126 Coleopterological Notices. 



tate ; aiifcnnm sIoik^t, thin! joint not as long as the next two combined, 

 seventli l<in<;.'r than wiilo, oightli sliorter, slightly wider, slightly trapezoidal, 

 a litth^ longer than wide, club elongate, slender, cotnpact and parallel ; ninth 

 joint oboonical, slightly longer tlian wide, longer than the tentii, and two- 

 tiiirds as long as the eleventh, tiie latter oval, three-fourths longer than wide, 

 not constricted, narrowly rounded at apex. Prot/iorax slightly more than 

 twice as wide as long, length ecjual to apical widtli ; basal lobe very feeble; 

 b.is.il bead obsolete; punctures ,il most obsolete. Scutellum ogival, two-thirds 

 wider than long. Eli/l.ra distinctly longer than wide, rather narrowly rounded 

 at a.\wx ; sutural bead entirely wanting ; discal stria very deep and strongly 

 inii)ressed, coincident with the suture at the ap(^x, disappearing at basal 

 fourth ; surface smooth, highly polished, without reticulation, the punctures 

 of the series simple, very minute, distant and excessively feeble, not becoming 

 more distinct at the sides. AInlomeu feebly reticulate in wavy broken lines, 

 sparsely, asperately punctate, a transverse row of punctures along the apex 

 of each segment more evident, coarsely pubescent. /><(/.< moderate ; posterior 

 tibial spurs very small, slender, not very unequal ; corresponding tarsi 

 slender, nearly three-fourths as long as the tibia', basal joint scarcely one- 

 half as long as the second, the articulation perfectly free and mobile. Length 

 l.!)-2.4 mm. 



New York; Iowa; Texas; California. 



The inetasternal i)roce.ss is rather narrow, extending- about two- 

 thirds the length of the coxie, the mesostcrnuni being- strong-ly 

 dev('h)i)(<d in front of it, and slightly tumid. The post-eoxal plates 

 are niirrowly and very feebly prolonged behind. 



This eoninion species, which seems to vai-y considerably in dis- 

 tinctness of coloration, is quite dilTerent from the European coisi- 

 milis, in form, size, colorati»)n, and especially sculpture. The entire 

 surface of the European insect is minutely, but distinctly strigilato- 

 reticulate. 



S. vidlllis n. sp. — Broadly oval, feebly attenuate behind from anterior 

 tliird, (Ml. -half longer than wide, obtusely rounded at apex, highly polished, 

 rufo-piiTous, each elytron obliquely paler at apex ; under surfiice, legs and 

 antennae paler and more llavate. JJend almost completely impuncfate ; autennse 

 ratli.r huig and slender, third joint slightly shorter than the next two together, 

 fourth a little shorter than the tilth and equal to the sixth, club rather elon- 

 gate, becoming broader from base to apex, the eleventh joint robust, the com- 

 pressed apex rather transversely truncate and subangulate at the sides, very 

 mucii widi^r than the ninth. Pruthorax not definitely i)uuctate; basal lobe and 

 its beaded edge almost obsolete. Scutellum small, ogival, scarcely one-lialf 

 wider than long. Iili/tnil punctures and discal stria lu-arly as in o/iiai/is, the 

 punctures mcire nearly obsolete, and more decidedly visible in the lateral 

 series. Alxhmin rather sjiarsely, coarsely pubescent, asperately punctate. 

 Leys rather short and slightly robust ; posterior tibial spurs short, subequal. 



