52 Coleopterological Notices. 



Group 3. — semiferriigineus. 



But few new species are to be assigned to this group, as may be 

 seen from tlie following complete list : — 



turgidus n. sp. opacifrons Lee. 



semitVrrugiiieus Lee. rubiginosus Er. 



rotundicollis Lee. gravidus n. sp. 



fumatus Lee. analis Lee. 



foraminosus ii. sp. iiitidicoUis Lee. 



nitidiceps Lee. assimilis n. sp. 



B. turgidus n. sp. — Rather robust, parallel, somewhat convex, black ; 

 elytra bright rufous, the base pieeous-black, the same color extending along 

 the suture, very narrowly so toward apex ; legs and antennas testaceous, the 

 latter infuscate toward apex ; bead and pronotum rather strongly shining, but 

 densely and rather strongly granulato-reticulate ; abdomen polished, linely, 

 feebly reticulate throughout. Head much narrower than the prothorax, not 

 very convex ; eyes rather small ; surface with a few widely scattered, mode- 

 rately distinct punctures ; basal transverse line very strongly impressed, the 

 median fovea small but distinct, being an angular break in the continuity of 

 the groove ; tuberculations wanting ; antennal prominences rather strong ; 

 suture fine but distinct ; antennae rather slender, gradually and moderately 

 incrassate from the sixth joint, moderately compressed ; outer joints slightly 

 transverse, second distinctly shorter than the next two together. Protliorux 

 slightly wider than the base of the elytra, one-third wider than long ; sides in 

 anterior three-fourths parallel and very feebly arcuate, then convergen-t and 

 very feebly arcuate, distinctly sinuate for a short distance before the basal 

 angles, which are slightly obtuse, not distinctly rounded and somewhat promi- 

 nent ; lateral angles broadly rounded, not very distinct, apical slightly obtuse 

 and narrowly rounded ; apex fully two-fifths wider than the base, both trans- 

 versely truncate ; disk somewhat coarsely, very sparsely and distinctly punc- 

 tate, the punctures unevenly distributed and deeply impressed ; pubescence 

 very short, sparse and inconspicuous ; median groove very fine, feebly im- 

 pressed, obsolete in apical two-fifths. Elytra distinctly wider than long, 

 scarcely one-fourth longer than the prothorax, and, at apex, not visibly wider ; 

 sides rather strongly divergent, feebly arcuate ; apex rather strongly, con- 

 jointly emarginate in the middle ; surface with a small elongate impression on 

 each side of the suture at the base, not very coarsely, somewhat sparsely and 

 unevenly punctate ; punctures rather deep and distinct, impress<>d, sojiarated 

 by from two to three times their own diameters ; pubescence moderate in length, 

 fine, rather sparse. Abdomen nearly as wide as the elytra, finely, very sparsely 

 punctate, finely, rather sparsely so beneath. Length 4.5 mm. 



Colorado (Ft. Garland). Mr. E. A. Schwarz. 



The hypomera are wide, about as wide as the length of the coxal 



