INSCRIPTIONS i«f NKW SPE( HSS 1 1 1 



EUS< HIDES Leo. 



319. Eu. puncticollis. Nigra, caj.it.- antice fortiter, postioe Bub- 



tilius dense punctato, thorace fortiter dins.' punctato, oonrexo rotnn- 

 dato, latitudine sesqui breviore, apin- late emarginato, lateribna angoate 

 explanatis, augulis posticis nullis ; elytria oralibua, thorace latioribus, 

 postice valde declivibus et oblique angustatia, valde oonvexis, Bubtilius 

 dense punctatis, margine laterali tenui, ad dodrantem obsoleto; tibiia 

 anticis augulo exteruo apicali product.), Bpiniformi. Long. -78. 



One specimen, from Oregon, given me by Mr. Ulke. Quite 

 distinct from the other species by the strongly and densely pane- 

 tared thorax. The apical angle of the front tibise is acute in all 

 the species, but is more prolonged in this, and is Bpiniform and 

 nearly as long as the first joint of the tarsi. 



BR AX C II IS Leg. 



3SO. It. floriria litis. Oval is modice convexus, fusco-ater opacus, 

 pube depressa brevissima sordida adspersus, capite thoraceque confertiui 

 punctatis, hoc latitudine plus duplo breviore, antrorsura fortiter angus- 

 tato, apice emarginato, lateribna rotundatis, basi medio late rotnndata, 

 utrinque late emarginata, augulis posticis productis, apice rotundatis ; 

 elytris foveis vagis irregulariter impressis, subcostatis, scabro-punctatis ; 

 antennis capite sesqui longioribus, tibiis anticis angulo apicali exteruo 

 paulo producto. Long. -60 ; lat. "32. 



One specimen, from Florida. Resembles in appearance a large 

 Opatrum. The punctures of the thorax are tolefably dense, bat 

 shallow, and in the middle of each is a very short scale-like yellow- 

 hair; the sculpture of the elytra consists of irregular shallow con- 

 fluent fovea?, so placed as to produce faint intervening costs ; the 

 surface is likewise punctured, each puncture being accompanied 

 with a small granule, and a very shorl hair. The scutellum does 

 not project between the elytra. 



The characters of the genus are given at length in the Classifi- 

 cation of Coleoptera, p. 222.* 



* Another species of Bronchus, collected on the Island of New Provi- 

 dence, Bahamas, by Dr. H. C. Wood, may be thus distinguished : — 



B. woodii, ovajis parum convexus, at^r opacus, breviter sordid.- pnbea 

 .••-n~, capite fortiter punctato, fronts transversim late excavate, ti. 

 latitudine vix duplo breviore confertim subtilius punotato, antrtusam 

 angnstato, apice emarginato, lateribna late rotundatis, basi medio lat.- 

 rotundata, utrinque emarginata, an^ is productis. apice rotun- 



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