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Ci/rtonotvs. I have, therefore, no hesitation in restoring it to 

 Bradijtus. 



But slight variation has been observed. This is mainly in the 

 coarseness of the punctuation of the thorax and in the color of the 

 legs, some individuals having thera almost entirely rufous, while in 

 others the tibiag on the outer side and the tarsi are piceous. This 

 variation is indicated by Mannerheim as: "Var. b. Cuprea, pedibus 

 rufis, tibiis posticis basis tarsisque omnibus infuscatis." 



The type is from Kenai, " Var. b" from Kamchatka, and I have 

 seen specimens from Kenai (LeConte collection), from Ungava 

 Bay, Hudson Bay territory and from Labrador. 



24. A. piitzeysi Horn. 



So closely allied to apricaria Payk. as to require no special de- 

 scription. In fact, it has been suggested as not improbably a syno- 

 nym of that species. From the latter, however, it is .separable by 

 the coarsely punctured prosterual side pieces. The prothorax is 

 only very feebly emarginate at apex. By the first character it 

 approaches glacialis Mann. 



But one specimen, Dr. Horn's type, is known to me. It meas- 

 ures .32 inch (8 mm.) in length, is a female and is in the LeConte 

 collection. Beneath his description Horn states it to be a male, but 

 this is without doubt a typographical error. The example referred 

 to not only bears the label "type," but agrees with the description 

 and bears all labels indicating its authenticity, while additional 

 evidence is afforded by the fact that Dr. Horn refers to no secondary 

 male characters, these being mentioned in the same paper in con- 

 nection with our other species and being of systematic importance 

 in the subgenus Bradytus. 



It was received by Dr. LeConte from Putzeys as coming from St. 

 Pierre Miquelon, Newfoundland. 



25. A. apricaria Pn.yk. — Form moderately elongate, oblong-oval, convex, 

 the elytra slightly flattened on the disk. Color dark nigro-piceoiis or nearly 

 black, sometimes very faintly reneous, shining, the surface very slightly aluta- 

 ceous in the females. Head scarcely narrower than the thorax at apex ; frontal 

 grooves short, not extending forward on to the epistonia; eyes large, finely 

 granulate; antennge rufous, slightly shorter than the bead and thorax; palpi 

 rufous. Prothorax subquadrate, rather more than one-half wider than long, 

 broadest about the middle, wider at base than apex, coarsely punctate at base 

 and usually with a few punctures near the apical margin, the surface more or 



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