^^ COLEOPTERA OF KANSAS 



Kansas and New Mexico, near the Eocky mountains. The first dorsal costa is 

 nearly straight, and extends from the base to the apex ; the second commences 

 near the base, and being curved, unites with the first about one-third from the tip; 

 the third is irregular, running from the anterior third to the posterior fourth ; the 

 marginal one is entire, and unites with the first near the tip. 



A8IDA Late. 



A. opaca oblonga atra, opaca, brevissime parce flavo-pubescens, capite thoraceque scabro-punc- 

 tatis, illo antice transversim excavate, hoc antrorsura angustato, latitudine breviore, lateribus 

 rotundatis late subdepressis postice subsinuatis, angulis omnibus acutis, posticis paulo productis, 

 elytris parce subtiliter minus profunde punctatis vage inaqualibus, nonnunquam obsolete sulcatis, 

 lateribus marginatis, humcris obtusis. Long. -5 — -68. Tab. I, fig. 9. 



S.1Y, Journ. Acad. Nat. So. Ill, 254. 



JEuschides opaca Leo. Annals of the Lyceum of Nat. Hist. Y, 121. 



Kansas and New Mexico, near the mountains : specimens from the latter locality 

 are smaller, and have the elytra much more uneven than those found near Platte 

 river, but do not appear sufEciently distinct to be considered as another species. 



E1JSCHIDE8 Leo. 



E. convexa, nigra subnitida, capite punctato antice transversim sulcato, thorace latitudine sesqui 

 breviore, subtiliter parce punctato, lateribus rotundatis, margine punctato anguste reflexo, angulis 

 auticis acutis, posticis obtusis hand rotundatis, elytris transversim convexis, pone basin thorace 

 paulo latioribus, ad apicem valde declivibus, subtiliter rugosis lineis tribus obsoletis utrinque 

 notatis, humeris marginatis prominulis. Long. -85. Tab. I, fig. 10. 



Arkansas river, near the mountains. Nearly allied to Eu. ohovata Lee. ; but 

 with the thorax more convex and less broadly margined, and the elytra less obovate 

 and more convex transversely. From Eu. convexicollis Lee. it differs by the larger 

 and more strongly margined thorax. 



PELECYPHORIJS Solier. 



P. ^ordidtis, piceo-niger, capite modice transversim impresso, punctato, thorace latitudine fere 

 sesqui breviore ante medium angustato, lateribus rotundatis subserratis deplanatis et subreflexis, 

 confertim grosse inaqualiter punctato, elytris oblongo-ovalibus, convexis postice subacutis, sutura 

 margine costisque utrinque duabus elevatis, lineis trausversis sinuatis inter se irregulariter con- 

 nexis; prosterno postice late sulcato. Long. -75 — -85. Tab. I, fig. 11(9). 



Leg. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. VI, 446. 



Arkansas river, near the mountains : also found in New Mexico, by Dr. Webb, 

 of the Mexican Boundary Commission. In the female, the elytra are twice as 

 wide as the thorax, and more rounded on the sides than in the male. The speci- 

 mens are covered with a yellowish earthy substance which adheres closely. 



ElJSATTrS Leg. 



E. retictllattis, rotundatus convexus, ater opacus, thorace obsoletissime punctulato, lateribus 

 marginatis paulo reflexis, angulis posticis valde productis, elytris foveis quadratis vagis irapressis, 

 obsolete sulcatis, tibiis anticis extrorsum serrulatis, versus apicem hevibus. Long. -46 — '53. Tab. 

 I, fig. t (a, tibia antica). 



Leg. Ann. Lye. of Nat. Hist. V, 132. 



Zoj}hosis reticulata Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Ill, 250. 



