224 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA 



which it (litters by the thorax more narrowed behind, its more slen- 

 der form, and the entirely pale legs. The only specimen known to 

 me is so mounted that the greater part of the under side is invisible. 



Described from one rather mutilated example in the LeConte 

 collection, received presumably from Chaudoir, but without locality 

 label. 



The species was described by Laferte from Texas. 



34. T. bradycf llimis n. sp. — Form broad, subdepressed. Color piceous. 

 shining, the elytra with the sutural region, especially towards the base, tinged 

 with rufous, the paler color not clearly defined. Head as wide as the thorax at 

 apex; frontal grooves distinct, extending behind the middle of the eye; eyes 

 large and prominent; antennae nearly one-half the length of the body, rufotes- 

 taeeous; palpi rufotestaceous. Prothorax as wide at base as apex, subquadrate, 

 rather more than one-half wider than long; apex truncate; anterior transverse 

 impression obsolete, the posterior deep ; median line fine, abbreviated before and 

 behind; basal impressions small, deep; base truncate, obliquely so each side; 

 sides with the margin narrowly refiexed, feebly arcuate in front, slightly oblique 

 behind ; hind angles very obtuse and rounded, not (-annate. Elytra about one- 

 half wider than the thorax, oblong-ovate, with four dorsal stria', the two inner 

 deeper, the third and fourth nearly obsolete; sutural stria deeper behind : stria- 

 impunctate; first dorsal puncture about the middle, the second behind the tip of 

 the recurved portion of the sutural stria. Body beneath piceous, the thorax and 

 indexed portion of the elytra tinged witli rufous. Legs testaceous. Length .09 

 inch ; 2.25 mm. 



Described from an unique, which I owe to the generositv of my 

 friend, Mr. F. C. Bowditch. The resemblance to a small Bradycel- 

 lus, in miniature, is quite marked. 



The type, which is a male, is from Louisiana. 



Group IX. proximus. 

 Form usually more or less depressed, rarely slightly convex. 

 Head not inserted in the thorax to the eyes ; men turn with two 

 large, forameniform punctures behind the tooth ; antenna 1 with tin- 

 second and third joints subequal or nearly so, the second joint some- 

 times very slightly longer than the third; frontal grooves distinct, 

 extending posteriorly at least as far as the middle of the eye. Pro- 

 thorax narrowly margined, the margin not translucent. Elytra 

 rounded at tip, with the first dorsal puncture on the fourth interval 

 in front of the middle, the second near the apex enclosed within the 

 recurved portion of the sutural stria, which is nearly parallel to the 

 suture and is hooked at tip; marginal stria broadly interrupted at 

 middle, the apical portion distinct, the basal usually obsolete or 

 nearly so and represented by punctures. 



