



