312 GEO. H. HORN, M. D. 



disc striato-punctate, striae not impressed, the punctures moderately coarse, 

 round and well seyiarated, intervals flat, with numerous fine punctures, equivalent 

 on all to more than a single row. Body beneath piceous, faintly bronzed. Ab- 

 domen slightly alutaceous, distinctly punctate, sparsely pubescent Anterior 

 and middle legs rufotestaceous, the femora a little darker, posterior femora 

 brown or piceous, the tibise and tarsi pale. Length .10 iuch. ; 25 mm. 



The male characters are as iti convexior. 



The form of this species is still a little broader than convexior, and 

 may at once be known by its colors. The elytral intervals are more 

 numerously punctulate than any other of our species. 



Occurs in Florida and Kansas (Ulke). 



P. subljevis n. sp. — Oblong oval, moderately convex, piceous. shining, 

 surface distinctly bronzed. Antenn?e slender, rufotestaceous, the seven outer 

 joints piceous at their apices. Head sparsely obsoletely punctate. Thorax one- 

 half wider than long, narrowed in front, sides slightly arcuate, obliquely trun- 

 cate at fi"out angles with distinct post-apical angulation, disc moderately convex, 

 the punctures small, sparsely placed, feebly impressed. Elytra slightly wider at 

 base than the thorax, humeri obtusely rounded, umbone moderate, disc moder- 

 ately convex, striato-punctate, the striae not impressed, the punctures fine, not 

 close, entirely obliterated at apex, intervals flat, the iiiterstrial punctures almost 

 entirely obliterated. Body beneath piceous, faintly bronzed, shiniug, with very 

 few hairs, punctures indistinct, but when present forming a row of distant punc- 

 tures along the anterior and posterior borders of the segments. Anterior and 

 middle legs and posterior tibiae rufotestaceous, the femora a little darker, poste- 

 rior femora piceous. Length .14 inch. ; 3.5 mm. 



In the male the first joint of the anterior tarsus, although slightly 

 broader than in the female, is not oval as in the other species. The 

 last ventral is convex, the apical border slightly sinuate each side, 

 the surface smooth. 



This species is the largest in our fauna. It may be known by the 

 comparatively smooth surface both above and below, and by the 

 elytra distinctly broader at base than the thorax, as well as the feeble 

 sculpture. 



Occurs in southwestern Utah ; collected by Dr. Edward Palmer. 



The following Halticide has not been identified : 



Altica liturata Oliv. Ent. vi. p. 707, pi. iv, fig. 7.— Oval, pale yellow; 

 elytra with many short brown lines. 



It resembles ^4. atricilla [Longitarsus] in form and size. Antennae 

 fuscous, with the base pale. Head testaceous, eyes large, black. 

 Thorax smooth, pale yellow, without spots. Elytra smooth, pale 

 yellow, the suture and four abbreviated lines fuscous. Body beneath 

 pale. 



