192 GEO. H. HORN, M. D. 



densely punctured and opaque with very feeble trace of smooth median line, 

 sparsely clothed with short brownish pubescence. Scutellum velvety. Elytra 

 a little wider than the thorax as broad as long, surface very densely punctured 

 and sparsely pubescent, color brownish variegated with darker spots. Abdomen 

 subopaque, moderately densely punctured, clothed with brownish intermixed 

 with golden hair, each segment with a double row of velvety spots at middle, 

 the last segment paler; beneath feebly shining, sparsely punctulate, each 

 segment more densely and finely punctulate along the anterior margin and 

 clothed with golden hair. Body beneath densely and finely punctulate. 

 Coxas piceous. femora piceous with edges paler, tibiae and tarsi yellowish. 

 Length .70—1.00 inch; 18—25 mm. 



This species is too well known to need further comment. It occurs 

 abundantly in the entire Atlantic region. 



S. inysticus Erichs., Staph, p. 926; Lecontci Fauvel mss. — Form moder- 

 ately elongate, piceous, subopaque, terminal abdominal segment paler. Head 

 subtriangular, densely and rather coarsely punctured, subopaque. Eyes broadly 

 oval,subtruncate in front. Antennae piceous, basal joints margined with paler, 

 attaining the middle of the thorax. Thorax not wider than the head, a little 

 longer than wide, sides nearly straight, base broadly arcuate, punctured like 

 the head, with feeble trace of smooth median line posteriorly, and with the 

 head sparsely clothed with short brown pubescence. Scutellum velvety. Elytra 

 a little wider than the thorax, and conjointly as wide as long, surface densely 

 punctured and with brownish pubescence. Abdomen moderately densely 

 punctulate, sparsely clothed with brownish pubescence, sesments 2—6 with 

 double row of velvety spots, last segment paler; beneath rather densely punc- 

 tate and with longer pubescence than above. Body beneath densely finely 

 punctulate. Legs piceous, tibiae and tarsi somewhat paler, femora densely 

 punctulate. Length .64— .80 inch; 16—20 mm. 



The color of this species on the upper side is usually dark brown, 

 but the elytra are always somewhat paler than the thorax, specimens 

 are occasionally seen with the elytra reddish brown, resembling the 

 usual color of those of vuJpinus. In its general aspect the species 

 resembles macidosus, but is always much smaller and more slender. 



Widely distributed over the country from New York to Missouri 

 and Georgia, not rare. 



S. tarsalis Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1843, p. 229; submetaUicus Lee, Proc. Acad. 

 1861, p. 342.— Elongate, piceous, subopaque, fifth and sixth ventral segments 

 pale. Head subtriangular, densely and rather coarsely punctured, sparsely 

 clothed with short brownish pubescence. Eyes obliquely oval, subtruncate in 

 front. Antennae piceous, a little longer than the head. Thorax not wider than 

 the head, a little longer than wide, sides nearly straight, base broadly arcuate, 

 surface densely punctured with an entire smooth median line, sparsely pubes- 

 cent. Scutellum velvety. Elytra a little wider than the thorax, a little longer 

 than wide conjointly, densely punctate- scabrous and with dark brownish 

 pubescence. Abdomen piceous above, moderately densely punctulate, with 

 brownish pubescence, segments 1—6 with double row of elongate velvety 

 spots; beneath piceous, last two segments usually paler, not densely punctu- 



