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margine elevato, lineaqtie elevata utrinque obliqua, ad verticem ten- 

 dente ; vertice in J transversim elevato, in J^ cornu brevi compresso, 

 acuto armato; subtiliter reticulato-rugosus. Thorax apice emargi- 

 nato, medio leviter producto, lateribus postice profundissime sinuatus, 

 basi utrinque leviter obliquo, medio obtusissime angulato ; angulis 

 posticis obtusis non rotundatis, fovea antica laterali sicut in omnibus 

 notatus ; disco J* subtiliter scaber medio triangulariter deplanatus ; 

 angulis posticis trianguli bujus tuberculi formibus eminentibus ; J 

 rugose reticulatus, postice leviter canaliculatus, antice transversim 

 impressus, elevatusque. Elytra profunde striata, striis J* leviter 

 punctatis, 5 laevibus 2ndo 5to basi valde dilatatis; interstitiis modice 

 convexis, obsolete sparse punctulatis." 



The nigrocyanciis McLeay with which torrens is compared by 

 Dr. Leconte is now regarded as a synonym of igneiis McLeay. 



Mr. Frederick Blanchard in 1885 (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, XII, p. 

 169) cites torrens as a variety of triangularis Say, but does not give 

 any characters by which it may be separated. Dr. Leconte in the List 

 of the Coleoptera of North America, 1863, also cites torrens as a 

 variety but in the Check Lists of Crotch and of Henshaw the name 

 has disappeared entirely. 



Having had occasion to identify a J said to have been collected on 

 June 9, 1909, in Monroe Co., Indiana, and sent to me by W. S. 

 Blatchley, which appears to correspond with the description of 

 torrens, I believe the name should be restored to our lists. Super- 

 ficially this insect resembles igneus but, as stated by Dr. Leconte, 

 differs not only by the distinctly coppery color of the upper surface, 

 and the darker antennal club, but by the mere convex and scarcely 

 punctulate elytral intervals, and the more regularly punctate thorax. 

 On the other hand while it resembles triangularis in the thoracic 

 characters and is possibly a variety of that species as stated by 

 Leconte in 1863 and by Blanchard it differs from the specimens I 

 have seen by its convex and smooth elytral intervals. Great varia- 

 tions in the elevation of the elytral intervals have been observed and 

 that character alone may not be a safe basis for separating torrens 

 but as such specimens as Mr. Blatchley's can not be placed by 

 Blanchard's table of species the name should be cited as a species 

 until further investigation ihas clearly shown its relation to triangu- 

 laris. Certainly the name should not be lost in synonymy. — Charles 

 W. Leng. 



