3S0 Catalogue of the Geodephagous Coleoptera. 



libus latis, subprofundis : Elytra striata interstitiis convexis, 

 oculo acute aimato subtilissime sparse punctatis. 



6. * s t r i a t II s . X ; LS>r nitidvs, thorace quadrato, convcxiusculo, 



latcrihun rotundato, marginv depresao toiui, angulh 

 posticis recti* non rotundatis: elytris stria t is, inter- 

 stitii.s convexis: antennarum art'uulo l mo , palpisque 

 Jerrugineis. Long. "56, lat. -2. Specimen unnm ad 

 Evansville, la. alterumqne ad Rocky Mountains legi. 

 S tat ura fere praecedentis ; niger, nitidus; Caput subtilissime 

 punctatum, impressionibus frontal ibus brevibus profundisque; 

 sutiira frontali profunda: labrutn profundius emarginatum. 

 Antenna nigro-picea?, articulo 1'"° ferrugineo; palpi ferruginei. 

 Thorax capite sesqui latior. latitudine sesqui brevior, antice 

 emai ginatus, angulis anticis rotundatis, lateribus magis rotunda- 

 tus, postice leviter angustatus, basi recte truncatus, angulis pos- 

 ticis rectie, non rotundatis ; disco convexiusculus, antice 6parse 

 tenue punctato; margine tenuiore depresso, punctata] basi 

 dense punctatus, punctis versus medium vix distinct is : impres- 

 sion) transversa anteriore arcuata; linea longitudinal] Integra, 

 basaUbus oblongis profundis. Elytra parallela, postice obtusa, 

 parum ainnata : prnfuiide striata; intcrslitUfl convexis, impunc- 



-. 7'"" :ul apicem 3-punctato. 



Ab A. nigrita, palpia fernigineis, thorace latiore, posti :e paulo 

 minus retracto, margiue depresso angustiore, impressione trana- 

 Don angulata, elytrorumque interstuiis impunctatia sepa- 

 randus. 



7. laticollis. Kirby, F. B. A. (Ilarpalus.) 



/// v 1 a n op u 8 . Hald. Proceed. Ac Nat. Sc. Vol. I. 



Habitat in provinces n idiis minus frequens. 

 Thorax latitudine sesqui brevior, antice Ievissime anguatatus, 

 leviter emargiuatus, angulis anticis deflexis, rotundatis; basi 

 o cte truncatus, lateribus Bequaliter rotundatus, angulis posticis 

 parum obtusis, rotundatis; disco parum convexus, antice subti 

 lissime punctatus; margine deprefBO, BubtUitei punctato; im- 



