^ Casey- On North American Coleoptera. 123 



June 1900. J \^i\OE.i • ^ 



Oval, ratUer .ore conve. shinin,, blacM^e a.^n^ and ;^^^^^^ -^X^ 



antenn. slender, less than half as long as ^^;^^;^^^;:^ ^J^: .d inflated 



n.ore than tln-ee-fourthsvvider than long, some.htoUusel)^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ 



at the middle, the sides thence straight and "^^^f^ /°^;";;;;^,,, ,,,rse, 

 and strongly so and straight to tl. apeK P-tv- ^ ^^^l.^^n a Lrth 

 the impression deep; elytra nearly a. m ^^^^ P^^'^'^^^"- scarse-though but 



wider than the prothorax, the punctrnxs very hne and ^'^^^^^ ^^ ^^^,^^ 

 slightly sparser than those of the pronotum. Length 1.5 --^;;;^^^ J_ ,^^,, 



,_S.!^o:;rp:-;i;--vmod;;^^^^ 



tra and legs pale flavo-testaceous , antenn. pa e ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^,,, 



what slender and slightly ess ^^J^;^;^Z'l^:i'in^^e^ slightly 



much narrower at any part than the base ot the eiura, ^ 



before the middle, the sides nearly straight and convergn.g '^^^Z^J'^^^^ 



Uunina'tion. Length x. 55 -m.; w.dth 0.72mm. C°^°-^;-^^^,^^„.,,,^,. ,,,.. 



he sides widest and distinctly wider than the prothorax at the .niddle, o 



h n tl and one-half tintes as long as the latter, rapid , narrower M, d 1. 



Protho^xrvieied v;;;i;aVi;::;;;;nded-;r,he ->« "o™;- .>»-■ """ ^"---'^ 'z 



miHrllp then strongly narrowed to the apex , ., .. 



XV-B dy legs a^d an^enn. uniform pale ochreo-testaceous throughout, the laU 

 '' fat£ sSrt and stout, but little longer than the head ^^^^^^^J^^ 



moderate; surface shining, the pubescence short, fine, a.hy l^^^^H ^^ ^^^^ 



r:r::::tx:rr:::iS.rhrr^^^^^^^ 



rl'th.: ihe hase, the' hasa'l impression rather feehle : pnnct„re> very fine and 



