826 Coleopterological Notices, VI. 



dominal spots distinct and ochreous in color. Head much less 

 than one-half as wide as the prothorax, densely punctate, squam- 

 ulose, the fovea small and slightly elongate ; eyes rather convex, 

 separated hy perceptibly less than twice their own width ; beak 

 slender, about as long as the prothorax, somewhat gradually di- 

 lated at apex, densely punctate, the dorsal carina strong and sub- 

 entire ; antennae moderately stout, the second funicular joint a 

 little narrower and much longer than the first. Prothorax one- 

 fourth wider than long, the sides unevenly convergent from base 

 to apex, obtusel}^ prominent before the middle ; apex not more 

 than two-thirds as wide as the base, rectilinearly truncate as 

 usual; disk coarsely and denseh^ punctato-rugose, the median 

 carina narrow and strongly elevated. Elytra nearl}' one-half 

 longer than wide, distinctly less than twice as wide as the pro- 

 thorax, gradually and arcuately narrowed in ogive behind the 

 middle, the sutural angles individually slightly and obtusely 

 prominent; humeri rounded to the prothorax; disk in profile 

 gradually and rather feebly declivous behind to the immediate 

 apex, which is somewhat porrect, finel}^ and densely punctato- 

 rugose throughout. Length 9.0-10.2 mm.; width 3.9-4.5 mm, 



Wisconsin (Bayfield, — Mr. Wickham) and Missouri. This spe- 

 cies has heretofore been confounded with the European palustris 

 Scop., which it somewhat resembles. It diflTers however from pa- 

 lustris, as represented by the numerous European examples be" 

 fore me, in its more elongate form, much larger and more trans- 

 verse prothorax carinate along the middle, in its carinate beak 

 and much sparser vestiture. In the European species the beak 

 is still more slender, more cylindrical and is generally wholly 

 devoid of carina, though having occasionally a feeble trace, and 

 the pronotum is not carinate as it is in geminatus. 



L.. oregoniis n. sp. — Somewhat narrow and elongate, moderately convex, 

 black and rather dull, the vestiture nearly as in gfem/Ha^«s. Rmd fully one- 

 half as wide as the* prothorax, the fovea small, rounded, deep and perforate; 

 eyes convex and separated by about twice their own width ; beak long and 

 slender, very feebly arcuate, much longer than the prothorax and subcylindrical, 

 moderately punctato-rugose, the carina feeble, whollj- obsolete toward base; 

 antennaj long and slender, the second funicular joint narrower and almost one- 

 half longer than the first. Prothorax small, only just visiblj' wider than long, 

 the sides parallel and nearly straight to slightly beyond the middle, then un- 

 evenly convergent and sinuate to the apex, which is fully three-fourths as wide 

 as the base; disk coarsely rugose, tlie median carina narrow and very strongly 



