454 Coleopter^ological Notices. 



34 B. IiesperillS n. sp. — Oblong-oval, moderately convex, smooth, rather 

 shining, reddish-brown in color ; pubescence rather long and robust, snb- 

 recumbent, pale yellowish-cinereous throughout and distinct, although not 

 very dense. Head transversely oval, feebly convex, rather coarsely, deeply, 

 moderately densely punctate ; epistoma distinctly sinuate ; upper lobe of the 

 eyes moderately large, slightly oblique and oval ; antennae rather short, outer 

 joints not very large, second subquadrate, not qiiite one half as long as the 

 third, the latter slender, very slightly shorter than the next two combined. 

 Prntliorax about two-thirds wider than long, widest slightly behind the middle, 

 the sides being distinctly convergent from base to apex, evenly and rather 

 strongly arcuate throughout ; apex evenly, distinctly emarginate in circular 

 arc i base transverse, the lateral sinuations strong ; disk rather coarsely, 

 deeply and very densely punctate, the punctures longitudinally subconfluent 

 toward the sides, slightly smaller and rather unevenly distributed, although 

 generally almost in mutual contact, toward the middle. Scutellum finely 

 punctate, reticulate throughout. Ehjtra nearly parallel, but just visibly 

 Avider than the prothorax and nearly three times as long ; sides very feebly 

 arcuate ; disk with series of rather small, cii-cular, ratlier deep and subper- 

 forate punctures which are in general distant by about their own widths, the 

 strise extremely feebly impressed, rather more distinctly so laterally ; intervals 

 nearly flat, extremely minutely but distinctly and rather sparsely punctate, 

 the surface rather shining, minutely creased and somewhat coarsely granulato- 

 reticulate. Abdomen rather shining, minutely, distinctly granulato-reticulate, 

 finely and somewhat densely punctate, the pubescence rather long, moderately 

 dense, bright yellowish-cinereous and distinct. Tarsi slender. 



Length 4.7 mm. ; width 1.9 mm. 



Oregon. 



The single specimen serving as the type of the above diagnosis is 

 a female, and indicates a species somewhat resembling intermixtus 

 in general habitus, Ijiit differing in its smaller size, rather more 

 slender form, longer and uniform pubescence, more shining sur- 

 face, feebler, finer elytral stria? and slightly smaller eyes. 



35 B. vestitus Lee. — Col. of Kans., 1850, p. 15. — Elongate-elliptical, 

 very convex, black ; integuments rather dull ; pubescence rather abundant, 

 moderates in length, very robust and squamiform, arcuate and subrecumbent, 

 pale yellowish-cinereous and conspicuous. Head rather small and short, much 

 wider than long and tliree-fifths as wide as the prothorax, densely, deeply but 

 not very coarsely punctate, slightly scabrous ; upper lobe of eyes rather small ; 

 epistoma short, broadly sinuate at apex, the suture not visible ; antenn;e 

 slender toward base, strongly <lilated toward apex, second joint slightly longer 

 than wide, thinl much shorter than the next two, tenth strongly transverse, 

 eleventh slightly narrower, nearly circular, the apical two-fifths spongiose. 

 Prothorax rather long, scarcely two-thirds wider than long, tlie sides distinctly 

 convergent from base to ajiex, vaguely subangulate just before the middle, 



