COLEOPTERA OF KANSAS 



SIIiPHA Linn. 



S. bitliberosa, ovalis depressa, nigra opaca, dense punctata, thorace latitudine plus daplo breviore, 



lateribiis an"-uste marginatis valde rotundatis late planatis, postice utrinque late oblique impresso, 

 elytris fortiter margiuatis, apice conjunctim rotundatis, costis tribus postice paulo abbreviatis, 

 internis duabus parum distinctis, externa tuberculum posticum transeunte. Long. -5. 



One specimen found near Fort Bridger, Mr. Di'exler ; belongs to the division of 

 the genus having the 8th — 11th joints of the antennae about one-half wider than 

 those which precede; the 8th to 10th are not much wider than long; the 2d is 

 quite as long as the 3d. 



S. tl'lincata, oblonga, atra snbopaca, capite thoraceque dense aciculato-punctatis, hoc antrorsum 

 vakle angustato, ad basin trisinuato, postice utrinque versus latera oblique impresso, elytris 

 lateribus fortius marginatis, subtilius punctatis, ad dodrantem callo discoideo parum distincto 

 utrinque uotatis, ad apicem late truncatis; antenuarum articulo 3io vix longiore. Long. -5 — -67. 

 Tab. I, fig. 3. 



Sat, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Ill, 193. Lec. Proo. Acad. Nat. Sc. YI, 2T8. 



Platte river, near the Forks. A very distinct species ; the specimen figured is 

 a male : the abdomen of the female projects far beyond the elytra. 



CARPOPIfflllillS Leach. 



C apicalis, oblougus, piceo-nigor, minus subtiliter punctatus et flavo-pubescens, thorace modice 

 couvexo, latitudine baud sesqui breviore, lateribus margiuatis rotundatis, elytris thorace scsqui 

 longioribus, rufis, circa scutellum et ad apicem extrorsum oblique infuscatis, pedibus antennisque 

 testaceis. Long. -1. 



Platte river : found also in Georgia ; narrower and more convex than is usual 

 in this genus. 



C carbonatuSj oblongus subdepressus, piceo-niger, parcius pubescens et punctatus, thorace lati- 

 tudine plus sesqui breviore angulis omnibus rotundatis, ad apicem vix emarginato, lateribus late 

 rotundatis tenuiter marginatis, elytris alutaceis obsoletius punctulatis, thorace duplo longioribus, 

 antenuis basi piceis. Long. •!. 



Found on the Platte river and at Lake Superior. 



IIELIGETHEIS KiRBT. 



M. I'lificornis, oblongus subconvexus, nigro-viridis, dense subtiliter punctatus, breviter cinereo- 

 pultescens, thorace antrorsum angustato, lateribus rotundatis anguste marginatis, pone medium 

 subfoveatis, angulis posticis subrectis, antennis tarsis tibiisque rufis, his auticis subtiliter serratis, 

 posterioribus latioribus ultra medium et ad apicem ciliatis ; unguibus simpliciljus, prosterno postice 

 anguste rotundato. Long. -ll. 



Platte river, not rare. Differs by obvious characters from all European species 

 thus far described, and were it not that the presternum is rounded posterioi'ly, it 

 would enter Erichson's division B, (Ins. Deulschl. 173.) 



M. saeTllS, oblongus subconvexus, niger, dense subtiliter punctatus, breviter cinereo-pnbescens, 

 thorace antrorsum angustato, lateribus rotundatis anguste marginatis, angulis posticis rotundatis, 

 margine basali undulato, antennis basi piceis ; tibiis anticis 5-dentatis ad basin serratis, intermediis 

 extrorsum emarginatis et posticis dense spinulosis; unguibus simplicibus, prosterno postice late 

 rotundato. Long. -11. 



One specimen; Platte river; belongs to Erichson's division C, (loc. cit. 179.) 



