'11 1 1: iiis'i'i:k- r.i;i':'n,ios. (VI'-\ 



\\U2 (r?C)14). Sai'KIM s si'ii.i:uoiiu:s Lcc. I'.nst. .I<Mir. Xnl. Hist.. \'. ISI.".. TS. 

 III. VI. lip. r.. 

 Ifoundcd (i\ .il. l".i(iii/0(l (ir (Mipn'ous. sliiiiiui,'. 'riuirjix s]i;irs('Iy |miiic- 

 turod ill fi-dtit iind :it tlio sides; l);is;il iiiarfiin mure coiirsely inim-tured. disk 

 siiinotb. lOlytr.-i liiu'ly iniiicduvd (.11 Miiic-il third in space between the 

 Imirth ddrsal and siidiral: t'xtcrnal suhhniiicral ratiicr long, hnnieral finely 

 iiiipi-csscd. iidt iiiiiliim' Willi 1 he iiit<'rnal sniihiiiiifral ; first dorsal stria t'\ 

 iriidiiii;' rniir til"i hs In apc\ and siiinalc al lip: sccdiid. Ihird and rourlli 

 madiialiy shorlci'. tlie rniirlh arcjiiii.^ Pi Juiii llic siilural, which is entire. 

 Front tibia' coarsely dcnli(iilatc. Ilic apiial liirce Iccth longer tlnm the 

 others. I>englh '2.7> :!.."> inni. 



PxMicalli nilihisli (ui lica li o\' I akc M idiioan. m^ar Millers. Lak(' 

 ('I'Uiity; scarce. .May 12 .luiic II. 



I r.t;; l ). S.^PKIMS IAKKNSIS Sp. llOV. 



Broadly oblong-oval, convex. I'dack. strongly shining. Head distinctly 

 margined, nearly smooth, rngose in front. Thorax with the disk sparsely 

 and evenly pum-lnred, the sides and apex with strigose pinictnres. Elytra 

 very linely and sparsely but dlstinetl.v jtnnctnred near the sutnre on apical 

 third, elsewhere wholly smootli, polished; external snbhnmeral short, indis- 

 tinct; hnmeral finely impressed, not .loining tlie internal snbhumeral. which 

 is obsolete towards a|)ex ; dorsal stria^ very line, the lirst extending four- 

 fifths to apex, second, third and fourth gra<lually shorter, the fourth arched 

 at base and joining the sntural, which is entire. Pygidium and propy- 

 gidium finely, densely and twenly punctured. Front tibiiC with five or six 

 teeth, the apical three broader and more flattened. Length 4.2 mm. 



Described from a single speeiinen taken from beneath a log on. 

 the beach of Lake ^lichigan near Millers. Lake County. July 25. 

 Tt is readily known from sphceroides by its larger size, its polished 

 lilack luie. by bavin<>- tlie entire sui'face of thorax })unctured, and 

 liy the iiiiicli smaller and iiioi'e finely piinctiu'cd s|)ac(' of elytra. 



ll'.t-t (3fil5). y.M'ui^Ls sK.MixriKxs Lee, New Spec. N. A. Col.. 1803, 6L 



IJesembles xiilHrmiflcy but the punctured space of thorax is larger and 

 more distinctly strigose on sides and in front; that of elytra is also larger 

 with coarser punctures and the suturai stria reaches onl.v two-thirds toape.x. 

 Length 3-3..") mm. 



Beneath nibliish and dead Hsh un beach of Lake .Mit-hi^an near 

 Pine and .Millers. lake ("oiuity: scarce. .May 14-.Iu]y 27. Re- 

 corded heretofore oidy frdiii Xebraska. 



ll'.iri 13017). S.APRiNrs FRATEKM's Say, .rnnrii. I'liil. .\cad. Nat. Sci., A', 

 1825. 40; ibid. IL 2G0. 



Broadly r.v.il. convex. Black tinged with bronze, subopaque. Thorax 

 rather densely imnctured. the punctures on sides somewhat strigose. a bro:iiI 

 triangular space on disk nearly smooth. Elytra everywhere densely puiic 

 tured exce|)l on a well defined, sliining scutell.-ir s]iace which is limited at 



I 40 -2:!4U2 I 



