388 ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, 



descripta, hand profunda, hand punctata : elytra striata, striis 

 mdlo modo punctatis; stria ahbretiata interruptd; stria pi-ima 

 basi quoque interrupta. (Corp. long. "7 unc. ; lat. '2 unc.) 



These species, and 16 others described by the Count Dejean, 

 seem to occur in abundance in the Northern States of America. 

 It is quite possible that some of them may have been previously 

 described by those able American Entomologists, Mr. Say and 

 Dr. Harris ; but if so, their descriptions are unnoticed in the 

 " Species des Coleopteres." 



Genus. — Broscus. 



Bros, basalis. Ater, Icemgatus, ad elytrorum suturam tenuissime 

 sti'iat'us ; antennw pieces articido hasali rufo. (Corp. long. 

 •85 unc. ; lat. 'S5 unc.) 



Black ; the antennae pitchy with the basal joint red : head smooth, 

 without punctures, and having a transverse impression between 

 the crown of the head and the clypeus : prothorax with a large 

 but shallow fovea dorsally near its anterior margin, from this 

 fovea a slender but indistinct longitudinal impressed line extends 

 nearly to its posterior margin : the prothorax is shining and not 

 punctured : the elytra are smooth, but not shining, the traces of 

 two or three almost obsolete striae may be discovered on each 

 elytron near the suture. 



Inhabits Mexico. Presented by Mr. Walker. 



Genus. — Amphasia, Newman. 



Labium porrectum emarginatum : mandibulas intus unidentatas ; 

 maxipalporum articulus apicalis elongatus, medio paullo cras- 

 siori, apice acuto ; labrum profunde emarginatum haud dentatum : 

 labipalporum articulus apicalis globo minimo definit: prothorax 

 longitudine latior, lateribus rotundatis, latitudines antica et pos- 

 tica subsequales, angulis rotundatis : pro- et mesotarsi pariter 

 dilatati. 



Amph. fulvicollis. Fulva testacea ; ocidis^ elytris abdomineque 

 antice fuscis : caput nitidum haiid punctatum, fronte late hi- 

 foveatuni : prothoracis discus nitidus, haud punctatus, angulis 

 posticis crehre punctatis^ his quoque fovea lata vaga iinpressis: 

 elytra profunde striata, interstitiis crebrc punctatis. (Corp. 

 long, 'dlo unc. ; lat. "15 unc.) 



