74 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



short channel in front for the reception of the prosternal point. 

 The antenna? are scarcely longer than the head, and. have but 9 

 joints, of which the last three form an oval club. The under 

 surface of the prothorax is vaguely excavated each side for the 

 reception of the anterior tibia? and the antenna?, as in Attagenus. 



PEMLOPHORIS Steff. 



216. P. eciieoiUS. Apterus, ovalis, convexus, antice oblique attenua- 

 tus, postice obtusus, nigro-virescenti seneus, punctatus, pilis albidis 

 minus subtiliter vestitus, subtus piceus cinereo-pubescens, tarsoruru 

 articulo 3io baud lobato. Long. "17. 



Nebraska ; Mr. Ulke. Oval, convex, above dark greenish 

 bronzed, uniformly but not closely punctured, and clothed with 

 coarse white hairs ; thorax twice as wide at the base as its length, 

 strongly narrowed in front, sides oblique, scarcely rounded. Scu- 

 tellum clothed with white hair ; elytra oval, wider than the thorax, 

 obtusely rounded behind ; wings none. Beneath piceous, densely 

 punctured, covered with brownish-gray pubescence ; tarsi simple. 



Quite diifereut in form from our other species. 



EIMMITS MiiLLER. 



2T"7. I>. ovalis. Ovalis convexus, nigro-seneus, pube flava parce ves- 

 titus, thorace dense punctato, stria basali utrinque profunda irnpresso, 

 elytris profunde striatim punctatis, interstitiis obsolete punctulatis, vitta 

 obscure testacea saepe interrupta ornatis, antennis testaceis. Long. *10. 



Pennsylvania ; Prof. Haldeman, and Mr. E. D. Cope. Re- 

 sembles in form and color L. fastiditus Lee, but the elytral stripe 

 is much wider and less definite in form, the body is wider and the 

 sides of the thorax are more distinctly rounded. 



IIETEROCERITS Fabk. 



278. H. gmatBao. Fuscus, pube densa sericea fusca vestitus, capite 

 tboraceque pilis longioribus pubescentibus, boc latitudine triplo breviore, 

 lateribus valde rotundatis testaceis, angulis posticis marginat'S, elytris 

 obsolete striatis, dense subtiliter punctulatis, testaceis maculis undatis 

 fuscis variegatis, pedibus testaceis. Long. - 18 — *25. 



Mas, labro producto capite vix breviore. basi utrinque late lobato, apice 

 emarginato, mandibulis elongatis tenuibus elytris thorace angustioribus, 

 a basi paulo angustatis. Fem. labro antice rotundato, ad apicem emar- 

 ginato. 



Colorado River, California. The females appear to vary in 



