Till': A>j'j'-i.()\iN(i i!i:i:i'Li':s. 323 



GuoiP A. 



KKV TO Sl'KC Ii:s Ol' (JKOll- A. 



(/. \(Mlc.\ willinul .1 mi'(ii;iii cMi-iim ; nccipnl swollen bi'iiiiul, ()verhii)])iii^ 

 (he neck; middle reiiiorn ol' male with a curved spine near the tro- 

 • ■hanters. 012. lON^. 



nil. N'erlex w ith one or inoro earinne. 



//. \eiiex with throe earnuo convoi'giiig in front. 



'. I'idiil tibia' of male with a strong rocurve<l spine neai' I he middle; 



middle iVmora liotciiod al)ove. ( I'Mg. l."il. /(. t 



(/. (>((ipul swolleu above; hind tarsi of male with second Joiid di 



lated. Ai{Mi(ii;i:. 



(III. Occiput not swollen; hind tarsi of male simi)le ; elytra punctu- 



lale: idnlli aidennal joint one half the width of tenth, eleventh 



wider than tenth, ovate. (WA. kkrox. 



cc. Front tibijio of male simple; middle femora not notched above; hind 



tibi;ie rather suddenly and strongly dilated on the inner side at 



basal third. 614. cavicrus. 



hh. Vertex with one median carina. 615. confints. 



-CI 2 (1894). Batkisoues ion.^s Lee., Bost. Journ. Xat. Hist, VI, 1S49, 04. 

 ITniform reddish-brown, shining, sparsely clothed with long yellowish 

 hairs. Head longer than broad, its surface sloping from the prominent 

 occiput to front margin. Antenna^ half the length of body, joints 2 to S 

 sube<iual, ninth larger, slightly transverse; tenth large, globular; eleventh 

 oblong-ovate, much thicker and toothed on inner side in male. Thorax 

 bell-shaped, widest at middle, slightly narrower at base; disk with three 

 impi'essed lines, the median one entire and ending at base in a small fovea ; 

 sides with a small acute tubercle. Elytra sparsely and distinctly punctate ; 

 humeri rounded, not prominent. Abdomen slightly depressed at base, sparsely 

 and finely punctate. Length 2.5-2.7 mm. (Fig. 151, a.) 



Yiij'o and Crawford counties; race. August lO-Decembor 10. 

 One .specimen on the latter date from heiieath a ])artly buried chunk 

 in sandy Avoods. A species of sontheni rang'c. descrilied from 

 Georgia. 



B. armiger Lee. reddish-])r(:w)\ sparsely pultescent, length 2.4 

 mm., is known fi'om Pennsylvania. 



(>i:! (189Sa). ]iATOisoni;s kekox Lee. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., VI. 1S49, 95. 

 Uniform reddish-brown, rather sparsely pubescent. Head (]uadrate; 

 foveas of vertex small and in .i line behind the middle. Antenn;e half the 

 length of body, joints 3-5 cylindrical. 6-9 quadrate or rounded and slightly 

 wider; tenth larger, globose in male, obconical in female; eleventh thicker, 

 oblique, truncate at apex, rounded at base, as long as the two preceding. 

 Thorax widest at apical third, sides strongl.v curved. a])ex half as wide as 

 base; disk with three inqii-essed lines, metlian one obsolete in front; basal 

 fove;e deep. Elytra one-sixth wider at base than thorax, finely and evenly 

 punctate; humeri with an obtuse spine. Carinae of basal dorsal very short, 

 sei)arated by one-fifth the width of segment. Length 2.4 mm. (Fig. 151, b.) 



