186 Journal New York Entomological Society. tVoi. xxv. 



Texas. Types, male and female in the Museum collection, para- 

 types in collection of Chas. W. Leng and Wm. T. Davis. 



This species differs from violaceum in generally smaller size, dif- 

 ferent sculpture of prothorax, shorter antennae and femora and more 

 coarsely confluently punctate elytra. From frigidum it differs in being 

 a little more depressed, less shining and male antennse shorter and a 

 little stouter, the posterior femora of the male more distinctly curved, 

 the lateral margin of elytra narrow^ly reflexed and surface more 

 densely punctate, the scutellum is apparently more transverse and 

 may be more or less concave or not. 



A single specimen in not very good condition from Ohio in the 

 collection of the late Ottomar Dietz agrees pretty vi^ell with the speci- 

 mens from Texas, except that the median part of prothorax is shining 

 with the coarse punctures very well separated. I have placed this 

 specimen for the present with this species as violaceum and especially 

 frigidum exhibit great variation in punctuation of the prothorax. 



Callidium frigidum Casey. 



This species was described from the female. The male differs 

 very little from the female except as usual in stronger clavate 

 femora, longer and stouter antennae, more finely rugose and some- 

 what opaque lateral area of prothorax and somewhat coarsely and 

 moderately closely punctate prosternum. The prothorax in this spe- 

 cies is variable as in violaceum but not so much in form as in punctua- 

 tion. Mr. Frost has loaned me the two extremes of a series in his 

 collection of which one has the prothorax coarsely and subconfiuently 

 punctate with a narrow smooth line at middle and the other specimen 

 has the median part smooth and shining with scarcely any punctures. 



Numerous specimens of this species were taken by Messrs. Engel- 

 hardt and Shoemaker in the show window of a rustic furniture store 

 in Fulton Street, New York City; Mr. Frost has taken this species 

 in Paris, Maine, and Mr. Leng has specimens in his collection from 

 New York, Massachusetts, and Bangor, Maine. The type of this 

 species came from Canada. 



All the available records show that this species breeds in Cedar. 



Callidium californicum Casey. 



The description of this species was drawn from a male. A female 

 in my collection from Fresno Co., Cal., agrees pretty well with the 



