Coleopterological Notices, VI. 733 



Head more strongly and closely punctate, densely and coarsely pubes- 

 cent; short hairs of the elytra very coarse, pale in color and con- 

 spicuous 1. pubescens 



Head very feebly and sparsely punctate, sparsely and finely pubes- 

 cent; short hairs of the elytra fine and darker in color... 2. rusticus 



Legs fulvous; body smaller and narrower 3. fulvipes 



Body pale in color. 



Pronotum less minutely and very densely punctate, dull. 



Elytra larger and much broader, always very much more than twice 

 as wide as the prothorax. 

 Elytra longer, castaneous, the longer pubescence fine and inclined, 



not hispid; punctures moderately coarse 4. coloiillS 



Elytra pale testaceous, the suture sometimes feebly blackish ; longer 



pubescence coarse, suberect and hispid 5. liispidtlllis 



Elytra much narrower, scarcely visibly more than twice as wide as 

 the prothorax, pale testaceous, with the suture blackish; pubes- 

 cence not hispid 6. piisilllis 



Pronotum extremelj' minutely and sparsely punctate, polished; erect 

 hairs of the elytra unusually long and bristling; body very stout and 



convex 7. corticalis 



Eyes small, very convex and prominent; body less stout, pale in coloration. 

 Head Ijroadly arcuato-truncate at base; anterior and intermediate tibite 

 bent in the male. 

 Pronotum feebly and narrowly margined at base; elj'tra strongly im- 

 pressed at each side of the suture near apical fourth in the male. 



8. festiiiaiis 

 Pronotum broadly and strongly margined at base ; elytra not at all sub- 



apically impressed in the male 9. mollis 



Head rectilinearly truncate at base, the tibial not modified in the male; ves- 

 titure short, very coarse and recurved 10. tiiuitlus 



The species may prove to be numerous, espeeiall}- in the States 

 bordering the Gulf of Mexico. 



1. S. pubescens Laf.— Mon., p. 177; Lee: Proc. Acad., Phila., 1852, 

 p. 102 (Anthicus). 



Stout, prothorax dull, head and elytra shining, black, the elytra 

 with a slightly brownish tinge; legs black, the coxfe and tarsi 

 paler ; abdomen dark rufo-piceous ; antennae pale toward base ; 

 pubescence short, dense and coarse on the anterior parts, the erect 

 hairs of the el} tra rather long, dark and fine, the shorter pubes- 

 cence coarse, pale and conspicuous. Head convex, finely punc- 

 tate, truncate at base, the eyes large and convex. Prothorax 

 wider than long, slightly narrower than the head, convex, densely 

 punctate, widest and narrowl}- rounded between apical third and 



