314 GEO. H. HORN, M. D. 



as wide as long, apex on each side slightly sinuate, sides very short broadly 

 arcuate, base less arcuate, surface sparsely minutely punctulate. Elytra oblong- 

 OYal, arcuately narrowing to apex which is obliquely truncate, base slightly 

 oblique on each side, humeri obtuse, surface sparsely minutely punctulate, the 

 punctures denser near the tip, pubescence longer and more evident than on 

 the head and thorax. Body beneath sparsely punctulate, finely pubescent. 

 Length extended .08 inch; 2 mm. (PI. VII, fig. 17). 



The male has the anterior tarsi distinctly broader than in the female. 



Occurs in Alaska and at Veta Pass, Colorado. 



Bibliography and Synonymy. 



NECROPHOBUS Fab. 

 N. oarolinus Linn., Mantissa vi, 1771, p. 530. 



mediatus Fab., Syst. El. i, p. 334; Leach, Zool. Misc. ii, p. 86, pl. 90, fig. 2 ; 

 Lee. Proc. Acad. 1853, p. 275. 

 N. amerioanus Oliv., Ent. ii, 10, p. 6, pl. I, fig. 3; Lee. loc. cit. p. 276. 



grandis Fab., Ent. Syst. i, p. 247; Syst. El. i, p. 334; Herbst, Kiifer v, p. 152, 

 pl. 50, fig. 1. 



virginicus Frohl., Naturf. xxvi, p. 123. 

 N. Sayi Lap., Hist. Nat. ii, p. 2. 



lunatus II Lee, loc. cit. p. 277. 



luniger Harold, Heft. iv. 

 N, orbioollis Say, Journ. Acad, v, p. 177; Lee. loc. cit. p. 277. 



Halli Kby., Fauna Bor. Am. iv, p. 98. 



quadrisignatus Lap., Hist. Nat. ii, p. 1. 

 N. marginatus Fab., Syst. El. i, p. 334; Lee. loc. cit. p. 275. 

 N. obscurus Kby., Fauna Bor. Am. iv, p. 97. 



Melsheimeri J Lee, loc. cit. p. 275. 

 N. guttula Motsch., Bull. Mosc. 1845, i, p. 53 ; Lee. loc. cit. p. 276. 



Hecate Bland, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. 1865, p. 382. 

 N. pustulatus Herschel, Illig. Mag. vi, p. 271; Lee. loc. cit. p. 276. 



bicolon Newm., Ent. Mag. v, p. 385. 



tardus Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1853, iii, p. 170. 



var. Melsheimeri Kby., Fauna Bor. Am. iv, p. 97. 



maritimus Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1843, ii, p. 251. 



infodiens Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1853, iii, p. 170. 



poUinctor || Mann., loc. cit, p. 169. 



confossor Lee, Proc. Acad. 1854, p. 20. 



labiatus Motsch., Schrenk Reis. 1860, p. 126. 



var. nigrita Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1843, ii,p. 251; Lee. Proc. Acad. 1853, p. 276. 

 N. vespilloides Herbst, Fiissl. Archiv. 1784, v, p. 32. 



mortuorum Fab., Ent. Syst. i, p. 248. 



pygmceus Kby., Faun. Bor. Am. iv, p. 98, pl. 2, fig. 3. 



Hebes Kby., loc. cit. p. 96. 



defodiens Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1846, ii, p. 513. 



\a,T. pollinctor Lee, Proc. Acad. 1854, p. 19. 



conversator Walker, Nat. in Vane ii, 1866, p. 320. 



