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ate behind ; elytra with a sutural and two or three abbreviated dorsal 

 stria? ; legs testaceous. Length .09-.11 inch vivax Lee. 



Elongate; black, very shining; thorax about one-half wider than long, sides 

 rounded to behind the middle, sinuate behind ; elytra with a sutural 

 and two abbreviated dorsal stripe, the two inner deep, the third feebly 

 marked ; legs testaceous. Length .09-.12 inch capax Lee. 



Very robust; dark rufo-piceous, the elytra gradually paler towards the tip: 

 thorax twice as wide as long, sides strongly arcuate nearly to base, 

 sinuate iu front of the hind angles; elytra with a sutural and two 

 abbreviated dorsal striae; legs rufous. Length .08 . 10 inch. 



liebecki n. sp. 



Moderately elongate; black, shining; thorax about one-half wider than long, 

 very slightly wider at base than apex, sides rounded in front, slightly 

 sinuate behind ; elytra with a deep sutural and from one to three 

 abbreviated dorsal stria?; legs rufous or rufo-piceous, the femora darker. 

 Length .08-. 10 inch anthrax Lee. 



Robust; ferrugineous or rufo-piceous, the elytra often with the sides and apex 

 somewhat paler; thorax scarcely one-half wider than long, sides arcu- 

 ate in front, feebly sinuate behind ; elytra slightly wider than the 

 thorax, with a deep sutural stria, the other dorsal stria- obsolete ; legs 

 testaceous. Length .08-.ll inch nebulosus Chaud. 



Larger, robust; ferrugineous or rufo-piceous, elytra with an ill-defined sub- 

 humeral and subapical spot or the entire margin somewhat paler; 

 thorax rather more than one-half wider than long, sides rounded, 

 more, or less sinuate in front of the hind angles; elytra about one- 

 half wider than the thorax, the sutural stria deep, rarely with traces 

 of a second stria; legs testaceous. Length .12-. 15 inch. 



obesulus Lee. 



10. Robust; ferrugineous; elytra with a deep sutural stria, a finer abbreviated 



second stria and rarely with traces of a third ; legs testaceous. Length 



.10-. 13 inch ferriigineus Dej. 



5. T. granarins Dej. — Form robust. Color variable, usually piceous or 

 nearly black, the elytra more or less brownish and somewhat translucent, some- 

 times rufo-piceous or ferrugineous, the head and thorax darker; surface very 

 shining. Head scarcely narrower than the thorax at apex; eyes large and 

 prominent: antennae scarcely one-half as long as the body, fuscous, the basal 

 joints testaceous ; palpi dark rufous. Prothorax subquadrate, rather more than 

 one-half wider than long, scarcely narrower at base than apex; apex truncate; 

 median line fine, abbreviated at each end ; anterior transverse impression obso- 

 lete, the posterior deep, finely punctulate, not tripunctate at middle; basal im- 

 pressions distinct; base truncate; sides with the margin very narrowly reflexed, 

 arcuate in front, oblique behind, feebly sinuate immediately in front of the hind 

 angles, which are subrectangular, with a very short, fine carina. Elytra oblong- 

 oval, less than one-half wider than the thorax; sutural stria deep, im punctate, 

 not attaining the base; the other dorsal striae obsolete; dorsal punctures small, 

 the first slightly in front of, the second slightly behind, the middle. Body 

 beneath piceous or rufo-piceous, the thorax usually more, or less tinged with 

 brown. Legs testaceous. Length .07-.08 inch ; 1.75-2 mm. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXVI. JANUARY, 1900. 



