'nil" siiniM'-wixdiMt M' \vi:\(;i:i! iii;i';rM".s. 



405 



/;. iiilidiinllis l,cc . :! iiiiii. ill Ifimtli. is i-i'c(ir(lf«| IVoiii New York, 

 .Michiuiiti ;iii(l .Missouri. 



Cuori' ('. 



Sin;ill or iticdiimi sizrd f()r?)is luiviii^' the siilr iiinrLiiii oi* 11ior;i\ 

 ;i(Milc; |ir(istcrii;il sutures strai^'lil; numdiblcs willi two ;i('utc Icctli 

 oil the inner side; fissure of li-oiil eoxal eiivilies open Jiiid hirge. 



KEY TO l.MtlA.XA Sl'KeiKS OK (iKOlI' t'. 



a. Il<-;i(l .•111(1 llinrax tiiicly -riunil.iU'. Ilu- Inniier fl.-.tlt m il. 



/;. Size lar.ucr. (I (■>..'. nun.; incdiaii ln\c:i of head very lai-.iie; elytra red- 

 (lisli-hrown. fuscdiis near sculclluiii. S!><>. lioitKAi.is. 



/(//. Size smaller, not over 4 nun, 



r. Head not punctate; elytra picenus; leii.mli :'..;. nun. 



S!)7. STAlilllS, 



re. Head pniictate: elylrr. reddish-liniw n. 



(/. Thorax witli liind an.i,des distinct, its disk less densely .uraim- 

 late: tip of alKloiiieii dai'ker than base. 8!).S. axm kaius. 



(/(/. 'I'liiirax with hind an.udes indistinct, rounded, its (iisk very dense- 

 ly .granulate ; abdomen black throughout. SU'.t. ( om rsrs. 

 (/(/. Head and tlmrax polished, the fdrnK'r cdnvex. the latter witliout liind 

 anL-^lcs: iiicedus. elytra dnll yellow, the suture fuscous. 



900. EMARGINATUS. 



s!i(i ( ), P.LEDirs noREAi.is sp. nov. 



]:i( nirate. robust, sulidepressed. P.ltu-k, sliin- 

 ini,'; le.iis and elytra chestnut brown, the latter 

 fuscous at middle of base and for a short dis- 

 tance along the suture; anteuuie dusky toward 

 apex, slender. Head uuu-li nr.rrower than tho- 

 I'ax. very finely granulate, coarsely and sparsely 

 punctate, the median fovea large and deep, the 

 suture distinct. Tlun-ax at apex slightly wider 

 than long, sides straight and parallel for two- 

 thii-ds tiicii- length, thence i-ajiidly convt'i'ging to 

 base, tiic latter one-half as wide as apex: <rislc 

 <nnvcx. linely and derisely granulate, cuai-scly 

 and sparsely jiunctate. smooth al(.ng the middle 

 and on a])ical third, median line fio-C : hind an- 

 gles small but distinct. Elytra scarcely wider 

 and but slightly longer than thorax, tinely :inil 

 rather sparsely pvuietate. Abdomen above and beneath tinely granulate, 

 very sparsely .and tinely punctate. T.eugth V^iirt nun. (I'Mg. KJT.) 



Lake CouiilN : i-arc Ma\- li)-May 'iS. Three specimens from 

 lU'ar Pine, lieiu'alh cliiiiii)s of caclus. 



897 (9G9(i). I'.i.KDii s siAiui.is Casey. Ann. .\. V. Ac.ad. Sei.. V. 1889, 01. 



Elongate, rather robust, depressed. lUack; thorax and elytra piceous; 

 legs and autean;e toward base, dull yellow. Head distinctly narrower than 



1(17. (Orifiirnl.) 



