AMEarCAN CJLEOITEllA. 289 



Mesosternum, abiloiuen aiiJ femora coarsely but sjiarsely punctured. Length 

 .1(5 inch ; 4 mm. 



One specimen from Cape San Lucas, Ldwer California. 



At, abditus, Hald. {Aphodius) Journ. Acad. 1S4S, p. 106; Lac, (Euparia) List. 

 p. .3t); Harold (Atoenius) Catal. p. 1066. — Elongate, parallel, black, shining. 

 Head moderately convex sparsely punctured and in front rugulose. Thorax 

 moderately convex, rather densely and coarsely punctured, at the sides becom- 

 ing confluent : sides feebly rounded and at base narrowed ; hind angles broadly 

 rounded. Elytra nearly twice as long as broad, deeply striate, strise punctured, 

 intervals nearly flat usually biserately punctulate. Metasternum and abdo- 

 men sparsely punctured, femora nearly smooth. Length .14 inch j 3.5 mxh. 



Occurs from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. 



At cylindrus, n. sp. Oxyonius ciylindrus, Dej. Catal. 



This species is closely allied to the preceding but diifers by the fol- 

 lowing characters. 



Sides of thorax moderately rounded, scarcely narrower behind and 

 distinctly sinuate at the hind angles; surface rather densely and 

 evenly punctured, with punctures not confluent at the sides. Elytra 

 oblong, sides moderately rounded ; surface deeply catenulato-striate, 

 intervals very convex and distantly unseriately punctulate. Body be- 

 neath and femora sparsely punctured. Length .16 inch; 4 mm. 



Resembles ovatulus, in general aspect but differs in the form of front 

 and by the situation of the hind angles. 



Occurs in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 



At. desertus, n. sp. — Ferruginous or pale castaneous, oblong oval, shining. 

 Head sparsely punctured at occiput, vertex and front rugulose. Thorax 

 one halt broader than long, moderately convex^ sparsely and unequally punc- 

 tured, coarser punctures very sparsely placed but more numerous at the sides ; 

 sides feebly rounded and slightly narrower in front. Elytra moderately 

 rounded on the sides, slightly broader behind the middle, deeply striate, striae 

 coarsely punctured, intervals moderately convex, smooth. Body beneath very 

 sparsely punctured, femora smooth. Length .16 — .18 inch ; 4 — 4.5 mm. 



Not rare in the desert regions around and to the eastward of Fort 

 Yuuia, California 



In some of the larger specimens the elytral intervals are very finely 

 biseriately punctulate. 



EUPARIA, Lepellet. 

 E. castanea, Lep. Ency. Method. X, p. o57; Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. IV, 

 4, 1847, p. 239, pi. 17, fig. 3. — Pieeous black, shining. Head very broad, 

 sparsely punctured: clypeus feebly emarginate and on each side a moderately 

 deep incisure, lateral angles acute. Thorax twice as broad as long, slightly 

 broader in front, sides margined strongly explauate in front; anterior angles 

 very broad, hind angles obtuse, base at middle broadly lobed ; surface sjiarsely 

 muricately punctured, each puncture, with a short yellowish hair. Elytra par- 



