l^ COLEOPTERA OF KANSAS 



on the outer surface. These species do not indicate a generic separation, however, 

 and represent the European J/, (cskicea, the tjpe of Stenalia Muls. 



«PHfitYASTES ScH. 



O. vittatlis, niger, albido-squamosus, rostro trisulcato, sulco medio profimdissirao, lateralibus 

 rectis profundis, niox ante oculos abbreviatis, thorace latitudine plus duplo breviore ina?qiiali, parce 

 profunde puuctato, lateribus sub-bituberosis, canaliculato, sajpe fusco trivittato, elytris striis vix 

 impressis, profunde punctatis, sutura cuprascente-fusca, interstitiis 3io, 5to et Imo fusco vittatis. 

 Long. -41— -48. Tab. I, fig. 13(^). (a. rostrum). 



SCHONHERR, Curc. 1,509 ; 5,819. Lec. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. VI, 443. 



Liparus vittaius Say, Jouru. Acad. Nat. Sc. Ill, 316. 



Platte and Arkansas rivers ; found also at Eagle Pass, Texas. The elytra of the 

 male are but little wider than the thorax; those of the female are more rounded, 

 slightly flattened on the back, and about one half wider than the thorax. The 

 dark vittce of the thorax and elytra appear to be produced partly by abrasion, as 

 specimens occur in which they are hardly to be seen; but the suture as far as the 

 first stria is covered with brown scales having a coppery reflection. 



CL,EOr¥US Sen. 



C llltulentliS, ater densissime soj'dide pubesceus, vix variegatus, capite cum rostro grosse disperse 

 punctato, hoc longitudinaliter vage impresso, medio vix carinato, thorace varioloso antrorsum 

 angustato, lateribus antice rotundatis, disco paulo obscuriore, elytris iuaiqualibus, punctis magnis 

 striatim positis. Loug. -37 — '43 (sine rostro). 



Santa Fe, Mr. Fendler. Smaller and stouter than C. trivittatus Say, with the 

 thorax more densely variolate, and hardly perceptibly excavated or carinated; the 

 elytra have three or four vague impressions, not seen in that species. 



C. piilTereil!<$, alatus, niger sordidus, rostro carinato, cum capite vage grosse punctato, fronte 

 foveata, thorace latitudine hand longiore, laterilnis subparallelis, antice breviter tubulato, angulis 

 anticis rotundatis, grosse punctato ad basin medio late foveato, lateribus dense albo-pubescentibus, 

 elytris convexis, oblongis postice obtuse rotundatis, striis fortiter punctatis hand impressis, totis 

 dense albo-pubescentibus, lineis tribus curvatis obliquis sub-deuudatis utrinque notatis ; subtus 

 albo-pubescens, obscuro variegatus. Long. -5. 



Arkansas river, one specimen. Of tlie same size and shape as C. vittaius Say, 

 but very distinct by the thorax being not narrowed gradually in front, and not 

 carinate, as well as by the diflerent color. 



C. an^lllnrii^, niger, rostro carinato, cum capite fortiter vage punctato, fronte late foveata, thorace 

 quadrato, lateribus subsiuuatis, pone apicem valde constricto et ad apicem tubulato, angulis pone 

 apicem rectis extantibus, varioloso-puuctato, ad basin medio profunde foveato, elytris oblongis 

 convexis, cribrato-striatis, interstitiis cinereo-pubescentibus spatiis denudatis variegatis, alternis 

 cum sutura elevatis; subtus cinereo-pubescens, vix nebulosus. Long. -36 — -45. Tab. I, fig. 12. 



Two specimens: collected by Lieut. Beckwith, The first joint of the funiculus 

 of the antennae is slightly elongated, the others are short; the species, therefore, 

 belongs to the division (called genus by Schonherr) Pachycraerus. The projecting 

 anterior angles of the thorax are very remarkable. 



