498 CASEY 



and shining, the joints narrowing but little toward their bases, one 

 to seven elongate, the first a little thicker than the following, the 

 second mvich elongated, two to seven equal in diameter but di- 

 minishing in length, eight to eleven forming a broader, elongate, 

 loose and compressed club, the eleventh longer than wide, ogival, 

 evidently longer but somewhat narrower than the tenth ; prothorax 

 obtrapezoidal, with rounded sides ; scutellum large, ti-ansversely 

 triangular but confined entirely to the broad peduncle at the base of 

 the elytra, the latter not margined at base, with series of punctures, 

 moderately embracing the sides of the body, the inflexed sides 

 occupied by rather narrow and entire epipleurse, which have a 

 broad flat elevated lower edge throughout ; prosternum rather 

 short before the coxae, the intercoxal process subhorizontally 

 extended behind them for a short distance, angulate and prominent 

 at apex ; metasternum large, the episterna moderately wide, 

 parallel, the suture distinct and rectilinear; abdomen evenly and 

 moderately convex, the first three segments large, diminishing in 

 length, the fourth very short, the fifth rounded behind and un- 

 modified, nearly as long as the third, the sutures equally and 

 feebly cui-ved and rather fine, the second to fourth abruptly bent 

 posteriorly for a short distance at the extreme sides ; coxae moder- 

 ate, the anterior moderately separated, the intermediate rather 

 narrowly, the posterior obliquely sublinear, transverse and some- 

 what widely separated ; legs short but not very stout, sub- 

 glabrous, the tibiae rather abruptly dilated at apex, with evident 

 spurs. [T^ype. Batulius rotundicollis Lee] Batuliodes 



LeConte described two species under the generic name Ba- 

 ttiluis, the first only of which, published under the name setosuSy 

 appears to have been examined in regard to its generic charac- 

 ters. Making all due allowance for mistakes of observation, 

 the characters above given for setostis differ profoundly enough 

 from those of rotundicollis to demand generic separation. 

 Neither of these species seems to have been given more than the 

 most cursory examination since the original descriptions were 

 published in the Annals of the New York Lyceum (V, p. 148), 

 and, as I do not have any representative of setostis before me, 

 I am compelled to transcribe the above superficial and uncon- 

 firmed generic characters. 



Batulius Lee. 



I have to regret my inability to give a more extended account 



of this interesting genus at the present time, and shall have to 



limit my recount of characters to those already published. If 



the eyes are correctly described by LeConte — " occuli baud 



