AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 181 



HYPOTEI.IJS Er. 



H. eapito.— Slender, linear, depressed, pioeous, or piceo-testaceous; head 

 blackish, quadrate, longer than wide, sparsely and coarsely punctured, middle 

 and hinder part smooth ; behind tlie middle is one pair of large deep fovese; 

 mandibles half as long as the head; antennae but little longer than the head, 

 gradually thickened externally. Prothorax subquadrate, hind angles and base 

 rounded, honey-yellow, finely not densely punctulate. Elytra sparsely finely 

 punctulate without sutural stria; abdomen distinctly margined, dorsal seg- 

 ments not densely but distinctly punctured. Legs yellow, front tibifB very 

 distinctly .spinose. Length 2 — 2.3 mm. 



Columbus, Texas; E. A. Schwarz ; under the bark of Celtia texana, 

 in the galleries of Scolijtus f<igi. The elytra are a little longer than 

 the prothorax, which is very obsoletely and imperfectly channeled. 

 No sexual differences observed in the three specimens examined. 



BRYAXII^ Leach. 

 A. — Prothorax with deep lateral fovese, connected by a strongly impressed 

 line; elytra with a deep stria near the side; hind tibise with a small apical 

 spur; % with front tibiae sinuate on inner side, and obtusely toothed above 

 the middle. 



Middle fovea of prothorax small 2. 



Middle fovea of prothorax as large as the lateral ones; 2 mm.; Mass.; 



Mich.; 111.; (Europe) 1. sanguinea ieacA. 



2. — % antennae with outer joints not compressed ; front trochanters not spi nose; 

 9 antennte slender; 1.8 mm.; Can.; Mass.; Mich.; 111. 



2. coiijiiiicta Lee. 



% antennae with broad compressed club; front trochanters armed with a 



slender spine; 9 antennae shorter and stouter than in conjuncta ; same 



size and distribution ; clavaia \\ Brendel 3. Brendelii Horn. 



B. — Prothorax with three large foveae not connected by a line; elytra with- 

 out lateral stria; Brachygluta Thomson; %, with first dorsal segment very 

 large, lobed or tuberculate behind. 



First dorsal % prolonged behind 2. 



First dorsal % largely bilobed behind 3. 



First dorsal %, hi tuberculate above 4. 



First dorsal % emarginate at tip, second with a flat circular impression, 



slightly convex at the middle; IJ? mm.; Gala 4. Toveata Xec. 



First dorsal % slightly deflexed and foveate at tip, second with a large 

 transverse emarginate excavation ; 1.3 mm. ; N. Y. ; one specimen. 



5. perrorata Brend. 



First dorsal flattened, slightly deflexed and foveate at tip; second witii a 



transverse convex surface, which is biemarginate in front, and slightly 



foveate at the hind margin; antennae more slender than in TJlkei ; 



1.6 mm.; Texas 6. Belfragei n. sp. 



2. — First dorsal % not emarginate at tip; 1.5 mm.; Middle and Western States. 



7. dentata Say. 



First dorsal \, emarginate at tip, second very protuberant, emarginate 



behind; 2 mm.; D. C; one specimen 8. Ulkei .Brenaf. 



