108 Coleopterological Notices. 



the process extending beyond the coxae, strongly and narrowh' 

 rounded at apex, the mesosternum forming an apical border which 

 is very fine in the middle but dilated at the sides and rather feebly 

 declivous, so that it is readily visible in a perpendicular direction 

 from below ; it is moderate in width. 



The description is taken from an eastern specimen which is much 

 larger than the Kansas type, as the latter is in very bad condition. 

 The species greatly resembles paZ/tpes, but seems to be distinct. 



O. neglectllS n. sp. — Evenly and not very broadly elliptical, strongly 

 convex, highly polished, black ; under surface piceous-brown ; legs, trophi 

 and antennse pale testaceous. Head finely but somewhat deeply densely and 

 distinctlj' punctate ; antennte rather robust, third joint slightly shorter than 

 the next two combined, club rather short, compact and robust, ninth joint 

 triangular, wider than long, more pointed at the. anterior side, tenth slightly 

 shorter and wider than the ninth, much more than twice as wide as long, more 

 pointed on the anterior side toward the aiiical angle, eleventh pyriform, slightly 

 wider than the tenth, as long as the two preceding together. Prothorax of the 

 usual form, feebly lobed in the middle at base, the lobe evenly, feebly arcuate ; 

 basal bead distinct, becoming obsolete at one-fourth the width from the sides ; 

 disk extremely minutely, feebly, sparsely punctate. Scutellum moderate, two- 

 thirds wider than long, ogival ; sides feebly arcuate ; apex not rounded. Elytra 

 two and one-half times as long as the prothorax, rather strongly rounded at 

 apex, the sutural bead obsolete at nearly one-fourth the length from the base, 

 excessively fine ; discal striae very fine, the first continuing to within one-eighth 

 the length of the base and joining the suture just before the apex, tlie second 

 obsolete at two-fifths the length from the base and one-fourth from the apex, 

 at this point approaching very close to, but not joining the first ; surface with 

 traces of very fine impressed lines, polished, but with feeble traces of minute 

 reticulation, which becomes very evident at the apex and also along the sidcis ; 

 punctures of the series excessively fine and feeble, becoming but slightly more 

 visible at the sides, rather distant in the rows, the intervals punctured in 

 single series which are almost as regular as the principal series, but composed 

 of smaller punctures ; punctures not elongate and each with a very minute 

 fine recumbent hair. Abdomen with coarse sparse pubescence. Legs rather 

 slender ; posterior tibia* shinder, spurs distinct, the corresponding tarsi three- 

 fourths as long as the tibiae, with the basal joint scarcely one-half as long as 

 the second, the latter subequal to the fifth. Length 1.8 mm. 



Vermont; New York. 



The metasternum is polished and not distinctly punctate, having 

 fine, very sparse pubescence, the process advancing but slightly 

 beyond the coxas, evenly rounded at apex, with the mesosternum as 

 in semistriatus, but less exposed at the sides of the apex. 



