2(5 COLEOPTERA OF KANSAS 



H. obliterata, elongata, clialybeo-atra subopaca, thorace subtiliter punctulato, ad basin late 

 rotundato, ante basin stria transversa snbtili impresso, elytris subtiliter fere obsolete pnnctulatis. 

 Long. -21. 



One specimen, Mr. Fendler. Very distinct from other species of Oraptodera 



known to me, by the fine transverse line of the thorax being obUterated towards 



the sides. 



Ht torquata, elongata, thorace punctulato ad basin late rotundato, ante basin profunde trans- 

 versim sulcato, plus minusve cupreo, elytris chalybeis purpureo micantibus, confertim pnnctulatis, 

 inargine laterali cupreo-ajneis ; subtus obscure senea, pedibus purpureo-clialybeis. Long. -2. 



Santa Fe, Messrs. Fendler and Kern. An elongate Omptodera distinguished by 

 the color and the fine dense punctuation of the elytra, from all the species that 

 resemble it. 



II. Klitaeiliata, elongata nigro-picea, supra pernitida, capite postice pallidiore, thorace fusco- 

 testaceo, maculis tribus obscuris, parce punctulato, ante basin transversim leviter impresso, et in 

 medio foveato, elytris pnnctulatis nigris, vitta lata dorsali margineque (mox ante apicem sajpe con- 

 nexis) pallidis ; antennis pedibusque fusco-testaceis, femoribus posticis obscuris. Long. -18 — •2L 



Santa F^, Mr. Fendler. Larger than H. elongata Fabr. [tceniata Say), and with 

 it, belongs to the division Systena Chevr. The marginal and dorsal vittte some- 

 times unite near the tip. 



L,0]V«ITARSUS Latr. 



Ji. nigripalpis, elongata, alata, flavo-testacea, oculis palpisque nigris, fronte carinata, vertice 



tn!)erculis duobus parum elevatis, linea impressa defiuitis, thorace latitudiue brcviore, lateribus 

 rotundatis, valde convexo, alutaceo, ante basin transversim sulcato, elytris thorace latioribus 

 oblongis, subtiliter punctulatis poue basin late impressis; libiis posticis elongatis hand sulcatis, 

 calcari parvo terminatis. Long. -12. 



One specimen, Platte river. The first joint of the hind tarsi is somewhat less 

 than half the length of the tibia; the antennae are lost. Differs from the other 

 species by the non-sulcate hind tibias. 



li. SUbruAlS, rufotestaceus, nitidus, fronte carinata, thorace latitudiue hand breviore, angulis 

 rotundatis, convexo, baud dense punctato, elytris thorace latioribus, ovalibus convexis, subtiliter 

 punctatis, introrsum vix couspicue striatis ; tibiis posticis sulcatis, calcare brevi terminatis, 

 antennis corpore vix brevioribus, extrorsum infuscatis. Long. ■12. 



Fort Laramie. The upper edge of the hind tibiae is finely serrate; the tarsus 

 is as long as the tibia. 



li. rilbidns, apterus, ovatus, piceo-ferrugineus, nitidus, capite infuscato, fronte carinata, vertice 

 transversim impresso, thorace transverso, basi et angulis rotuudatis, convexo, alutaceo, subtiliter 

 parce punctulato, elytris ovalibus convexis, sat dense minus subtiliter punctatis, antennis testaceis, 

 extrorsum vix infuscatis, corpore paulo brevioribus. Long. -IL 



Fort Laramie. The spur of the hind tibia is short ; the tarsus is as long as 

 the tibia; the elytra are obtusely rounded at tip, and the pygidium is slightly 

 prominent. 



«I>YPTI]¥A Leg. 



G. spuria, testacea, nitida, fronte elevata, vertice bituberculato utrinque oblique impresso, thorace 

 transverso, basi rotundato, lateriljus parallelis angulis anticis oblique trnncatis, punctato, elytris 

 oblongo-ovalibus thorace latiorilnis, fortiter punctato-striatis ; anteunis extrorsum fuscis. 

 Long. -08. 



