684 Goleopterological Notices, VI. 



Indiana, Iowa (Keokuk), Texas (Galveston and El Paso) and 

 California (Lake Co). This common and apparently cosmopoli- 

 tan species has been thoroughl}" described by LaFerto, and may 

 always be recognized by the small double tubercle of the prono- 

 tum, which is not wanting in any specimen of the true Jloralis 

 which I have seen ; in some specimens the feeble depression be- 

 tween the tubercles is prolonged along the median line for a con- 

 siderable distance toward base. In the male the general form is 

 stouter, the head and prothorax especially being broader, and the 

 antennte apparently alittle longer and thicker, but the mesosternum 

 and pronotal tubercle are not at all affected sexually. The most 

 remarkable extei'nal sexual diff"erence relates to the form of 

 the p3^gidium, whicl), in the male, is A'ertical and strongly con- 

 vex, while in the female it is nearly flat, extremely' oblique and 

 almost horizontal. It is not only probable that this is not 

 the Meloe Jloralis of Linne, but quite possible that it ma}- be dif- 

 ferent from the Anthieiis Jioralis of European authors, though 

 belonging to the same subgenus, for the length of the European 

 insect as given by LaFerte* (3.0-3.5 mm.), is substantially greater 

 than that of the American representative, and LaFerte seems to 

 be very accurate and careful in his measurements. 



2. H. enodis ii. sp. — Stout, convex, anterior parts shining, the elytra 

 polished, dark rufo^testaceous, the metasternum, abdomen and head blackish; 

 pronotnm blackish anteriorly; elytra piceous-black, gradually and indefinitely 

 paler toward base; antennse and legs dark brownish-rufous; femora darker; 

 pubescence decumbent, extremely short and sijarse, the elytra also with ex- 

 ceedinglj' short remote and erect setie. Head moderate in size, thick, convex, 

 truncate and sti'ongly, medially impressed at base, subquadrate, as long as 

 wide; eyes moderately large and convex, about as long as and more prominent 

 than the tempora, tlie latter parallel; basal angles broadly rounded; disk finely 

 but stronglj', not densely punctate, the punctures intermingled with short 

 vermiculate scratches, whicli become gradually dense and close toward the 

 sides; antennte not as long as the head and prothorax, very thick and sub- 

 moniliform, gradually and rather feebly incrassate, the penultimate joints 

 nearly as long as wide. Prothorax as wide as the head, fully as long as wide, 

 narrowly rounded and widest between apical foiu'th and fifth, the sides 

 tlience rather strongly obli(jue and n ear h' straight to thesubbasal constriction; 

 apex transversely arcuate ; disk with an impressed fold parallel to the basal 

 margin, which is continued obliquely upon the flanks in a deep impression, 



^Accurate and minute measiires of length and width are one of the most 

 important aids in identifications from description, and more care should be 

 devoted to them than is usually the case. 



