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gp:o. h. horn, m. d. 
label, ami was therefore assumed to be the type, notwithstanding the 
fact that the very good description given by Melsheiiner points clearly 
to exigmis. It is, therefore, without hesitation that I suppress gut- 
iatnlus, absolutely, as a synonym, and for the species erroneously so 
determined by LeConte the name Melsheimeri is proposed, and will 
be found in its proper group. 
Ur. Candeze simply followed in the lead of LeConte. A few 
months ago (“ Entomological News,” 1890, p. 9) I continued the 
same error through not having imldiellm for comparison. The sahu- 
licola which had been sent me instead, serving alone for comparison, 
led me to believe that our specimens fully met the requirements noted 
by Fauvel (” Revue Ent.” 1889, p. 142). 
On comparison of exiguus with puleheUus, it will be observed that 
the former is more slender and convex, the elytral stride more dis- 
tinct at apex and the elytra at tip piceous without the bifid space 
seen in the other. The three basal joints of the antennae are pale 
rufo-testaceous in pulchellus, piceous in exiguus, although paler be- 
neath. The femora are also paler in the former species. 
There seems to be a closer resemblance between pulchellus and 
ehoris. They have similarly colored antennte and legs, but the elytra 
are more roughly sculptured, the strite deeper at apex, and the bifid 
spot absent in ehoris. 
Occurs in the New England and Middle States; Massachusetts 
(Blanchard) to District of Columbia (Ulke). 
C. oriiatiis Lee. — Oblong, moderately convex, not attenuate posteriorly, 
black, opaque; surface finely ciuereo-pubescent ; elytra either ornate, as in pul- 
chellus, or with merely two small spots posteriorly or entirely black ; antenuse 
slender, feebly serrate, entirely piceous ; front flat, densely granulately punctate ; 
thorax a little variable in form, as wide as long ?, or a little longer than wide 
"J, , narrowed in front, widest usually at or near the base, sides feebly arcuate in 
front, behind the middle nearly straight and parallel, or with a faint sinuation 
in some males, the angles not divergent, the carina extending nearly three- 
fourths to apex, disc convex, the median line finely elevated and smooth ; surface 
opaque granulate, the granules elongate and forming short strigae posteriorly; 
elytra parallel, arcuately narrowed at apical third, humeri obtuse ; disc moder- 
ately deeply striate, striae punctured, intervals flat, slightly convex, at base in 
male, roughly punctate, more or less transversely wrinkled and rugulose, espe- 
cially near the base; prosternura rather coarsely and closely punctate, especially 
in front, two transverse impressions anteriorly, the lobe moderately prominent, 
but obtuse; propleurae closely punctate, but not opaque; metasternum densely 
and rather roughly punctate ; abdomen densely punctate, less coarsely than the 
metasteruum. Length 3—5 mm. ; .12— .20 inch. 
