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near the apex ; on the posterior face there are one or two large punc- 

 tures very close to the l)asal edge. These latter punctures are found 

 in Scarites, DyscJiirius, Clivina and Aspidoglossa. In Anisodactylus 

 piccus there is an irregular group of eight to ten punctures near the 

 apex on the anterior face. In other species of Anisodactylus there 

 is a more or less distinct transverse row of three to four in this posi- 

 tion. In Cratacanthus the row is more distinct. 



In Clivina, Aspidoglossa and Schizogcnins there is one large 

 puncture at the middle of the posterior face. 



In most of the genera the punctures of the posterior face are the 

 more distinct. They are one at ahout the basal fourth at or below 

 the middle; one at the middle at or near the lower edge; one at the 

 apical fourth at or above the middle. 



In Calatluis and a number of genera in the Lebiini the tarsal 

 claws are ])ectinate or serrate and in Sclii:zogcnius there is an ap- 

 pendage between the claws which may be comparable to similar 

 appendages in other orders of insects. 



The anterior or terminal spurs of the anterior tibice exhibit modi- 

 fications in form in a number of the genera. They are slender and 

 frequently straight in Bcmhidinm, but elsew^here are more often 

 thickened at base with a curved acuminate apex. In O'odes cuprccns 

 or elegans the apex is strongly curved. In some species of Aniso- 

 dactylus and Amara the spurs are trifid; in other species of Aniso- 

 dactylus they are dilated at base; and in others they are simple, 

 moderately slender and nearly straight. In the Lebiini the spurs in 

 the genera Cyniindis and Apencs are moderately large; in Tetra- 

 gonoderus and Nemotarsns they are long and slender; in the other 

 genera they are very small and straight. They are also straight 

 and slender in Brachynus. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Necrophorus Guttula Motsch and its color Varieties. — In his 

 "Monograph of the North American Silphidre," published in Trans. 

 American Entomo, Soc, Vol. VIII, October, 1880, page 232. Dr. 

 George Horn says regarding Necrophorus guttula Motsch. " The 

 color of the elytra is extremely variable in this species, in the typical 



