284 GEO. H. HORN, M. D. 



This species was described by Dr. LeConte from one male as integra, 

 and placed in the series in which the inner spur of the hind tibiae 

 male is fixed. This is doubtless due to error of obsei-vation, the 

 type being I'ather old and inferior. The coincident presence of one 

 fixed spur and the tooth of claws small and intramedian is unknown 

 to me. This fact would not have escaped Dr. LeConte had he more 

 material, and the species would not have been placed in proximity 

 to the hirsuta group. 



Occurs in Georgia and Florida. 



73. Ij. boops n. sp. — Oblong, cylindrical, castaneous to piceous, shining. 

 Head broad, eyes large and prominent. Clypeus entire, the margin moderately 

 reflexed, moderately coarsely sparsely punctate, front similarly punctate. Thorax 

 short, scarcely narrowed in front, sides arcnate, distantly ciliate, margin entire, 

 punctuation coarse, rather sparse, evenly disposed on the disc, sparsei- at sides. 

 Elytra more coarsely and rather more closely punctured than the thorax, the 

 sutural and first discal costse distinct, the others obliterated. Pygidium more 

 finely punctured and rather more closely. Metasternum moderately coarsely, 

 not closely i)unctate, the pubescence scarcely evident. Abdomen sparsely indis- 

 tinctly punctate, smooth at middle. Last joint of maxillary palpi slightly fusi- 

 form, feebly impressed. Claws feebly curved, a small tooth, median J , slightly 

 intramedian % . Length .45 — .50 inch ; 11.5 — 13 mm. 



Male. — Antennal club one-half longer than the stem. Abdomen 

 slightly flattened. Last segment (fig. 20) foveate, emarginate and 

 with two dentiform processes projecting backward from near the 

 anterior margin of the segment. Pygidium broader than long. 



Female. — Antennal club shorter than the funiculus. Last ven- 

 tral segment nearly as long as the penultimate. Pygidium as long 

 as wide. 



Variations. — No variation has been observed, except in color, 

 probably from varying maturity. 



This species, by its form and -structural peculiarities, associates 

 very naturally with quercus. It is remarkable in having the last 

 ventral segment of the female lai'ger than is usual in the species in 

 which both hind tibial spurs S are free. The hind tarsi are dis- 

 tinctly shorter in the fenuile than in the male. 



Collected in northern Georgia (^loriison). 



7i. 1.. ecostata n. sp. — Oblong, suhcylindrical, slightly depressed, subopaque 

 (probably slightly sericeous when recent), rufotestaceous, thorax slightly darker, 

 head brownish. Antennse rufous, club piceous brown. Head not broad. Cly- 

 peus entire, concave, the margin rather widely reflexed, coarsely and closely 

 punctate; frontal suture straight, front cribrately jtunctured. Thorax narrowed 

 in front, sides regularly arcuate, margin entire si)arsely ciliate. bind angles 



